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Gunnar Klack (born 1979 in Hamburg) is a German architect, architecture historian and author. He is known for his activism in protecting threatened brutalist architecture.
Life and Work[edit]
Gunnar Klack graduated with Diplom from Berlin University of the Arts, after studying Architecture from 1999 to 2005. He went on to write a doctoral dissertation about the work of the architects Hermann Fehling and Daniel Gogel, known for their Studentendorf Schlachtensee in Berlin. Klack received a PhD (Doktoringenieur) from Technical University of Berlin (TU) in 2013. After a trainee position at Berlinische Galerie (2013–2015) and teaching assignments and academic work at the Chair for Historic Preservation at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning at TU Berlin (2015–2017), he became assistant curator at the Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde (2018–2019). Currently he is a freelance assistant for the Berlin State Office for Cultural Heritage Management.[1]
Parallel to his work in academia and cultural heritage, Klack is working as a journalist. From 2007 until 2012 he was a regular contributor for the magazine Spex. He has written articles for numerous online and print outlets including Die Welt and Die Zeit.[2]
Activism[edit]
In 2020, Gunnar Klack and the art historian Felix Torkar petitioned to save a brutalist building in Berlin. The building in question, which was at risk, is the Research Institutes for Experimental Medicine.[3] Klack and Torkar received media attention throughout 2020 and 2021.[4][5] Their public campaign was the subject of numerous press articles and television reports, nationally and internationally.[6][7][8]
In his writing about the cultural and historic value of Nuclear Power, Klack argues for recognizing nuclear Power stations as Germany's industrial heritage.[9][10][11]
Publications[edit]
English[edit]
- "Mäusebunker Window". In: Catherine Croft, Thaddeus Zupančič, David Attwood (ed.): My C20 Detail, London: Twentieth Century Society 2021, p. 98–99, ISBN 9781838298005
- With Felix Torkar: "Berlin: Brutalist Icons Threatened by Demolition". In: Christoph Machat, John Ziesemer (ed.): Heritage at Risk – World Report 2016–2019 on Monuments and Sites in Danger. Berlin: Hendrik Bäßler 2020, p. 60–62, ISBN 978-3-945880-67-8
- "The Non-Architects' Architect". In Hans Bussert (ed.): Baller's Po-Mo Utopia. EX LIBRIS No News News #3, June 21, 2020[12]
- "Tiergarten Today: A Product of the Kollektivplan?". In: Sandra Bartoli, Jörg Stollmann (ed.): Tiergarten, Landscape of Transgression. This Obscure Object of Desire. Zürich: Park Books 2019, p. 46–57, ISBN 978-3-03860-033-6
- "Gerd Hänska – Central Animal Laboratories". In: Oliver Elser, Philip Kurz, Peter Cachola Schmal (ed.): SOS Brutalism – A Global Survey. Zürich: Park Books 2017, ISBN 978-3-03860-075-6
- "Spaces With an Educational Mandate. Dormitory for the Free University of Berlin". In: Maren Harnack, Sebastian Haumann, Karin Berkemann et al. (ed.): Community Spaces– Conception, Appropriation, Identity. Berlin: TU Berlin 2015, p. 91–100, ISBN 978-3-7983-2713-9
German[edit]
- "Kraftwerke als Denkmal?". In: Andreas Jüttemann, Martin Schlecht (ed.): Kernkraftwerk Rheinsberg. Geschichte und Zukunft einer Technik, Berlin: Orte der Geschichte e.V. 2021, p. 13–15, ISBN 978-3-946438-11-3
- With Felix Torkar: Rettet den Mäusebunker! Abriss bei der Charité, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 106, Frankfurt, May 7th 2020, p. 14
- "Kernkraft als Gegenstand der Baugeschichte". In: Bernhard Ludewig, Dirk Eidemüller: Der nukleare Traum – Die Geschichte der deutschen Atomkraft. Berlin: DOM Publishers 2020, p. 394–397, ISBN 978-3-86922-088-8
- Doctoral dissertation: Gebaute Landschaften – Fehling + Gogel und die organische Architektur – Landschaft und Bewegung als Natur-Narrative. Bielefeld: Transcript 2015, ISBN 978-3-8376-3290-3
- "Brutalismus". In: Erica Casdorff-Westendorff (ed.): Kunst Berlin, Berlin: Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH, 2017, p. 84–87, ISBN 978-3-946383-46-8
- "Erweiterungsbau Institut für Meteorologie". In: Martina Schilling (ed.): Freie Universität Berlin – Ein Architekturführer zu den Hochschulbauten, Berlin: Braun 2011, S. 148–151, ISBN 978-3-03768-017-9
- As editor, with Peter Gruss and Matthias Seidel: Fehling + Gogel – Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft als Bauherr der Architekten Hermann Fehling und Daniel Gogel. Berlin: Jovis 2009, ISBN 978-3-86859-050-0
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin / archint 1989_cz:de: Brutal Treatment of Brutalism". berlin.czechcentres.cz (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ↑ "Neubau / Neubau Akademie™ Study (MMXX)". Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ "The Inspiring Fight On The Ground To Save Berlin's At-Risk Brutalism". Greyscape.
- ↑ Hindahl, Philipp (2022-01-18). "A Treasure of Berlin Brutalism on the Brink of a Transhumanist Future". pinupmagazine.org. Retrieved 2022-01-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Paul, Ulrich. "Can the Mouse Bunker be saved?". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ↑ Moody, Oliver. "Architects battle to save 'brutal' features of Berlin design history". The Times.
- ↑ Maršrutas nr. 157 - Berlynas I d. Pelių bunkeris, Mozės namas, AEG Turbinų fabrikas, Filharmonija, retrieved 2022-06-17
- ↑ Kovács, Dániel. "A brutalizmus védelmében: mi lesz veled, Egérbunker?". epiteszforum.hu. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ↑ Klack, Gunnar (2019). Brandt, Sigrid, ed. Nuclear Power Plants. Construction Task, Building Types, History (PDF). Tagungsband: Internationale Fachtagung der Technischen Universität Berlin, Fachgebiet Historische Bauforschung und Baudenkmalpflege, und des Deutschen Nationalkomitees von ICOMOS in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Sektion von TICCIH und der Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, 20./21. Oktober 2017 (in Deutsch). ICOMOS German National Committee. pp. 34–44. Search this book on
- ↑ Schlecht, Martin (2021). Kernkraftwerk Rheinsberg Geschichte und Zukunft einer Technik. Andreas Jüttemann (1. Auflage ed.). Berlin. pp. 13–15. ISBN 978-3-946438-11-3. OCLC 1251780502. Search this book on
- ↑ Ludewig, Bernhard (2020). Der nukleare Traum die Geschichte der deutschen Atomkraft. Dirk Eidemüller, DOM publishers ([1. Auflage] ed.). Berlin. pp. 394–397. ISBN 978-3-86922-088-8. OCLC 1124325366. Search this book on
- ↑ "No News News #3: BALLER'S PO-MO UTOPIA". exlibris.berlin. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
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