Justus Dahinden
Justus Dahinden ( born May 18, 1925 in Zurich ) is a Swiss architect, Professor Emeritus at the Technical University of Vienna and one of the most important representatives of the post-war architecture in Switzerland.
Life
Justus Dahinden, born in 1925 in Zurich, studied from 1945 to 1949 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich architecture, as well as the time Max Frisch and Alberto Camenzind, with Prof. William darkness. Since 1955 Dahinden had his own studio in Zurich. In 1956 he is a Ph.D. with his work location determination for contemporary architecture at the ETH. In 1974 he was appointed as Professor of Interior Design and Design at the TU Vienna. He was also made head of the Institute of Interior Design and Design at the Technical University of Vienna.
Justus Dahinden is a member and an honorary member of various international organizations and associations, such as the " Groupe International d'Architecture Prospective " ( GIAP ) in Paris, the SIAC " Société Internationale d' Artistes Chrétien ", the " Colegio de Arquitectos Del Estado De Jalisco AC " in Mexico, and has become acquainted with these bodies. International attention was in 1984 conducted "International Architecture Symposium, Man and Space ' " at the Technical University of Vienna, in which, for example, Bruno Zevi, Dennis Sharp, Pierre Vago, Jorge Glusberg, Otto Kapfinger, Frei Otto, Paolo Soleri, Ernst Gisel, Ionel note and others took part.
Justus Dahinden is professor emeritus in 1995, however still head of research unit man and space at the TU Vienna. About his work at the University of Vienna was out and Justus Dahinden is asked at various colleges and universities around the world as a faculty as a professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and the International Academy of Architecture (IAA ) in Sofia / Bulgaria. 2009, his office was initiated as a new "IAA Center Zurich " to support the International Academy of Architecture worldwide.
Work
In addition to socially relevant projects explored Justus Dahinden theoretical foundations based on Gestalt psychology and philosophical considerations, various basic concepts such as the " Law of Three " ( synthesis of structure, form, and spirit ), the idea of " contextualism in Architecture" ( unity between construction world, nature and man ) or the " philosophy of the slope ." The integration of ecological ( biogenetic ) aspects in architectural " archetypes ", is based on his architectural designs, for example in his city hill projects. Dahinden has also dealt extensively with Archigram and the Metabolists.
He has published numerous books, research papers and essays on architectural theory and technology; published in his 2005 book " Man and Space " he summed up the meeting of man with the space. For his buildings and projects he has received numerous international awards and prizes in national and international competitions. In 1981 the Grand Prix d'Architecture awarded him.
Important Buildings and Projects (selection)
Honors and Awards
Important exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Paris (1967 ), Salzburg / Munich (1968 ), Moscow / London / St. Louis ( 1969), New York / Lyon ( 1973), Zurich (1974 ), Warsaw ( 1975), Lausanne (1976 ), Moscow / ETH Zurich (1978 ), Museum of Modern Art in New York MOMA (1979 ), Paris / USA (1981 ), Milan / Sofia / Tokyo ( 1985), Buenos Aires (1986 /1989), São Paulo / Belo Horizonte ( 1987), Rome / Moscow / Tbilisi ( 1988), Bratislava, Prague ( 1991)
"The Fifty World 's Leading Architects"
Architecture Triennale Belgrade ( 1985)
Traveling exhibition of his own works
1981-1987 Paris, USA, Milan, Sofia, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Rome
Publications (selection)
Literature (selection )
- Emmanuel Muriel: "Contemporary Architects", St. Martin's Press New York, 1980, ISBN 0312166354
- Isabelle Rucki, Dorothea Huber: "Architects Dictionary of Switzerland 19-20. Century ", Birkhauser Verlag 1998, ISBN 3764352612
- Kaye Geipel: "Architects. Justus Dahinden. " IRB Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3816726860
- IRB Documentation of literature: "Architects - Justus Dahinden ", Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3816726860