German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning
The German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning (DASL) is a non-profit, registered association of professionals who have performed special services in urban development and regional planning .
membership
According to the statutes, the number of members is limited to 400. Members who have passed the age of 65 are not counted towards this number. New members are appointed by the Presidium at the suggestion of a regional group. To Corresponding Members experts are appointed from abroad. Natural and legal persons who are willing to support the work of the academy can become sponsoring members .
history
Urban design began towards the end of the 19th century in the course of the city expansion and the first systematic alignment planning . In 1911 the first German exhibition on urban planning took place in Berlin, and in 1912 urban planners from all over the world were invited to an international exhibition in Düsseldorf. In 1921 Bruno Möhring invited colleagues to found an Academy for Urban Planning, which was formally founded on October 28, 1922 as the Free Academy of Urban Development . Cornelius Gurlitt became the first president , Möhring headed the working committee.
The chief executive of the Association of German Architects , Eduard Jobst Siedler , reacted critically because he feared that a small, influential group could not only promote the development of urban planning, but also excessively influence it or even “prevent the propagation of new ideas”. The academy then undertook not to strive for any state character or political activities, but to “work on and research what is the healthiest, most beautiful and most economical for the residents.” Thereupon Jobst Siedler himself joined in 1923 and remained a member until his death.
The Academy was recognized by the Prussian State as early as 1923 and asked for comments in the context of legislative projects. In the time of National Socialism , the name was from 1934 "German Academy for Urban Development, Reich and State Planning", with Johannes Göderitz serving as its managing director from 1936 to 1945. Reinhold Niemeyer was appointed President since 1934 . In 1946 the name, which is still valid today, followed. After German reunification, the DASL is back in Berlin.
construction
The organs of the Academy are the Academy Assembly and the Presidium. The academy is divided into eight regional groups in which a large part of the academy's work is carried out.
The academy is the sponsor of three institutes that deal primarily with tasks in general urban development research, spatial planning, postgraduate training and career qualifications in the public service:
- Institute for Urban Development Berlin (ISB)
- Institute for Urban Development and Housing Munich (ISW)
- Central Institute for Spatial Planning (ZIR), Münster
German urban development award
The German Urban Development Prize has existed since 1980 and has been awarded by the DASL since 2006. It is funded by the Wüstenrot Foundation Ludwigsburg. The patron is the President of the German Association of Cities .
Cornelius Gurlitt Memorial Coin
The academy has been awarding the Cornelius Gurlitt medal since 1954 in memory of the founding president of the Free Academy for Urban Development, Cornelius Gurlitt . It is awarded irregularly for special services to urban development and, according to the statutes, there are only ten living bearers of the commemorative coin. It can only be awarded again when one of the award winners dies.
The commemorative coin designed by Ludwig Gies , professor at the Kölner Werkschulen , bears the portrait of Gurlitt with his life dates (1850–1938) and his name as a legend on the obverse. On the back there are the words "For outstanding services to urban development and regional planning".
- Excellent
- 1957: Johannes Göderitz †; Clemens Julius Mangner †; Reinhold Niemeyer †
- 1958: Gerhard Jobst †
- 1962: Walter Gropius †; Ernst May †; Konrad Rühl †
- 1965: Josef Walther Hollatz †
- 1969: Rudolf Hillebrecht †; Friedrich Tamms †
- 1972: Wilhelm Wortmann †; Elisabeth arrow †; Walther Schmidt †
- 1978: Gerd Albers †; Max Guther †
- 1979: Hans Förster †; Gerhard Isenberg †
- 1981: Erich Kühn †
- 1983: Oswald von Nell-Breuning †; Josef Umlauf †
- 1984: Aloys Machtemes †
- 1991: Fred Angerer †; Gerhard Rabeler †
- 1993: Hans Koch †; Reinhard Sander †
- 1995: Heinz Schmeißner †
- 1997: Erika Spiegel †
- 1998: Hanns Adrian †; Helmut Gebhard †; Irene Wiese-von Ofen
- 2001: Lothar Juckel †
- 2011: Christiane Thalgott
- 2012: Christian Farenholtz
- 2016: Michael Bräuer
literature
- Stephan Prager : The German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning - Review and Outlook 1922–1955 . Ernst Wasmuth Publishing House, Tübingen 1955.
Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prager 1955, page 14
- ↑ Cornelius Gurlitt, 1922 quoted from Prager 1955, page 15
- ↑ Prager 1955, page 153
- ↑ Kulturpreise.de: Cornelius Gurlitt memorial coin , as of 2013.
- ↑ Cornelius Gurlitt Memorial Coin.