Hans Döllgast: Post-War Heritage Reconstruction by Max Sternberg (29 April 2020) 

The Martin Centre Research Seminar Series
The 50th Lunchtime Lecture Series
Title: Hans Döllgast (1891-1974): Post-War Heritage Reconstruction as Modern Architecture
Abstract: Hans Döllgast is the dark horse of twentieth-century modern architecture in Germany. Born two years before Hans Scharoun, Döllgast’s life and work falls right in the middle of the heroic generation of modern architecture. A maverick and self-declared ‘artistic stray dog’, as well as a fiercely independent-minded humanist, Döllgast was simultaneously at the centre and the margins of modern architecture. Döllgast engaged in what has rightly been termed ‘creative reconstruction’ in post-war Bavaria. This paper traces his key themes in his distinctive approach to the task architectural response to destruction and trauma.
Speaker's bio: Maximilian Sternberg is Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Architecture in the Department of Architecture in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke College. His research interests include medievalism in modern architecture, as well as the role of heritage in urban conflicts. He is developing a project on Alvar Aalto and the moving image supported by the Centre for Visual Culture. Recent books include Phenomenologies of the City (Ashgate 2015) and Modern Architecture and the Sacred (Bloomsbury, forthcoming). Previously he worked on medieval architecture culminating in his Cistercian Architecture and Medieval Society (Brill, 2013).
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