Sven Markelius
Sven gottfrid Markelius ( born October 25, 1889 in Stockholm as Sven Jonsson, † February 24, 1972, ibid ) was a Swedish architect. He is one of the most important representatives of modernity, which is called in Sweden functionalism.
Training
Sven Markelius attended the Technical University and the Academy of Art in Stockholm between 1910 and 1915. Later he worked for some time in the offices of architect Ragnar Östberg and Erik Lallerstedt. In 1920 he opened his own office in 1921 he took the name Markelius.
Life and work
Markelius was interested early on Building and Regional Planning 1928 and was one of the founding members of the international congress of modern architecture ( Congrès International d' Architecture Moderne ). In 1927 he met on a trip to Germany Walter Gropius and Bauhaus visited the school in Dessau. Gropius ' functionalist ideas impressed Markelius. In 1930, he was instrumental in the residential department at the Stockholm exhibition in 1930, which is generally considered as the beginning of the Swedish functionalism. In 1931, he wrote the script acceptera, together with among others Gunnar Asplund, Gregor Paulsson and Uno Åhrén, a manifesto for functionalism in Sweden. At the same time he worked on his first major work, the Concert Hall of Helsingborg, which was inaugurated in 1932.
From 1944 to 1954 Markelius was Director of Town Planning in Stockholm. During this time he planned the restructuring of the Stockholm City (1946) and the suburbs Björkhagen (1945 ), Högdalen (1946 ), Västertorp (1947 ) and Farsta ( 1952). The largest project was the new suburb in the north-west of Stockholm, Vällingby he planned 1947-50 and was inaugurated in 1955 and garnered international acclaim. Markelius also designed a number of buildings in Stockholm, including Folkets hus in 1960, the third skyscraper at Sergels torg in 1962 and the Sverigehuset on Kungsträdgården 1968. Little known is that Markelius also worked in Germany, namely as an architect in 1966, opened the Congress Hall in Giessen, a striking town house the architecture of post-war modernism.
In 1952 he was sent from Sweden to assist the Council on the establishment of the UN headquarters. In 1962 he received a gold medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Gallery
Folkets hus in Stockholm
3 high-rise building in Stockholm
Sverigehuset in Stockholm
Other notable projects
- Swedish pavilion at the world exhibition in New York in 1939
- Folkets Hus, Stockholm, 1945 - 1960
- Sverigehuset, Stockholm, 1968
Literature and sources
- Sven Markelius arkitekt, Arkitektur Förlag, Stockholm 1989
- Svensk arkitektur 1640-1970, Byggförlaget, Stockholm 1986