Die Stadt Bensberg, die heute zu Bergisch Gladbach gehört und auf einem Plateau oberhalb der Kölner Bucht liegt, sollte in den Sechzigerjahren ein neues Rathaus bekommen. Man entschied sich für einen Entwurf von Gottfried Böhm.
D484_047 08/08/2010 : Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg: Rathaus (Gottfried Böhm, 1962-71)
Kicking off the nationwide celebrations, Böhm100 in Frankfurt presents the Pritzker Prize–winner's 1968 Neviges Cathedral in western Germany.
Mit 99 Jahren erinnert sich Gottfried Böhm noch gut an die Herz Jesu Kirche. In der Serie „Schildgen wie es war" erzählt der Jahrhundert-Architekt, wie er auf die Idee mit den Türmen kam, was die Kirche für Schildgen bedeutet – und dass sie eine seiner liebsten ist.
On the occasion of his 100th birthday the DAM honors Gottfried Böhm with an exhibition about his famous pilgrimage church in Neviges.
pilgrimage church, maria königin des friedens, neviges, germany 1963-1972. architect: gottfried böhm, b.1920. this photo was uploaded with a CC license and may be used free of charge and in any way you see fit. if possible, please name photographer "SEIER+SEIER". if not, don't. if the term roofscape was ever justified when describing a single building, it must be here: gottfried böhm's pilgrimage church in neviges, germany, one of his masterpieces from the 1960's. the highly sculptural qualities of the building somewhat obscure the fact that the folded concrete roof is related to contemporary research by architects like jørn utzon, here. this photo is the first from a tour of the structure. the gottfried böhm set so far. the böhm group, featuring the architecture of all three generations of böhm architects.
Kicking off the nationwide celebrations, Böhm100 in Frankfurt presents the Pritzker Prize–winner's 1968 Neviges Cathedral in western Germany.
Image 1 of 24 from gallery of Experience the "Brutal Faith" of Gottfried Böhm's Pilgrimage Church in Neviges. Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
The Catholic pilgrimage church and the related cloisters arose in the small and primarily Protestant hamlet of Neviges. In Gottfried Böhm’s oeuvre there are many sculptural and cleft-looking concrete churches. Neviges is the largest, and is the second biggest religious building in the Cologne Bishopric after the cathedral. In the competition, the design was selected at the personal intervention of the bishop. What swung the scales was the concrete topography leading to the church and (ostensibly) the fact that the model allowed the almost blind bishop to trace the outline of the roof with his fingers.
On the occasion of his 100th birthday the DAM honors Gottfried Böhm with an exhibition about his famous pilgrimage church in Neviges.
Image 1 of 22 from gallery of AD Classics: Neviges Mariendom / Gottfried Böhm. Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
bensberg town hall, bensberg, germany 1962-1967. architect: gottfried böhm, b.1920. layers. I could go on showing you new angles of bensberg town hall. böhm's eventful and dramatic building, succesfully tempered by its monolithic concrete structure and the discipline of its continuous window bands, is very photogenic. but this shot is a good place to end because it shows what I believe to be one of böhm's significant contributions to modern architecture and the problem of how to relate to historical context and to fragments of historical fabric. böhm's approach, developed over a number of projects in postwar germany, stands equally apart from early modernism's love of the tabula rasa and the insular conservation of unique monuments in le corbusier's town plans as from the neurotic layering of carlo scarpa's contemporary projects, whose infinite separation of elements and ages we have to come to regard as ideal, although as a methodology it has a tendency to become overly pedagogical in the hands of lesser architects. böhm weaves old and modern together freely and, more to the point, he builds right on top of historical walls, the apparent suggestion being that continuity is possible - or even simply a fact. as a statement, that was as radical as it got following the self-destruction of german culture which culminated in world war II. in bensberg, this is particularly dramatic in the council chamber, the great glass wall of which is countered by a medieval back wall, democracy taking place between the two. today, we may view böhm's approach more as a general methodology than a statement and as such it has again become relevant since peter zumthor published his plans for the recently completed kolumba museum in köln where he not only built right on top of different historical ruins but included into these the very first church by gottfried böhm himself. this photo was uploaded with a CC license and may be used free of charge and in any way you see fit. if possible, please name photographer "SEIER+SEIER". if not, don't. the gottfried böhm set so far. the böhm group, featuring the architecture of all three generations of böhm architects.
This exclusive photo essay by Laurian Ghinitoiu was originally commissioned for the fifth issue of LOBBY. Available later this month, the latest...
Image 18 of 24 from gallery of Experience the "Brutal Faith" of Gottfried Böhm's Pilgrimage Church in Neviges. Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Image 4 of 10 from gallery of Spotlight: Gottfried Böhm. Bensberg Town Hall (1963-1969) in Bensberg,Germany. Image © Flickr user seier licensed under CC BY 2.0
Image 10 of 22 from gallery of AD Classics: Neviges Mariendom / Gottfried Böhm. Photograph by Yuri Palmin
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Visual diary captured on 35mm
Die Wallfahrtskirche „Maria, Königin des Friedens” in Neviges (Nordrhein-Westfalen) gilt nicht nur als Hauptwerk des Pritzker Preisträgers Gottfried Böhm, sondern auch als wesentliches Beispiel skulpturaler Architektur in den 1960er Jahren und als epochaler Beitrag zum katholischen Kirchenbau des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als Bauwerk fand die Kirche weltweit Beachtung, weniger bekannt ist, dass sie als Krone eines ganzen Wallfahrtsbezirks konzipiert wurde. Gottfried Böhm realisierte eine städtebauliche Intervention und konfigurierte entlang einer aufsteigenden Platzkaskade eine Anlage mit Kindergarten, Pilgerhaus mit Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten und Gemeinschaftsräumen und schliesslich jenem Sakralbau. Im Gegensatz zu früheren Studien, die sich nur auf die Kirche selbst konzentrierten, ist dies die erste eingehende Untersuchung des gesamten Bezirks. Diese Publikation richtet sich an ein vielfältiges Publikum und liefert wichtige und neue Grundlagen zum Verständnis von Gottfried Böhms Schaffen. Steffen Kunkel ist Architekt, Fotograf und Gestalter. Lehrpositionen: TU Darmstadt & KIT Karlsruhe. – The Pilgrimage Church of Mary, Queen of Peace, in Neviges (North Rhine-Westphalia), is regarded as Pritzker Prize winner Gottfried Böhm’s most important work. It is also considered a key example of 1960s sculptural architecture and an epochal contribution to twentieth-century church construction in the Catholic tradition. As a building, the church was a worldwide sensation, but what is less well known is that it was conceived of as the crowning work of an entire pilgrimage district. In planning terms, Böhm’s work was an intervention in the town’s urban fabric, creating a complex configured along an ascending cascade of squares that included a kindergarten, a pilgrims’ house offering overnight accommodation and common spaces, and finally the sacred building itself. Unlike earlier studies, which focused purely on the church, this is the first detailed analysis of the entire area. This publication, which is intended for a varied readership, constitutes an important, new basis for understanding Böhm’s work. Steffen Kunkel is an architect, photographer, and designer. Teaching positions: TU Darmstadt & KIT Karlsruhe.
"Fluch und Segen": Das M:AI zeigt im Herbst 2019 in Köln in St. Gertrud eine Ausstellung zu den Kirchen der Nachkriegsmoderne.
The Bensberg Town Hall was designed in 1962 by Gottfried Böhm and completed in 1969 using thick concrete slabs and seamless glass.
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pilgrimage church, maria königin des friedens, neviges, germany 1963-1972. architect: gottfried böhm, b.1920. this photo was uploaded with a CC license and may be used free of charge and in any way you see fit. if possible, please name photographer "SEIER+SEIER". if not, don't. if the term roofscape was ever justified when describing a single building, it must be here: gottfried böhm's pilgrimage church in neviges, germany, one of his masterpieces from the 1960's. the highly sculptural qualities of the building somewhat obscure the fact that the folded concrete roof is related to contemporary research by architects like jørn utzon, here. this photo is the first from a tour of the structure. the gottfried böhm set so far. the böhm group, featuring the architecture of all three generations of böhm architects.
