Werner Sobek

Werner Sobek ( born May 16, 1953 in Aalen ) is a German civil engineer and architect. He is a full professor at the University of Stuttgart and Director of the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK ) and Mies van der Rohe Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Sobek is the owner of the company group Werner Sobek, the offices in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, London, New York, Moscow, Sao Paulo and Dubai maintains. He is also also one of the initiators of the German Society for Sustainable Building, which he was president from 2008 to 2010.

Werner Sobek is considered both as one of the main engineers of the present. He works with architects such as Norman Foster, Meinhard von Gerkan and Marg, Hans Hollein, Gunter Henn, Christoph Ingenhoven, Helmut Jahn, Dominique Perrault and Zaha Hadid to high-rise buildings, airports, office buildings and museums. On the other hand, Werner Sobek is entered as an independent architect projects and much acclaimed buildings in appearance. ( " Efficiency House Plus with Electromobility" officially ) in Berlin as his most important projects are the single family homes in Stuttgart R128, D10 and F87 in Biberach.

Life

From 1974 to 1980 Sobek completed a Civil Engineering and Architecture studies at the University of Stuttgart. He was between 1980 and 1986 research assistant at the Collaborative Research Center SFB 64 Wide Span Structures at the University of Stuttgart. In 1987 his doctorate in civil engineering at the University of Stuttgart.

In 1992 he founded the office Werner Sobek, which is now represented in addition to its main office in Stuttgart in Frankfurt, Dubai, London, Moscow, New York and Sao Paulo. As early as 1991, he was appointed (successor Bernhard Tokarz ) professor and head of the Institute of Structural Design and construction research at the University of Hannover.

Since 1994, Sobek is a professor at the University of Stuttgart as the successor of Frei Otto and Director of the Institute for Lightweight Structures and the Central Laboratory of Structural Engineering. In 1998 he was appointed Member of the Board of Technical Chamber of Baden- Wuerttemberg and test engineer for structural analysis for all disciplines.

In 2000, he took over a second chair as successor to Prof. Dr. Jörg Schlaich and founded the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK ). In the same year: Shanghai Engineering License. From 2000 to 2001 he was a visiting professor at the University of Graz. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Chamber of Architects Baden- Württemberg, an associate member of the BDA and a member of the German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning.

In 2003, Werner Sobek was appointed Peer Review Engineer in Chicago. In 2004, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich praised his work with the exhibition "show me the future - way in the future. engineering and design of Werner Sobek ". In 2009 a major exhibition was followed in the Ring Tower Gallery in Vienna under the title " Sketches for the Future - Werner Sobek and the ILEK ". This exhibition was also shown at the Architecture Biennale 2010 in Moscow, where she received an award as best guest exhibition.

Werner Sobek from 2006 to 2010 Member of the Research and Technology Advisory Committee of the Graz University of Technology and Chairman of the University Council of the newly established HafenCity University in Hamburg. In 2007-2008 Werner Sobek was a visiting professor at the GSD ( Graduate School of Design ) in Harvard held. In April 2008, Werner Sobek was elected President of the German Sustainable Building Council ( [ DGNB ] ), whose founding members he belongs. He held until June 21, 2010, this office. In June 2013, Werner Sobek decided not to run for the presidency of the DGNB. Since the summer of 2008, Werner Sobek beyond Mies van der Rohe Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

On June 10, 2009, he, TU Dresden awarded for his contribution to the development of modern architecture, particularly with regard to the creative collaboration of architects and engineers, and its commitment to a rethink in the building for the future the degree " Doctor of Engineering honors sake "(Dr. -Ing. E. h ). In 2012, Werner Sobek has worked as a professor and a group of companies with over 200 employees as well as a test engineer for structural engineering of all disciplines.

Led by Werner Sobek Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK ), University of Stuttgart united in research and teaching, the dominant architecture in the areas of designing and creating with the civil engineering standing in the center areas of analysis and design as well as material science. Based on a goal- oriented and interdisciplinary approach, the institute deals with the conceptual and material overarching development of all types of construction methods and support structures. The arc of the work areas will spread out from the building with textiles and glass to new structures in reinforced and prestressed concrete. From a single detail until the entire structure is about the optimization of the shape and design in terms of material and energy consumption, durability and reliability, recyclability and environmental compatibility.

Werner Sobek is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Foundation for Building Culture.

In December 2011, Werner Sobek founded eV with others the Stuttgart Institute of Sustainability Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote research on sustainable building techniques.

Projects

Houses

Werner Sobek is planning a residential building per year. These projects serve the office as an experiment and an object of new technologies, which are then often also be used in the major projects of the office. One of these buildings is R128, which is the private residence of the Sobek family in Stuttgart at the same time. The cube-shaped, four-story, on all sides fully glazed building is almost completely recyclable and free of emissions. R128 is modular. The need for heating and control technology electrical power is generated by photovoltaic. Other important reference buildings in a family house area are H16 and D10. Caused a sensation in his trial R129, almost dematerialized completely transparent case that offers protection to the people, but he allows an intimate contact with the surrounding nature.

More buildings

  • Ecole Nationale d'Art DECORATIF, Limoges, 1997, draft: Finn Geipel (architect)
  • Interbank, Lima, 2001 Design: Hans Hollein
  • Centre Court roof Tennis Stadium Rother tree, tree Rother, Hamburg, 1999
  • Booths for Audi AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, BMW AG, German Post AG, Mercedes -Benz, Mero
  • Sony Center, Berlin, 2000, draft: Helmut Jahn
  • Post Tower, Bonn, 2002, draft: Murphy and Helmut Jahn
  • Mercedes -Benz Museum, Stuttgart, 2006 Design: UNStudio
  • Bangkok International Airport, 2006 Design: Helmut Jahn
  • Lufthansa Aviation Center, headquarters of Lufthansa, Frankfurt, Design: Christoph Ingenhoven
  • Canopy for the Pope's visit in Munich, 2006
  • Merck Serono Headquarters, Geneva, 2006, draft: Helmut Jahn
  • Cité du Design, Saint-Etienne, 2009 Design: Finn Geipel (architect)
  • Fassadenplanung of DC Towers, Vienna, 2013, draft: Dominique Perrault

Design

  • Doppelmayr cabin design, Koblenz, 2010
  • NY City Lights, New York City, 2004
  • Seilendbeschlag, 2001
  • Airport Chair, 2001

Triple Zero

This is one of Werner Sobek developed, trademarked term that describes the ecological qualities of a building should meet in order to be sustainable. The term derives from the threefold use of the word " zero" when describing the qualities required: zero energy (zero energy), zero emission (zero emissions) and zero waste (zero waste ).

The building does not require energy. The credit from renewable sources of energy, generated at the building or on the immediate property is at least as large as the total primary energy demand of the building for heating, cooling, hot water, auxiliary power and electricity for all typical internal applications.

The building produces no CO2 emissions. Reference value is the total primary energy demand, which is converted into CO2 emissions. On the property or in the building no burns may occur.

The building does not leave a drop in conversion or degradation. All components can be at the end of the life cycle completely, without any to be burned or to be dumped shares recycled. The plot can be renatured with a clean slate or other residues remaining.

Publications (selection)

  • Sobek, Werner: To design in lightweight construction. In: Civil Engineering, 70/1995, pp. 323-329.
  • Christian Schittich, Gerald Staib, Dieter Balkow, Matthias Schuler, Werner Sobek: Glass Construction Manual. 1st edition, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel 1998, ISBN 978-3-7643-5944-7.
  • Schulitz, H.C.; Sobek, W.; Habermann, K. J.: Atlas Steel Construction. Basel / Boston / Berlin: Birkhäuser, 1999.
  • Sobek, W.; Kutterer, M.; Messmer, R.: Studies on shear connection in composite safety glass - Determination of time-and temperature-dependent shear modulus of PVB. In: Civil Engineering. 75/2000, No. 1, pp. 41-46.
  • Sobek, W.; Haase, W.; Teuffel, P.: " Adaptive Systems ", Steel Construction 69 (7 ), 2000, pp. 544-555.
  • Sobek, W.: Archi - neering - Visions of an Architecture for the 21st Century. in: Glass Processing Days. Conference Proceedings 18 to 21 June 2001, Tampere, Finland. Tampere: Tamglass Ldt. Oy, 2001, pp. 331-4.
  • Sobek, W.; Sundermann, W.; Rehle, N.; Reinke, HG: structures for transparent high-rise buildings. In: Civil Engineering 76 (2001 ), pp. 326-335.
  • Sobek, W.; Teuffel, P.: " Adaptive Structures in Architecture and Structural Engineering ", Smart Structures and Materials ( SPIE Vol 4330 ): Proceedings of the SPIE 8th Annual International Symposium, 4-8 March 2001, Newport Beach, CA, USA. Ed. Liu, S. C., Bellingham: SPIE, pp. 36-45
  • Sobek, W.; Teuffel, P.: New developments in lightweight Adaptive Structures. In: civil engineering in Germany. Yearbook 2001 Hamburg:. Junius, 2001.
  • Sobek, W.; Teuffel, P.: " Adaptive Lightweight Structures ". in: Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering: Proceedings of the International Symposium IASS, 24-28 June 2002, Warsaw, Poland. Ed. Obrębski, JB, Wydawnicto Naukowe: Micro Publisher, pp. 203-210
  • Sobek, Werner: About horsetails, towers and skyscrapers. In: The dream of the tower. Skyscrapers: Myth - Engineering - building culture. Catalog for the exhibition at the NRW-Forum Dusseldorf culture and the economy of 6 November 2004 to 20 February 2005 Ostfildern. Hatje Cantz, 2004, pp. 42-57. .
  • Sobek, Werner: Glass Structures. in: The Structural Engineer, Vol 83, No. 7 (April 5, 2005), pp. 32-36.
  • Sobek, Werner; Blandini, Lucio: The " glass dome ". Prototype of a self-supporting frameless glass bowl. In: Advisory Ingenieure11/12 ( 2005). Pp. 23-28.
  • Sobek, W.; Teuffel, P.; Weiland, A.; Lemaitre, C.: " Adaptive and Lightweight", Adaptables2006, TU / e, International Conference On Adaptable Building Structures Eindhoven The Netherlands 03-05 July 2006
  • Sobek, Werner; Hagenmayer, Stephen; Duder, Michael; Winterstetter, Thomas: The " Highlight Munich Business Towers " in Munich. Structural engineering and structural analyzes. In: Structural Engineering 4/2006, pp. 247-253.
  • Sobek, Werner: Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok - Structure and form discovery. in: 7/8 (2006 ), pp. 818-919.
  • Sobek, Werner: Thoughts on reform of civil education. In: Building on the Move! Series of the building foundation ( Issue 11 ). Pp. 65-73.
  • Sobek, Werner: The Mercedes -Benz Museum in Stuttgart. The Structural Design - Complex Geometry in 3-D. in: 9 (2006 ), pp. 9801-981.
  • Sobek, Werner; Kobler, Martin: The shape and design of concrete shells. in: Concrete Calendar 2007 Part 2, pp. 1-18.
  • Sobek, Werner; Straub, Wolfgang; Ploch, Jan: partial capping an urban trunk road with prestressed concrete prefabricated parts. In: Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Structures 2/2007, pp. 114-119.
  • Sobek, Werner; Reinke, Hans Georg; Berger, Tobias; Small, Dietmar; Prasser, Patrick: Lufthansa Aviation Center. The new head office in Frankfurt. in: Consulting engineers 1/2 (2007 ), pp. 18-21.
  • Sobek, Werner: Building - with the principle of sustainability. In: archplus 184 (October 2007). S. 88 f
  • Sobek, Werner; Run, Wilfried; Schmid, Angelika; Rossier, Ed: Innovative Steel Structures for Museo del Acero in Mexico. In: Structural Engineering International 1 /2008. Pp. 15-19.
  • Sobek, Werner: As further live? In: Werner Sobek & Bettina Hintze ( ed. ): The best single family homes - innovative and flexible. Munich: . Callwey, 2008, pp. 8-13.
  • Sobek, Werner; Schmid, Angelika; Heinlein, Frank: Innovative steel structures for the Museo del Acero in Mexico. In: Steel Construction 77 (2008 ), No. 8, pp. 551 - 554
  • Gertis, Karl; Hauser, Gerd; Sedlbauer, Klaus; Sobek, Werner: What does " platinum "? For the development of sustainability assessment procedures. In: Physics 30 (2008 ), No. 4, pp. 244-256.
  • Sobek, Werner; Trumpf, Heiko; Stork, Lena; Weidler, Nik: The Hollaenderbruecke. Economic and architecturally sophisticated design Employing steel and GFRP. In: Steel Construction 1 (2008 ), No. 1, pp. 34-41.
  • Sobek, Werner; Schmid, Angelika; Heinlein, Frank: From Mill to Museum. In: Modern Steel Construction ( June 2008). P. 26 - 29
  • Sobek, Werner; Straub, Wolfgang; Schmid, Angelika: Horizon Serono - Construction of the world's greatest to-open glass roof and the underlying forum facade. In: Steel Construction 78 (2009 ), No. 1, pp. 1 - 10
  • Sobek, Werner: Engineered Glass. In: Michael Bell and Jeannie Kim (ed.): Engineered Transparency - The Technical, Visual, and Spatial Effects of Glass. New York:. Princeton Architectural Press, 2009 pp. 169-82.
  • Sobek, Werner; Sedlbauer, Klaus; Schuster, Heide: Sustainable Building. In: Bullinger, Hans -Jörg (ed.): Technology Guide. Principles - Applications - Trends. Heidelberg: . Springer, 2009, pp. 432-435.
  • Sobek, Werner: From the Institute of Concrete to the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design. The Institute after the retirement of Fritz Leonhardt. In: Joachim Klein 's & Christiane Weber ( ed.): Fritz Leonhardt 1909-1999 The Art of Designing. . The Art of Engineering.. Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 2009, pp. 160 - 163
  • Sobek, Werner: The German Sustainable Building - a new tool for planning and certification of sustainability. In: Annual VDI 2009/2010 edition of the journal " Civil " (Volume 84, September 2009). Pp. 90-91.
  • Sobek, Werner; Tarazi, Frank: Another step towards the dematerialisation of the building envelope - the new administrative building of the European Investititionsbank in Luxembourg. In: Civil Engineering Vol 85 (January 2010 ), pp. 29-35.
  • Sobek, Werner; Hinz, Holger: The new Emil -Schumacher- Museum in Hagen. In: Steel Construction Special 2010 - Structural use of glass. Pp. 30-33.
  • Sobek, Werner: As further construction? Editorial. In: Concrete and reinforced concrete 105 (2010), No. 4, pp. 205
  • Sobek, Werner; Hinz, Holger; Sundermann, Wolfgang: The Sanaya Amman Towers. A tragwerk planning challenge. In: Concrete and reinforced concrete 105 (2010), Issue 4, pp. 244-247.
  • Sobek, Werner; Trumpf, Heiko; Heinlein, Frank: Recycling fair designing in steel construction. In: Steel Construction 79 (2010 ), No. 6 S 424 - 433

Awards

  • Fazlur Khan Award of the SOM ( Skidmore, Owings and Merrill ) Foundation
  • Hubert - frilly - Prize of the German Concrete Association
  • DuPont Benedictus Award
  • Design Award of the Industrial Fabrics Association International ( IFAI )
  • European Holzleimbaupreis
  • Award for the " Building of the Year " by the architect and engineer Club Hamburg
  • Innovation Award for Architecture and presentation
  • Hugo Häring Award of the BDA - Confederation of German Architects
  • Auguste Perret Prize by the UIA - Union Internationale des Architectes
  • Fazlur R. Khan Medal of CTBUH - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
  • Prix ​​Acier 2009 steel construction center Switzerland
  • Médaille de la Recherche et de la Technique 2010, the French Académie d'Architecture
  • 2012: German Solar Prize of EURO SOLAR - European Association for Renewable Energy
  • 2013: Order of Merit of the State of Baden -Württemberg
  • 2013: Nike 2013 BDA Award for Architecture ( Nike for social engagement for the company restaurant with auditorium, Ditzingen )
  • 2013: Award of the IASS Tsuboi (International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures )

Exhibitions

  • 05/ 2010 - 06 /2010 "Sketches for the Future. Werner Sobek and the ILEK " ( Architecture Biennale Moscow 2010 )
  • 03/ 2010 - 05 /2010 "Designing the Future " (Goethe -Institut La Paz and others ( traveling exhibition ) )
  • 11 /2009 - 12/2009 "Sketches for the future. Werner Sobek and the ILEK " ( FH Kärnten Spittal )
  • 06 /2009 - 09/2009 "Sketches for the future. Werner Sobek and the ILEK " ( Ringturm Gallery Vienna)
  • 05/ 2009 - 06 /2010 "Designing the Future" ( Goethe- Institut Jakarta and others ( traveling exhibition ) )
  • 02 /2005 " Merging Architecture and Engineering - Lightweight, adaptivity and Transparency " ( American University of Cairo )
  • 05 /2004 - 08/2004 "show me the future - way in the future " ( Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich )
  • 11/2003 - 11/ 2004 " Beyond Materiality - China Tour" (Beijing, Houa Zhong Keij, bycatch Jidaoda, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen)
  • 11/2003 "Beyond Materiality " ( Fair Tokyo)
  • 09 /2002 - 10/2002 "Beyond Materiality " (Aedes East Gallery, Berlin)
  • 06/1999 - 11/ 1999 ' Archi -neering " ( Municipal Museum Leverkusen)
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