Architect of Letters: Reading Hilberseimer

Published by Birkhäuser 2022

Architect of Letters

Reading Hilberseimer

Edited by: Florian Strob

Volume 174 in the series Bauwelt Fundamente

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035624861

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News on Ludwig Hilberseimer!

Ludwig Hilberseimer (1885–1967) is regarded as one of the leading theorists of the Neues Bauen movement in pre-War Germany, and of modern, functional urbanism. This set of accomplishments still dominates the public image of the architect, urban planner, teacher and art critic to this day. His development beyond that period has long been neglected.

The essays in this collection seek to fill this gap, offering an exciting and wide-ranging new perspective on the work of a central protagonist of modernism. Until now, most critical studies of Hilberseimer's work came from his place of exile in Chicago and his work in Germany/Europe and the USA tended to be viewed separately; this volume is the first to attempt to end this separation and encourage a complete overview of is work.

Previously unknown archival discoveries
With contributions by Alexander Eisenschmidt, Magdalena Droste, Christine Mengin, Philipp Oswalt, Robin Schuldenfrei, Charles Waldheim and others

Author / Editor information

Dr. Florian Strob, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction
Architect of Letters: Reading Hilberseimer Florian Strob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
City
Hilberseimer Reconsidered: Commitments and Continuities Charles Waldheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
The Red Bauhaus and CIAM: Contexts of Ludwig Hilberseimer’s Teaching in the early 1930s Magdalena Droste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Through the Lens of Colonization: The New City as a Heritage of Modernism Plácido González Martínez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Ludwig Hilberseimer, the Slum, and Urban Renewal in Chicago: From Großstadt to Fort Dearborn Alison Fisher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Grid and Cell: Inhabiting Hilberseimer’s City Robin Schuldenfrei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Housing
The Hilberseimer Model House for Kleine Kienheide in Dessau Andreas Buss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Invention of a Metropolitan Architecture: From the Existing City to Collective Housing Alexander Eisenschmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Ludwig Hilberseimer, Le Corbusier, and the Employee Christine Mengin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Housing as Infrastructure: Typological Studies of Ludwig Hilberseimer Philipp Oswalt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Region
“A Framework for Life”: Hilberseimer’s Region and Vitalist Urban Theory Benedict Clouette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
In Search of Order: Hilberseimer’s Visual Patterns Christa Kamleithner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
On the Diagrammatic Rationality of Hilberseimer’s Planning Anna Vallye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Media
Hilberseimer and Creative Indifference Scott Colman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Elementary-Magical: Hilberseimer as Media Theorist Lutz Robbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Structure as Infrastructure: The Interrelation of Fiber and Construction Sandra Neugärtner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Writing Architecture: On the Genesis of Ludwig Hilberseimer’s The New City Florian Strob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
The (Almost) Invisible Man: Ludwig Hilberseimer and Germany after World War II Andreas Schätzke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Visuals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Authors’ Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Image Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334

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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekturhistoriker, Architekturtheoretiker, Studierende
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 137
Keywords: Bauhaus; urbanism; modernism; Ludwig Hilberseimer; Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

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Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624861

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Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624854