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Start | Bauwerke | Altonaer Straße 15 Stadtteilbibliothek – W. Düttmann
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Altonaer Straße 15
Stadtteilbibliothek – W. Düttmann

Special buildings
Green reading courtyard Landesarchiv Berlin, Foto: Willy Kiel
Draft sketch of the inner courtyard Landesarchiv Berlin, Wiederaufbau Hansaviertel; Sonderveröffentlichung zur Interbau Berlin 57
U-Bahn station (left) and Hansabibliothek (right) with connecting corridor Landesarchiv Berlin, Amtlicher Katalog der Internationalen Bauausstellung Berlin 1957
Inner courtyard with Schwedenhaus in the background Landesarchiv Berlin, Foto: Karl-Heinz Schubert
View into the courtyard in summer Landesarchiv Berlin, Foto: Bert Sass

In 1958, and with 12,000 volumes, the Hansabücherei opened as an American-style lending library. During Interbau, it was used as an exhibition hall. Linked via a covered walkway to the southern entrance of Hansaplatz subway station, it resulted in an ensemble of flat buildings that corresponded to the shopping center opposite. An open-access library requires space for freely-arranged shelving, seating for readers, and light. In the square floor plan, four wings surround a courtyard with a water basin on the southeast side. A design highlight here is the reading garden around which the reading rooms and front desk are arranged. Room-high glass doors open to the courtyard threshold-free, al lowing the line separating inside and outside to blur, reinforced by the slate flooring. With the delicate bronze sculpture Vegetative by Bernhard Heiliger and the basin, the reading garden is a place of leisure, free of street noise, and at the same time the library’s center.

Side views Landesarchiv Berlin, Amtlicher Katalog der Internationalen Bauausstellung Berlin 1957
Library shortly before completion in 1957 Landesarchiv Berlin, Wiederaufbau Hansaviertel; Sonderveröffentlichung zur Interbau Berlin 57
Covered transition from underground station to library Landesarchiv Berlin, Foto: Willi Nitschke
Building
  • Single-storey ensemble consisting of a subway entrance
  • Roofed corridor, and library building on a square floor plan, each side ca. 33 m long
  • Four wings of the building are grouped around an atrium-like courtyard
  • Reading rooms for adults, young people, and children, a magazine and media area
  • Rooms fully-glazed on the courtyard side
Construction
  • Concrete frame with a low, slightly-recessed brick infill
  • The ensemble is placed on a low, recessed pedestal, giving the structure alight feel
  • The atrium garden is landscaped with a water basin
Altonaer Straße 3–9
Schwedenhaus
Fritz Jaenecke – Sten Samuelson
Klopstockstraße 30–32
Alvar Aalto

Werner Düttmann

* 1921 in Berlin
† 1983 in Berlin

  • studied at the Technical University Berlin, including under Hans Scharoun; Diploma 1948
  • 1950 studied at the Institute for Town & Country Planning Kings College, Durham University, England
  • 1953 Government Building Council, Berlin
  • 1956–1960 freelance architect in Berlin, member of various associations
  • 1957 contact architect of H. A. Stubbins during the construction of the Congress Hall
  • 1960 Senate Building Director of West Berlin; active in urban planning
  • from 1961 member of the Akademie der Künste (West)
  • from 1967 Director of Architecture at the Akademie der Künste
  • President of the Akademie der Künste from 1971 until his death
  • from 1964 honorary professorship
  • 1966–1970 professorship at the TU Berlin
  • from 1970 freelance architect again.
  • also active as painter, graphic artist and designer: numerous buildings, mainly in Berlin e.g. Brücke-Museum Dahlem, St. Agnes Church, Mehringplatz, Kreuzberg

See also
Altonaer Straße 15, district library
Hanseatenweg 10, Academy of Arts

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    Paul Schneider-Esleben
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    Luciano Baldessari
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    Gustav Hassenpflug
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    Hans Schwippert
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    Otto H. Senn
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    Kay Fisker
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    Max Taut
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    Franz Schuster
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    Egon Eiermann
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    Oscar Niemeyer
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    Pierre Vago
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    Arne Jacobsen
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    Sep Ruf
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