Wolf Nöhren

Wolf Nöhren (* 1944 in Murnau am Staffelsee ) is a German architect and designer who lives and works in Kaiserslautern.

Life

Nöhren attended the humanistic grammar school in Bonn, studied architecture (and in preparation for it, he also completed an apprenticeship as a building and cabinet maker in Cologne) and was - during the semester break -: Employee at Fritz Wolters in the planning of the Münster regional airport (today: Münster International Airport / Osnabrück ) and with Paul Schneider-Esleben for the new building of the terminal building of the airport Cologne / Bonn as well as with the Planungsring Bonner Architekten for the competition: State Authority House , Bonn in the Ernst van Dorp office .

After passing the main diploma examination, he went on to study for a doctorate in art history and building history , philosophy and educational science at the University of Bonn (and later at the University of Mainz ). During his time in Bonn he also worked as a set designer and director on the studio stage at the German Department of the University of Bonn and staged We bombed in New Heaven by Joseph Heller .

From 1970 to 1973 Nöhren taught in Cologne as a lecturer for building history and design with Gernot Lucas at the Cologne factory schools , as a part-time teacher at the technical college for design and as a lecturer in the architecture department of the technical university . He then worked for the Stieldorf planning group of architects until 1980 and was involved in various new construction projects:

Federal Chancellery in Bonn (draft for interior work and furniture)
Federal Ministry for Education and Research ( Kreuzbauten ) in Bad Godesberg (additional buildings and casino)
Funkhaus der Deutsche Welle and Deutschlandfunk in Cologne (execution draft)
ZDF broadcasting center in Mainz-Lerchenberg (facade of the rotunda and parts of the interior)

In 1980 he moved to the Mainz construction department of the Deutsche Bundesbank as a design architect for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . On behalf of the Bundesbank, he prepared preliminary drafts and reports for the buildings in Mainz, Speyer, Kaiserslautern, Bitburg, Saarlouis, Saarbrücken and Homburg (Saar).

He became known through the planning and implementation of the Bundesbank branch in Wittlich, an ecological building with green roofs, passive solar energy and natural ventilation.

Today Nöhren works as a freelance architect.

Wolf Nöhren was a friend and colleague of Dieter Flimm .

Fonts

Gartner's architectural calendar. 1986 (March and April)
... In: Deutsches Architektenblatt , issue 9/1994, p. 1399.
... In: Deutsches Architektenblatt , issue 4/1996, p. 694.

Awards

1988: Prize from the city of Wittlich for exemplary building

Expert citizen

in the client's committee in the city council of Bonn
in the planning committee for the Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Preliminary examiner and assessor of drafts for new building measures in the entire Bundesbank area

Individual evidence

↑ Bonner Rundschau, features section of February 4, 1970: "Bombs in the university studio stage".
↑ Kölner Werkschulen / FH Kunst und Design = publisher: 100 years of Kölner Werkschulen , catalog, Greven & Bechthold publisher, Cologne 1979, appendix: list of names of the teaching people.
↑ Wilfried Täubner : Stieldorf planning group here: List of employees who have worked on the buildings and projects. Verlag O. Schneider, Cologne 1978.
↑ Bonner Rundschau of May 29, 1976: "The Chancellor remains surrounded by oaks", as well as a special (weekend) supplement in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger : " A savings bank for the Federal Chancellor , two experts, two opinions ": Prof. Dr. Hugo Borger and architect Wolf D. Nöhren from the planning group that built the Chancellery.
↑ Trierischer Volksfreund No. 73 (Mosel-Zeitung) of March 26, 1984: estimated 23 million DM: Today the topping-out wreath blows over the LZB-Wittlich . President Prof. Duppré thanks the planning architect Wolf Nöhren.

personal data
SURNAME	Nöhren, wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and designer
DATE OF BIRTH	1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Murnau am Staffelsee

[1] Bonner Rundschau, features section of February 4, 1970: "Bombs in the university studio stage".

[2] Kölner Werkschulen / FH Kunst und Design = publisher: 100 years of Kölner Werkschulen , catalog, Greven & Bechthold publisher, Cologne 1979, appendix: list of names of the teaching people.

[3] Wilfried Täubner : Stieldorf planning group here: List of employees who have worked on the buildings and projects. Verlag O. Schneider, Cologne 1978.

[4] Bonner Rundschau of May 29, 1976: "The Chancellor remains surrounded by oaks", as well as a special (weekend) supplement in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger : " A savings bank for the Federal Chancellor , two experts, two opinions ": Prof. Dr. Hugo Borger and architect Wolf D. Nöhren from the planning group that built the Chancellery.

[5] Trierischer Volksfreund No. 73 (Mosel-Zeitung) of March 26, 1984: estimated 23 million DM: Today the topping-out wreath blows over the LZB-Wittlich . President Prof. Duppré thanks the planning architect Wolf Nöhren.