#Heinrich Tessenow

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Jaques-Dalcroze School of Eurythmics, Hellerau, 1910

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Albert Speer

These are some facts and curiosities about Albert Speer, the Fuhrer's architect:

He was born in  March 19, 1905.

He spent his youth in the Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg, the luxurious family home in Heidelberg, and cultivated a wide range of interests, including skiing, mountain excursions, rugby and, above all, mathematics, a discipline towards which he had a fervent passion.

However, due to his father's opposition, Speer ultimately chose to follow in his uncle's footsteps and study to become an architect.

After studying at the University of Karlsruhe, he moved to Munich, where he studied at the Berlin Institute of Technology, under the guidance of the famous architect Heinrich Tessenow.

During his university years Speer never adhered to any specific faith or political opinion.

This substantial "apoliticality" ceased during his discipleship at Tessenow, when Albert was persuaded by some of his students to participate in a Nazi party demonstration

Speer came into contact with Hitler in 1933 through the intercession of Rudolf Hess, by whom the architect was commissioned to design the apparatus for the Nuremberg rally that year.

Despite some initial doubts, the project met with the sympathy of the Führer and, above all, of Joseph Goebbels, who asked him to renew the Ministry of Propaganda.

An immediate understanding was established between Speer and Hitler: the Führer, in fact, was looking for a young architect capable of giving life to his architectural ambitions for a new Germany and therefore immediately included Speer in his closest circles.

Upon Troost's death in 1934, Speer was chosen by Hitler to replace him as chief architect of the Party.

In 1942, after the death of Fritz Todt (which occurred in a mysterious plane crash), Hitler surprisingly appointed Speer, who had no experience in industrial production, "Minister for Armaments and War Production".

In 1945 Speer refused to carry out the "scorched earth" strategy (established by the Nero decree), which aimed to completely destroy everything in German territories that would fall into enemy hands.

He was a great friend of Karl Brandt (one of the major exponents of Aktion T4) and they acted to save each other's lives: in 1944 Brandt used his powers as General Commissioner of Medical Services and his friendships to save Speer , already ill, from the assassination attempt plotted by Himmler. In 1945 Speer saved Brandt from the death sentence for ''treason''.

Speer was arrested by Allied forces in Flensburg immediately after the end of the conflict, and tried in Nuremberg on charges of using slave labor to run the German war industry.

He was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment, to be served in Spandau prison in West Berlin.

Prison and solitary confinement provided Speer with the opportunity to write his memoirs, which made him an international celebrity and a very wealthy man.

He died on September 1, 1981, in London.

Some documents discovered after Speer's death prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that as early as 1943 Speer was aware of what really happened in Auschwitz.

Sources:

Wikipedia: Albert Speer

The Nazi Doctors by Robert Jay Lifton ( for the part of Brandt )

Hitler and his loyalists by Paul Roland

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Yves Bélorgey - Maison de Tessenow à Berlin Zehlendorf. Architecte: Heinrich Tessenow. Construction: 1930, 2022

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Heinrich Tessenow, Drawings in Hausbau und Dergleichen, 1916

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TERMAS DE VALS

Arquitecto: Peter Zumthor

Localización: Vals, Suiza

Área: 58 metros de ancho

Realización: 1996

 

 

            Peter Zumthor nació en Basilea,Suiza en 1943. Se formó como arquitecto en Suiza y Nueva York. Aunque Zumthor desarrolló la mayor parte de su trabajo en Suiza, también diseñó proyectos en Alemania, Austria, Holanda, Inglaterra, España, Noruega, Finlandia y Estados Unidos. En el año 1999 fue ganador del premio Mie van der Rohe por su museo de arte de Bregenz. También posee otras distinciones como Medalla de Oro Heinrich Tessenow (1989), Premio Calberg Architecture (1998), miembro honorario del Royal Institute of British Architects (2000),  el Premio Imperial de Japón (2008) y ganó el Premio Pritzker de 2009.

 

 

 

Las Termas de Vals pertenecen a un hotel y spa que se encuentra sobre las únicas fuentes termales en Graubunden en Suiza. Este spa se construyó en 1996, dentro del hotel. El objetivo principal del proyecto era crear una cueva o una cantera relacionada directamente con el medioambiente, bajo una cubierta verde simulando una continuidad de la naturaleza de la zona. Las Termas se construyeron de piedras de la cantera local, y se convirtió en una gran inspiración y se usa de manera representativa.

 

Estas termas fueron diseñadas para los visitantes del hotel, para que pudieran disfrutar y gozar de un lujo tan antiguo como bañarse en aguas termales. Pero este proyecto destaca por su compleja e ingeniosa distribución de luces, ya que se juega con la entrada de luz natural, mediante espacios abiertos y cerrados, pareciendo todo salido de la naturaleza.  Su diseño está hecho para crear una experiencia reparadora y única, se realiza un recorrido cuidadoso de manera controlada.

Este proyecto se diseña en un espacio negativo entre bloques macizos de manera que se crea un recorrido inconsciente para el usuario de manera fluida y creando un ritmo pacífico y descubriendo caminos nuevos tanto por el interior, por el bosque e incluso un camino propio

La intención de Peter Zumthor es insertar elementos con cualidades místicas del mundo natural de la montaña para crear una atmósfera reconfortante, e introducir las habitaciones diseñadas de manera consciente para no competir directamente con el cuerpo para favorecer su forma.

Las Termas constan de seis piscinas a diferentes temperaturas, y unas vestuarios en la entrada. Una de las piscinas se ubica  en el exterior, que al entrar a las otras simula la entrada a una cueva. La estructura es cuadriculada de acuerdo con líneas perpendiculares.

 

 

 

Bibliografía

 

- Moreno, V., Ramírez, M. E., de la Oliva, C., & Moreno y otros, E. (s/f). Peter Zumthor. Buscabiografias.com. Recuperado el 25 de octubre de 2022, de <https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/9669/Peter%20Zumthor%20Publicaci%C3%B3n:%202017/08/26%20-dateModified->

- Uribe, B. (2020, 23 julio). Termas de Vals / Peter Zumthor. ArchDaily en Español. <https://www.archdaily.cl/cl/765256/termas-de-vals-peter-zumthor>

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Heinrich Tessenow: „Am schönsten ist die Landschaft, wenn gar nicht gebaut wird“. | https://demanega.com/2021/10/12/traditionell-und-modern-die-andere-moderne-der-stuttgarter-schule/ (hier: Tramin - Südtiroler Weinstrasse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpE_iA9th5g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mário Bonito 1OO anos | 23.09 - 31.12 2021

17.12: [conferência] Marco De Michelis | Evocação da Circunstância V, Auditório da Casa das Artes - Porto

O arquiteto Marco De Michelis estará pela primeira vez no Porto, a 17 de dezembro, para a apresentação de “Heinrich Tessenow as a modern architect”. A conferência acontecerá na Casa das Artes – Porto, pelas 18:30, no âmbito da celebração dos 100 anos do nascimento de Mário Bonito.Marco De Michelis estudou arquitetura em Veneza, onde foi docente de História da Arquitetura e fundador e reitor da Faculdade de Artes e Design. Foi bolseiro da Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Berlim e Munique) e do Getty Center, em Santa Mónica, CA. Entre 1999 e 2003, foi nomeado “The Walter Gropius Professor” pela Bauhaus University, de Weimar e, em 2005, foi-lhe atribuída a “Mellon Senior Fellow” pelo CCA/Montreal. É Professor Convidado em Hamburgo e em Leeds; na Cooper Union, na Columbia University e na New York University/IFA.Publica extensivamente sobre arquitetura e arte contemporânea, nomeadamente sobre Heinrich Tessenow, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Bauhaus, Bruce Nauman. Foi o editor de “Ottagono” (1989-1991) e o curador principal da Trienal de Milão, entre 1993 e 1996.

Marco De Michelis será apresentado por José Miguel Rodrigues.

www.mariobonito100anos.com

Organização: Matéria. Conferências Brancas em parcecia com Casa das Artes – Porto | Patrocinador: Jofebar – Panoramah!

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CASA DBJC

•ARQUITECTO:  Alberto Campo Baeza

•UBICACIÓN: Playa de roche, Conil, Cádiz

•CRONOLOGÍA: 2002-2005

•BIOGRAFÍA DEL AUTOR

Alberto Campo Baeza nació en Valladolid en 1946 pero ha pasado toda su vida en Cádiz; hizo sus estudios universitarios en la ETSAM e impartió clases en Escuelas como la Bauhaus, la escuela de arquitectura de Bélgica. Ha sido invitado a universidades como la de Arquitectura de Barcelona y premiado en concursos internacionales y nacionales como la Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal de la Tessenow Society, Hamburgo. Esta último es una medalla que se entrega anualmente en Hamburgo desde 1963, premiando a los arquitectos que en el último año se hayan diferenciado en la construcción y estructura de sus proyectos, así como que hayan mostrado una inspiración en Heinrich Tessenow, arquitecto alemán en el periodo de la República de Weimar.

Este arquitecto se caracteriza por sus fachadas lisas y de tonos claros, mayoritariamente el blanco. La estructura más común son bloques rectangulares, ‘’cajas’’, únicos o superpuestos, planos horizontales y entradas de luz importantes. Campo Baeza tiene varias publicaciones sobre la importancia de la entrada de luz natural en la vivienda como ‘’Idea, Light and Gravity’’ en 2009 o ‘’Elogiar la luz’’  en 2011.

•DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA OBRA Y CONTEXTO CULTURAL

DBJC se trata de dos casas adosadas de estilo minimalista separadas por paños de madera las cuales están situadas junto al mar, en la playa de Roche en Cádiz.

Una de las características de esta vivienda, son los espacios que están casi pegados a la tierra que hacen que parezca que desaparecen ya que están horizontalmente.                                                     La zona que resalta más de la casa es el salón por las grandes cristaleras que lo envuelven y proporcionan luz durante todo el día, además de las vistas hacia el mar, desde esta zona podemos salir a la zona más próxima al mar, donde nos encontraremos bajo una losa de hormigón sostenida por pilares metálicos del color característico del arquitecto, el blanco. Sobre esta losa hay una zona amplia transitable con unas vistas elevadas hacia el mar que conecta con la parte superior de la vivienda. . En la zona posterior al salón, se encuentra un comedor con cristaleras a los lados consiguiendo mantener la luz del salón. Desde aquí, se accede a la planta superior de la casa donde podemos apreciar una vista más elevada del paisaje.

•BIBLIOGRAFÍA

            -Alberto Campo Baeza. 2005. Casa DBJC. Alberto Campo Baeza. https://www.campobaeza.com/es/dbjc-house/ 

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Carlo Jelkmann, Rudolf Gleye y Heinrich Tessenow. Piscinas públicas Stadtbad Mitte (Berlín, 1927-30)

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Heinrich Tessenow, Festspielhaus, Hellerau, c1915.

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Gartenstadt Hellerau, Dresden, 1912

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Albert Speer's timeline

This is Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, timeline:

1905: he was born in Mannheim

1924: he moved to Munich

1925: He landed at the Berlin Institute of Technology, where he studied under the guidance of the famous architect Heinrich Tessenow.

1927: He became Tessenow's assistant

1928: He married Margarete Weber

1931: His membership in the Nazi Party was officially sealed when Speer joined it

1931: His collaboration with Tessenow ceased

1932: He went to Berlin, shortly before the Reichstag elections, where he was deeply fascinated by Hitler's oratory.

1933: Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.

1933: He came into contact with Hitler in 1933 with the intercession of Rudolf Hess, by whom the architect was commissioned to design the apparatus for the Nuremberg rally of that year. Despite some initial doubts, the project met with the sympathy of the Führer,.

1934: Upon Troost's death he was chosen as the party's chief architect.

1934: His first son, Albert Speer jr, was born

1936: His daughter, Hilde Schramm, was born

1937: He was appointed Inspector General for Construction of the Reich capital

1937: He was granted a seat in parliament.

1937: He received a gold medal for the German pavilion at the International Exhibition held in Paris.

1939: He finished the New Reich Chancellery in record time

1939: The Second World War began.

1942: Hitler surprisingly appointed Speer, who had no experience in industrial production, as "Minister for Armaments and War Production."

1943: He authorized the sending of material to expand the Birkenau extermination camp.

1943: He learned about what really happened in Auschwitz

1944: He achieved excellent results, reaching the pinnacle of German production

1945: He refused to carry out the «scorched earth» strategy (provided by the Nero decree),

1945: He was arrested by the Allies

1946: He was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment, to be served in Spandau prison

1946: He was tried in Nuremberg.

1946: He was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment, to be served in Spandau prison

1966: He was released from prison

1970: His book was released and became a best seller

1981: He died in London.

Sources:

Wikipedia: Albert Speer

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Prora hall Rügen, Germany 1936 Heinrich Tessenow (1876–1950), architect Carlo Moccia (1956–), drafter, model

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House at Gagfah Estate. Berlin, Germany 1927-28. Heinrich Tessenow