Marianne Burkhalter Christian Sumi

Konrad Wachsmann (1901–1980)
12 elements of a cube

2018
Teaser
Konrad Wachsmann is not only the architect who built the house for Einstein 1930 but even more the key figure about the "industrialisation of building" and therefore the theme of joinery.

Reconstruction of the "Wachsmann cube" by Burkhalter Sumi Architects, Mark Gillbert.

Photos
Heinrich Helfenstein

Publication
Christian Sumi: Konrad Wachsmann – Pioneer of Industrial Construction in: Mark Akopian, Elena Vlasova, Shukhov. Formula of Architecture,Kuchkovo field 2019

Marianne Burkhalter Christian Sumi, Konrad Wachsmann and the the Grapevine Structure, Park Books, Zürich 2018

Konrad Wachsmann. Holzhausbau: Technik und Gestaltung (Reprint edition 1930), Birkhäuser Verlag 1995 Contributions by Christa and Michael Grüning, Christian Sumi