Pehnt, Wolfgang.

Peter Kulka : Bosch Haus Heidehof, Stuttgart / Text, Wolfgang Pehnt ; Photographien, Peter Walser.

Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, ©2005.

59 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.

Opus ; 55

"Early in the 20th century, Robert Bosch, the founder of the Stuttgart technology business, built a villa on the hills east of the city. It was half Palladian, half in the reform style of the period before the First World War. The building was to meet the head of the company's need for prestige, and to provide a private refuge thanks to the pleasant qualities of its large park and open position. The foundation of the same name is now housed in the Villa Bosch, but the space available has not been adequate for some time. As the company also needed rooms for seminars and other events, a decision was taken to build new accommodation next to the villa." "Seven well-known teams took part in a restricted competition, including Tadao Ando, Richard Meier and Richard Rogers. The commission went to Peter Kulka, based in Cologne and Dresden. He found a convincing solution to the problem of leaving the dominance of the old building untouched and at the same time making the new accommodation attractive in its own right. He came up with a second>>villa<<slightly below the first one, precise in its volume and minimalist in its resources. The building responds impressively to the challenges of the topography, the landscape around it and its neighbouring building." "Kulka's work combines transparency with physical presence, structural austerity with poetry. This villa suburbana represents a milestone in his career. Kulka, born in 1937, was a pupil of Selman Selmanagic and worked with Hermann Henselmann, Hans Scharoun and in various partnerships before setting up his own practice in 1979. He has been seen as a member of the German architectural avant-garde since his Dresden parliament building (1991-94)."--Jacket.

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Kulka, Peter, 1937-
Robert Bosch Stiftung Buildings.
Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Robert Bosch Stiftung Constructions.
Office buildings Germany Stuttgart.
Architecture Germany Stuttgart History.
Architecture, Modern 21st century Germany Stuttgart.
Immeubles de bureaux Allemagne Stuttgart.
Architecture Allemagne Stuttgart 21e siècle.
Architecture Allemagne Stuttgart Histoire.
Architecture, Modern
Architecture
Buildings
Office buildings
Stuttgart (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Stuttgart (Allemagne) Constructions.
Germany Stuttgart

History

Kulka, Peter, 1937-
Opus (Berlin, Germany) ; 55.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 243543
Cote: BIB 173270
Statut: Disponible