Johann Carl Ludwig Schmid
Johann Carl Ludwig Schmid ( born September 12, 1780 in Cottbus, † 4 September 1849 in Berlin) was a German architect and construction officer, Mr Prussian. In 1842 he followed Günther August as head of Oberbaudeputation after 1848 and appointed him to the Prussian state director of the Berlin Academy of Architecture.
Working with Schinkel and pioneer of Hobrecht Plan
Little is known about the work of Schmid's before 1819, in the light of day only after he performs as friend Schinkel and as a member of the royal Oberbaudeputation. As a 40 - year-old he took over in 1820, the Directorate of brick kilns for the construction of the Mark Finow channel.
From the close friendship with Schmid Karl Friedrich Schinkel common designs such as 1822 went for the Altes Museum Lustgarten, which now houses the antique collection of the Berlin State Museums forth. The new Packhofstraße at Kupfergraben, which was completed under Schmid's line, went back to joint planning in the years 1825/1826.
When in 1827 the Berlin municipal authorities due to the strong growth and the narrowing of the city within the Berlin tariff wall or Akzisemauer decided to create a development plan for the surrounding area, the responsible than Oberbaurat in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior Schmid said the area around Berlin in five plan sections, which in were numbered clockwise. Schmid's work among the conceptual precursors of the later Hobrecht Plan of 1862, the development plan of the surroundings of Berlin.
Luisenstädtischer channel and differences to Lenne
Since 1821/1822 Schmid had created concepts for the development of Köpenick field, the southern part of Luis city. Designs the years 1823/1824 saw as a central axis in front of a north-south channel between Landwehr Canal and the Spree, which should bring as a transport construction materials especially in the booming city. Since there were no sewers in the city at this time, the channel was also provided for drainage. While Schmid's overall plans were not realized, but made the designs for the channel, the basis for the construction of Luisenstädtischer channel, the Schmid but this should not perform yourself. After the enthronement of Frederick William IV of Prussia King in 1840, the urban planning of Berlin was transferred to the landscape architect and urban planner Peter Joseph.
Based on Schmid's plans designed Lenne the draft development plan, which take into account the space requirements of industrial and railway land better and should be socially balanced. For Lenne the social tasks of city planning had a high priority - green areas for recreation and streets and squares with high residence value he considered necessary for a functioning urban neighborhood while had rather been the economic aspects of a waterway with its transportation are the main considerations for Schmid. In addition to differences in the planning of the harbor basin and wharfs another significant difference between the plans was the route of the canal. While Schmid had provided a very straight course from the Landwehr Canal and the River Spree, Lenne left the channel on Engelbecken in an arc northeast bend, which should have an adverse effect on the flow conditions.
Frank Eberhardt writes summing up: " Schmid failed with to present his development plans, even though it had been authorized by the King, as ultimately Lenne with his plan of jewelry and border trains to the lack of financial resources of the state and the city as well as the narrow-minded interests of builders. "
Honors
The Schmidstraße in the former Luis city in central Berlin between Michaelkirchstraße and Heinrich -Heine-Straße bears since April 7, 1849 the name of the almost forgotten builder.