Wolfgang Sonne – författare

Zwei Objektüberlieferungen werden wissenschaftlich aufeinander bezogen: Bestände im Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbaukunst NRW der TU Dortmund und die Stadtkirche St. Reinoldi in Dortmund. In diesem Band sind erstmals die Wiederaufbaupläne von Herwarth Schulte für die Stadtkirche St. Reinoldi in Dortmund vollständig publiziert. Die Bestandserschließung wird mit der modellhaften Entwicklung und Implementierung von universitären Lehrveranstaltungen verknüpft. Dabei werden auch Veranstaltungsformate und Methoden diskutiert, die Partizipation gleichermaßen thematisieren wie eröffnen. Vorgestellt werden Kooperationen zwischen Baugeschichte und Allgemeiner Kunstgeschichte, zwischen Architekturstudium und Lehrerbildung, zwischen Kunstgeschichte und Rehabilitationswissenschaften, zwischen Universität und Schule. Einen Kern bildet das von der Stiftung Mercator im Kontext des Wettbewerbs »SammLehr - An Objekten lehren und lernen« geförderte Lehrprojekt »Planvoll«. Das Buch gibt vielfältige Einblicke in eine experimentelle sammlungs- und objektbasierte Kunst- und Architekturgeschichte. Das Spektrum reicht von der »klassischen« Bestandserschließung über Konzeption und Realisierung von Ausstellungen, Veranstaltungen der Kinder- Uni, inklusionsorientierte Vermittlungsformen für Sehende, Sehbehinderte und Blinde bis hin zu Angeboten für junge Geflüchtete. Das Buch eröffnet eine breite Diskussion aus zahlreichen verschiedenen Perspektiven.

Text in English & German. Since the 1950s Stefan Polónyi has realised a large number of buildings of all kinds from his Cologne office, working with famous architects all over the world. In his view, load-bearing structure, form and function have to form an indissoluble entity, and thus create an aesthetic appearance: beauty feeds on structural consistency. Very few civil engineers have made claims of this kind. Architects who have worked with Polónyi see this ambitious claim as something that has enriched their own design process. First of all Polónyi, working with Josef Lehmbrock and Fritz Schaller, developed bold folded structures and shells for church buildings, and this at a time before statical calculations were not done by computer, but a lot of things still had to be tried out in model form. Polónyi co-operated closely with Oswald Mathias Ungers on the Galleria for the Frankfurter Messe, among other projects. He made the flying roof for Axel Schultes' Kunstmuseum Bonn possible, supported by a row of irregularly placed columns, and also the undulating metal ceiling in the auditorium of Rem Koolhaas' Nederlands Dans Theater and the umbrella-like roofing for the approach tracks in Cologne's main station. Polónyi's bridges, built from the 1990s in the Ruhr District, have become landmarks in the meantime with their red curved tubes as a structural and aesthetic element. Today he creates his bridges as buildings over the river, so-called Living Bridges. Polónyi's wide range of professional experience had a considerable bearing on his teaching at Berlin and Dortmund Technical Universities. Working with architects Harald Deilmann and Josef Paul Kleihues, Polónyi established the "Dortmund Model for the Building Sciences". It provides joint training for architects and civil engineers in a single faculty. The present book is appearing to accompany the exhibition of the same name in the "Dortmunder U". The essays address specific aspects of Polónyi's work. So Karl-Eugen Kurrer and Ulrich Pfammatter look at the development of structural analysis and the resultant distinction drawn between the professional territories of the civil engineer and the architect. Patrik Schumacher, partner in Zaha Hadid's practice, represents a current position in terms of co-operation between the two disciplines. Katrin Lichtenstein's account of the Dortmund Model and Atilla Ötes' view of the current study situation consider the effect on training and teaching. Sonja Hnilica analyses the folding systems and shells in the church projects, and Polónyi presents his bridges, including the designs for the Living Bridges.

Given current sustainability requirements, the quality of the built city—its buildings and public spaces—takes on a particular importance. Yet many municipalities complain about a shortage of experts who are capable of effectively designing cities, urban districts, and urban spaces. Building on the 2014 Cologne declaration on urban design education, ‟Die Stadt zuerst” (‟The City First”), the fourteenth Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebensfähigkeit der Stadt (Conference on the Beauty and Viability of the City) seeks to circumscribe the requisite professional expertise: what do urban planners need to know in order to design and realize sustainable and resilient cities? They require a solid knowledge concerning suitable street infrastructures, sizes, and shapes of blocks, plot configurations, and building types, for a start. Beyond this, they also need the ability to shape urban spaces and their surfaces so that they remain attractive over the long-term and develop characteristic local atmospheres. Critically examines academic teaching in the fields of urban development and urban design Serves as a stimulus regarding current issues such as the fragmentation of planning processes Contains contributions by renowned experts from both research and practice

The urban courtyard and its far-reaching significance for the development of neighborhoods was the topic of the 15th Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebenfähigkeit der Stadt (Conference on the Beauty and Viability of the City). The division of the city into public and private spaces is a fundamental quality of urban planning because it provides residents with open spaces, gardens, and courtyards on the property, which they can take care of together. This self-organized arrangement strengthens social interaction and promotes democratic behavior in daily negociations with the house community. In lectures and discussions, experts examine social, urban planning, transportation, ecological, and architectural aspects of urban courtyards. Examines urban courtyards in old and new neighborhoodsDiscusses current issues such as social responsibility and sustainabilityContributions from renowned experts from practice and academia

Five routes lead through Dortmund and follow the sound of the city: paths, water, materials, town and countryside, and public spaces. These routes cross Dortmund’s urban area, rendering history, the present, and geographical features visible and understandable in specific places. The hubs of these urban explorations are museums, industrial monuments, and the municipal church St. Reinoldi. The routes include aristocratic manors, parks, gas pipelines, village structures and churches going back to medieval times, buildings from postwar modernity, areas of industrialization and structural change, and colleges. Dortmunder Passagen opens up new perspectives and invites the reader to explore the city.

In the twenty-first century, the Ruhr area—with 5.1 million inhabitants, the largest conurbation in Germany—finds itself poised between historical preservation and modernization: the region still stands for its mining past and its postindustrial transformation, and yet it also offers an example of sustainable urban and regional development. The more the structural change of the region advances, the more the Ruhr area reflects a pattern common to many cities internationally: the in-between urban spaces become more connected to the densely populated centers that are traditionally found in European cities. This book is being published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk, now the Regionalverband Ruhr. This organization was founded in 1920, at the beginning of the Weimar Republic, as a planning and environmental body and is today still the largest metro administrative body in Europe. The volume offers a programmatic agenda for the future. It documents the history, strategy, and governance of the Regionalverband Ruhr as a network organization for regional management that has jointly been responsible for internationally renowned lead projects such as the IBA Emscher Park, RUHR.2010—European Capital of Culture, Ruhrtriennale, Green Infrastructure, and the IGA Metropole Ruhr 2027. Using texts, images, and plans, it vividly depicts the inner master plan for the Ruhr metropolis, producing a master narrative— not least of all for the areas of soft regionalization, culture, tourism, industrial culture, and economic and scientific marketing in the “city of cities.”

The beauty of public spaces is a key element in changing the future role of city centers from retail to the provision of a space for enjoyment and relaxation. Streets and squares with building facades that augment the city’s image will become the deciding factor in how appealing it is to visitors. An increase in living, working, and cultural offerings in the city will further in greater vitality in urban areas. We can still turn the economic crisis, which has been significantly increased by the pandemic, into an opportunity: How do we want to redesign our cities? The Konferenz zur Schonheit und Lebensfahigkeit der Stadt (Conference on the Beauty and Livability of Cities) has devoted itself to fundamental questions in urban development for over a decade. The contributions in this volume combine economic, social, ecological, and mobility questions concerning city-center development with architectural and urban planning considerations.

The Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst argues that small, dense cities offer the best conditions for long-term functioning as eco-friendly green cities. In order to plan the necessary sustainable revegetation of urban parks, streets, and courtyards, we must first answer the overarching question of how climate protection and resilience measures can integrated into beautiful, livable cities. For over a decade, the Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebensfähigkeit der Stadt has dedicated itself to fundamental questions in urban development. The contributions in this volume present discussions of integrated approaches to the green city from experts in both theory and practice across a range of different disciplines, as well as from the heads of various German city planning departments.