Rob Krier

Rob Krier ( born June 10, 1938 in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg ) is a sculptor, architect and city planner.

Curriculum vitae

Rob Krier, born on 10 June 1938 in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, brother of Leon Krier, worked after studying architecture in Munich ( 1959-1964 ) at OM Ungers and Frei Otto. After teaching in Stuttgart and Lausanne, he was from 1976 to 1998 professor at the Vienna University of Technology in 1986 and a visiting professor at Yale University, New Haven, USA.

Rob Krier has been internationally known for his 1975 paper published " urban space ", in which he - dealing with the urban reconstruction of destroyed urban structures and the reintroduction of traditional spatial compositions in the urban planning of the postwar period - as in his later practice. Building on historical models and archetypal cities model he developed typologies of streets and squares spaces.

Examples of his early urban planning activity are realized in Berlin as part of the IBA block edge cultivations at the Knight Street (1977-1980) and the town villas on the Rauchstraße ( 1980) and the apartment complex in Breitenfurterstraße in Vienna ( 1981-1987 ). Being established in 1976 in Vienna office in 1993, he moved to Berlin, since according to the urban design of his office, the project Kirchsteigfeld in Potsdam (1992-1997) was realized. Mentioned in partnership with Christoph Kohl in Berlin office Krier ∙ carbon records from 1993 to mid-2010, responsible for urban design projects throughout Europe with emphasis on planning in the Netherlands: De Resident in The Hague ( 1989-2001 ), Noorderhof in Amsterdam (1995-1999 ), Meander in Amsterdam (1995-2006), Brandevoort Helmond (since 1996), Citadel Broekpolder in Beverwijk, Heemskerk (since 2001), Gildenkwartier in Amersfoort ( 1997-2005 ) or slot Haverleij at 's-Hertogenbosch ( 1998-2011 ). The renamed KK Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH is Rob Krier since mid-2010 as a consultant.

Rob Krier has also worked as a sculptor and recovered principally sculptures for public spaces.

In 1997, the honorary membership in the covenant, he was awarded German Architects BDA.

Honors and Awards

Works (selection)

Publications

  • "Notes on the edge ", Sketchbook, Abakon Verlag Berlin, 1975.
  • "Urban Space in Theory and Practice", Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1975.
  • " El Espacio Urbano ", publisher Gustavo Gili Barcelona, ​​in 1976 and 1981.
  • "Urban Space", Academy Editions London, 1979.
  • " L' Espace de la Ville ", Archives d' Architecture Moderne Brussels, 1980.
  • "Urban Space", special issue of A & U ( Architecture Urbanism ) Tokyo, 1980.
  • "Lo Spacio della Città ", CLUP Milan, 1982.
  • "Urban Projects", Rizzoli New York, 1982.
  • "On Architecture", Academy Editions London, 1982.
  • "On Architecture", published by Gustavo Gili Barcelona, 1983.
  • "Architectural Composition", Academy Editions London, 1988.
  • "On Architectural Composition ", Klett-Cotta Verlag Stuttgart, 1988.
  • " Monograph", Academy Editions London, 1993.
  • "Drawings and sculptures " Residenz- Verlag Salzburg, 1995.
  • " Potsdam Kirchsteigfeld - A City Emerges ", awf -Verlag Bensheim / Braun Publishing Berlin, 1997.
  • " Town Spaces. Contemporary Interpretations in Traditional Urbanism ", Birkhäuser Basel / Berlin / Boston, 2003 / 2nd edition 2006.
  • " Figures. Subscribed diary, " Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Tübingen / Berlin, 2005.
  • " Figures, modeled in clay ," Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Tübingen / Berlin, 2005.
  • " City / Urban Space", reprint of the publication "Urban Space in Theory and Practice" (1975 ) / " Urban Space " (1979), conversion -Verlag Solingen, 2005.
  • "Figures. A Pictorial Journal. 2003-2005, " Papadakis Publisher London, 2008.
  • " Cité judiciaire, Luxembourg. 1991-2008 ", Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart / London, 2010.

Sculptural activity

Léon Krier Oswald Mathias Ungers International Building Exhibition Berlin American Institute of Architects Integrated Authority File
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