Hans Scharoun

Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German architect He designed the Berliner Philharmonie (home to the Berlin Philharmonic) and the Schminke House in Löbau, Saxony. He was important in organic and expressionist architecture.

Hans Scharoun (1966)

Berliner Philharmonie

Awards and prizes

• 1954 Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin
• 1954 Fritz Schumacher Prize, Hamburg
• 1955 Berlin Arts Prize
• 1958 Bronze plaque of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg
• 1959 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1962 Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Berlin
• 1964 Grand Prize of the Association of German Architects (Großer BDA Preis)
• 1965 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Rome
• 1965 Auguste Perret Prize
• 1969 Honorary citizen of Berlin
• 1970 Erasmus Prize

Work

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  Chamber music hall (right) and Philharmonie in Berlin
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  House for living, Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart
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  An early work of Scharoun: Hostel in the WuWa-Werkbund exposition in Breslau
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  A late work of Scharoun: Theatre in Wolfsburg, opened 1973
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  Romeo & Julia, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Rot (1954–59)
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  Salute, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof (1961–63)
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  Rauher Kapf, residential district, Böblingen (1965)
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  Orplid, high-rise apartments, Böblingen (1971)

Popular buildings

• A house called Die Wohnung (The dwelling) for the Werkbund exhibition at the Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, (1927)
• Men's hostel for the Werkbund exhibition called Wohnung und Werkraum (Dwellings and Workspaces), Wrocław, (1929)
• Apartments at Kaiserdamm, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1928/29)
• Apartments at Hohenzollerndamm, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, (1929/30)
• Town planning and housing design at Großsiedlung Siemensstadt, (1929–31)
• The Schminke house, Löbau/Sachsen, (1933)
• The Baensch house, Berlin-Spandau, (1935)
• The Hoffmeyer house, Bremerhaven, (1935)
• The Moll house, Berlin-Grunewald, (1936)
• The Mohrmann house, Berlin-Lichtenrade, (1939)
• Romeo & Julia, high rise apartments, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, (1954–59)
• Charlottenburg-Nord, housing development, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1955–60)
• Girls School (now a comprehensive school) "Geschwister-Scholl-Schule", Lünen, (1956–62)
• Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1957–63)
• Salute, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof, (1961–63)
• Main and primary school, Marl, (designed in 1960, completed in 1971)
• Institutes of the faculty for architecture of the Technical University, Berlin, (1962–70)
• Rauher Kapf, residential district Böblingen, (1965)
• Orplid, high-rise apartments, Böblingen, (1971)
• Embassy building for the Federal Republic of Germany, Brasília, (1964–71)
• City Theatre, Wolfsburg, (1965–73)
• Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (German maritime museum), Bremerhaven, (1970–75)
• State library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1964–79)

Popular projects

• Competition – Prenzlau Cathedral Square, 1st Prize, (1919)
• Competition – German hygiene museum, Dresden, (1920)
• Competition – Multistorey building at Friedrichstraße station, Berlin, (1922)
• Competition – Münsterplatz Ulm, (1925)
• Competition – Town hall and Exhibition spaces, Bremen, (1928)
• Competition – Liederhalle concert hall, Stuttgart, 1st Prize, (1949)
• Competition – American Memorial Library, Berlin, (1951)
• Design for a primary school, Darmstadt, (1951)
• Competition – Land development, Isle of Helgoland, (1952)
• Competition – Theater, Kassel, 1st Prize, (1952)
• Competition – National Theater, Mannheim, 3rd Prize, (1953)

References

Sources

(in English)

• Bürkle, J. Christoph: "Hans Scharoun", Studio Paperback, Birkhäuser, Basel 1993, ISBN 3-7643-5581-6
• Genovese, Paolo Vincenzo, "Hans Scharoun, Scuola a Lünen", Testo & Immagine, Torino, 2001.
• Jones, Peter Blundell: "Hans Scharoun — a monograph", 1978, ISBN 0-900406-57-7
• Jones, Peter Blundell: "Hans Scharoun", London 1993/1997, ISBN 0-7148-2877-7 (Hardback) ISBN 0-7148-3628-1 (Paperback)
• Jones, Peter Blundell; "Hans Scharoun: Buildings in Berlin", 2002, ISBN 0-9714091-2-9
• Kirschenmann, Jörg C. und Syring, Eberhard: "Hans Scharoun", Taschen Basic Architecture, Taschen, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-8228-2778-9

(in German)

• Barkhofen, Eva-Maria: Hans Scharoun – Architektur auf Papier. Visionen aus vier Jahrzehnten (1909–1945), Berlin Munich 2022, ISBN 978-3-422-98763-0
• Bürkle, J. Christoph: "Hans Scharoun und die Moderne — Ideen, Projekte, Theaterbau", Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Janofske, Eckehard: "Architektur-Räume, Idee und Gestalt bei Hans Scharoun", Braunschweig 1984
• Jones, Peter Blundell: "Hans Scharoun — Eine Monographie", Stuttgart 1980
• Kirschenmann, Jörg C. und Syring, Eberhard: "Hans Scharoun — Die Forderung des Unvollendeten", Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-421-03048-0
• Pfankuch, Peter (Hrsg.): "Hans Scharoun — Bauten, Entwürfe, Texte", Schriftenreihe der Akademie der Künste Band 10, Berlin 1974, Neuauflage 1993, ISBN 3-88331-971-6
• Ruby, Andreas und Ilka: Hans Scharoun. Haus Möller. Köln 2004.
• Syring, Eberhard und Kirschenmann, Jörg C.: "Hans Scharoun — Außenseiter der Moderne", Taschen, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-8228-2449-6
• Wendschuh, Achim (Hrsg.): "Hans Scharoun — Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Texte", Schriftenreihe der Akademie der Künste Band 22, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-88331-972-4
• Wisniewski, Edgar: "Die Berliner Philharmonie und ihr Kammermusiksaal. Der Konzertsaal als Zentralraum", Berlin 1993