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Title:	Albert Kahn, Stahlbau im Kontext der Moderne
Abstract:	Bauhaus, Moderne und die Leistung der Ingenieure - 100 Jahre Bauhaus 2019 2019 ist das Jahr gleich zweier bedeutsamer Jubiläen: 100 Jahre seit Gründung des Bauhauses in Weimar, aber auch der 150. Geburtstag von Albert Kahn, dem wohl bedeutendsten Industriearchitekten der Moderne. 1869 in Rhaunen, Hunsrück geboren, 1880 mit seiner jüdischen Familie in die Neue Welt Amerika ausgewandert, schuf seine 1905 in Detroit gegründete Firma Kahn Associates bis zu seinem Tode 1943 weit über 2 000 Bauwerke, größtenteils industrielle Kathedralen in Stahl und Glas [1]. Im folgenden Beitrag sollen nach einem kurzen Rückblick auf markante Beispiele des europäischen industriellen Stahlbaus Mitte bis Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts einige dieser amerikanischen Stahlhallen, auch in ihrem Kontext zur Bauhaus-Moderne, vorgestellt werden. Ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit orientiert sich diese Auswahl an der Anschauung des Hallenentwurfs als eine “Leistungsform”, die Aspekte wie Nutzung, Spannweite, Flexibilität, Bauzeit, Belichtung, Fördertechnik, Energie, Klima sowie die gerade im Industriebau gebotene Wirtschaftlichkeit innovativ zu einer ganzheitlichen Antwort integriert. Albert Kahn, steel construction in the context of modernity 2019 marks the year of two significant anniversaries: 100 years since the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, but also the 150th birthday of Albert Kahn, arguably the most important industrial architect of modern times. Born in 1856 in Rhaunen, Hunsrück, Albert Kahn emigrated with his Jewish family to the New World in 1880, founded his company Kahn Associates in 1905 in Detroit, and created until his death in 1943 well over 2 000 buildings, mostly industrial steel and glass cathedrals. In the following article, after a brief review of striking examples of European industrial steel construction in the middle to end of the 19th century, some of these American steel buildings will be presented, also in their context of Bauhaus Modernism. Without any claim to completeness, this selection is based on the conception of the industrial steel construction as a “performance space”, defined by aspects such as flexibility, materials handling, construction time, daylighting, energy, climate, as well as economy. These demands were and are integrated in innovative and holistic steel constructions.
Source:	Stahlbau 88 (2019), No. 4
Page/s:	383-392
Language of Publication:	German

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