Name: Discovering Early Modernism in Switzerland
Brand: Birkhäuser
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ISBN: 9783035626711

Eine aufschlussreiche und spannungsvoll verfasste Forschungsarbeit über einen Vorreiter der architektonischen Moderne aus der Schweiz. Das Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos ist ein frühmodernes Meisterwerk der Schweizer Architekten Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) und des renommierten Bauingenieurs und Brückenbauers Robert Maillart. Als Ergebnis kollaborativer Arbeit von Ingenieur, Architekt und Bauherr entstand hier mit all ihren Widersprüchen und Kompromissen eine neue Art der Architektur an der Schwelle zur Moderne, die maßgeblich durch den Einsatz von Stahlbeton geprägt ist. Trotz einzelner früher Erwähnungen in der Architekturgeschichte gibt es jedoch kaum Informationen über diesen Vorreiter der Moderne aus der Schweiz. Gestützt auf zahlreichen Archivalien liefert Daniel Korwan nun erstmals eine detaillierte Chronologie dieses Gebäudes aus dem Jahr 1909 und ermöglicht einen erweiterten Blick auf die Geschichtsrezeption der Moderne. <UL> <LI>Erste Publikation über einen Vorreiter moderner Architektur aus der Schweiz </LI> <LI>Unveröffentlichte Abbildungen und Pläne vom Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos </LI> <LI>Aufschlussreicher und spannend erzählter neuer Beitrag zur Rezeption der Moderne des 20. Jahrhunderts </LI></UL>

An insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) and the renowned civil engineer and bridge builder Robert Maillart. A new form of architecture was forged here, full of contradictions and compromises and the result of intense collaboration between engineer, architect, and client. It stands at the threshold of modernism, which is largely characterized by the use of reinforced concrete. Apart from certain early mentions in architectural history, very little has been written about this Swiss precursor of modernist architecture. Drawing on numerous archival records, Daniel Korwan now provides the first detailed chronology of this 1909 building, thus expanding the record on the historical reception of modernism. <UL> <LI>First publication on a Swiss building that prefigured modern architecture </LI> <LI>Unpublished illustrations and plans of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos </LI> <LI>Insightful and engagingly narrated new contribution to the study of 20th century modernism </LI></UL>

Robert Maillart; Pfleghard & Haefeli; Schweizer Beton; Davos; Sanatorium; Stahlbetonkonstruktion; Daniel Korwan; Höhenklinik; Sigfried Giedion; Queen Alexandra Sanatorium; Tuberkuloseklinik; Klinik Davos; Schatzalp; Thurgauer Schaffhauser Höhenklinik

Robert Maillart; Pfleghard & Haefeli; Swiss concrete; swiss modernism; Davos; Schatzalp; Queen Alexandra Sanatorium; reinforced concrete; Pioneer of modernism; Daniel Korwan; Korwan; Sigfried Giedion; Queen Alexandra Sanatorium; Tuberculosis sanatorium; sanatorium

The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium

Discovering Early Modernism in Switzerland

Dr. Daniel Korwan, Architekt und Wissenschaftler

Dr. Daniel Korwan, architect and architecture scholar

An insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland  The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) and the renowned civil engineer and bridge builder Robert Maillart.  A new form of architecture was forged here, full of contradictions and compromises and the result of intense collaboration between engineer, architect, and client. It stands at the threshold of modernism, which is largely characterized by the use of reinforced concrete.  Apart from certain early mentions in architectural history, very little has been written about this Swiss precursor of modernist architecture. Drawing on numerous archival records, Daniel Korwan now provides the first detailed chronology of this 1909 building, thus expanding the record on the historical reception of modernism.   First publication on a Swiss building that prefigured modern architecture  Unpublished illustrations and plans of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos  Insightful and engagingly narrated new contribution to the study of 20th century modernism 

An insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland  The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium 