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Hans Scharoun
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4 buildings in this collection · 2 cities · 1 country
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Berlin Also credited: Otto Bartning, Hugo Haring, Walter Gropius.
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About Hans Scharoun
Hans Scharoun (1893–1972) pursued an organic, Expressionist architecture that prioritised the experience of interior space over external form. The catalogue holds 4 of his works, spanning five decades of German architecture.
The Berlin Philharmonic (1963) revolutionised concert hall design with its vineyard-style seating that wraps the audience around the orchestra — the building's tent-like exterior is a direct expression of this interior idea. The Berlin State Library (1978, completed posthumously) extends the same principles to a reading landscape of terraced levels. Villa Schminke (1933) in Löbau is an early Modernist masterpiece: a house shaped like a ship, with curved walls and flowing interior spaces. Scharoun also contributed to the Siemensstadt housing estate in Berlin.
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- Is this a complete list of works?
- No. This is Vandelay’s selected collection of 4 buildings credited to Hans Scharoun. The catalogue includes collaborations and does not represent a complete body of work.
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