Ernst Plischke and the Design of Urban New Zealand, 1939-47

• Autores: Diane Brand
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 19, 5, 2014, págs. 682-699
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Viennese architect Ernst Plischke arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi Europe. His long career began and ended in his native Austria, but he spent 24 influential years in New Zealand, first in government service and then in private practice. This paper will focus on the first nine years of Plischke�s time there when he worked for the Department of Housing and Construction and was involved in the design of multi-unit housing projects, community centres, state housing subdivisions and hydrotowns. Using examples at a range of scales, this paper will demonstrate how Plischke adapted his work in response to the opportunities and constraints present in the alien urban environment he encountered in his adopted country, and evaluate the appropriateness of the strategies he devised in the formation of an urban place, where the dominant context was the suburb and single-industry town.