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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “A ciTY, WE NEED TO BUILD AN ENTIRE ciTY!” THE DARMSTADT ARTISTS’ COLONY ON THE MATHILDENHÖHE ANNOTATED CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2 “A ciTY, WE NEED TO BUILD AN ENTIRE ciTY!” THE DARMSTADT ARTISTS’ COLONY ON THE MATHILDENHÖHE The Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt – an outstanding ensem- comparison. The lectures attend to the spatial, mental ble of the early 20th century – unites in its buildings, and genre-specific diversity of the dawn of Modern- gardens and works of art a new artistic program of ism, including the many impulses that either affected various reform approaches. It was here that experimen- Darmstadt around 1900 or emanated from Darmstadt and tal architecture, new spatial art and pioneering design then radiated from here well into the 20th century. emerged. Created with the aim of combining art and life, The conference accompanies the World Heritage nomi- the architectural-artistic dawn of Modernism manifested nation of the “Mathildenhöhe Artists’ Colony”. Its goal itself in the artworks of the Artists’ Colony. is to take into account further examples from different The city of Darmstadt, ICOMOS Germany and the Hessian countries, in which the shaping of Modernism through art State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments and design played an important roll. Thus, by internation- jointly organized this conference. It sets out to identify al comparison, the place and rank of the “Mathildenhöhe not only the unique characteristics of the “Mathildenhöhe Artists’ Colony” will be more accurately determined and Artists’ Colony” but also its exceptional historico-cul- its outstanding universal value brought out more sharply. tural significance and to discuss both in an international 3 Program Program 4 Sunday, April 17, 2016 3:00 p.m. Ideas of Community around 1900 and their Panel Discussion 9:30 a.m. The Gödöllo Artists’ Colony, Hungary: aims, Implementation in Spatial Form with Darmstadt Mayor Jochen Partsch, Cornelia Zuschke, organization and artistic style compared to the 1:00 p.m. Conference Office Open | Registration Dr. Michaela Braesel, Adjunct Professor, Head of the Municipal Planning and Building Control Darmstadt Artists’ Colony Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich Office, Prof. Dr. Werner Durth, Darmstadt University of David A. Hill, Budapest 2:00 p.m. Opening Remarks Technology and Dr. Markus Harzenetter, President 3:30 p.m. Preliminary Sketches of Modernism. 10:00 a.m. The artists’ colonies in Eastern Europe Jochen Partsch, Mayor of Darmstadt, of the Hessian State Office for the Preservation of Joseph Maria Olbrich’s Viennese Years between Idyll and Commercialism City of Science Historical Monuments Dr. Andreas Nierhaus, Vienna Museum Dr. Marina Dmitrieva, Leipzig University Prof. Dr. Jörg Haspel, President of the Chair: Prof. Dr. Jörg Haspel, President of the German German National Committee of ICOMOS 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break National Committee of ICOMOS 10:30 a.m. Discussion Forum Venue: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Maschinenhaus 2:20 p.m. World Heritage – Monument Protection’s 4:15 p.m. Darmstadt in Context: Architecture and 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break (Gebäude S1/05), Magdalenenstraße 12, 64289 Darmstadt Highest Calling? Design Reform c. 1900 Dr. Markus Harzenetter, President of the Prof. Dr. Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Artists’ Colonies and Similar Sites – Hessian State Office for the Preservation University College Dublin Monday, April 18, 2016 Developments in Germany of Historical Monuments 4:45 p.m. “Most charming examples”. Participations Chair: Dr. Markus Harzenetter, Hessian State Office for 8:30 a.m. Conference Office Open | Registration of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony in the Preservation of Historical Monuments 2:35 p.m. Introduction to the Conference Theme international exhibitions around 1900 11:15 a.m. Margarethenhöhe and Mathildenhöhe: “My Hesse country shall flourish and in it, the PD Dr. Paul Sigel, Dresden University The Reform of the Small House and City Life Artists’ Colonies and Similar Sites – Developments in Europe arts!” The founding and development of the of Technology Dr. Stephan Strauß, Krefeld Chair: Dr. Bernd Euler-Rolle, Austrian Federal Darmstadt Artists’ Colony 1899–1914 5:15 p.m. Discussion Forum Monuments Office, Vienna 11:45 a.m. Towards a “Palpable Utopia” – Dr. Philipp Gutbrod, Director, Institut Karl Ernst Osthaus and the “Hagen Impulse” 9:00 a.m. Joseph Maria Olbrich’s Never-Built Artists’ Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Dr. Birgit Schulte, Osthaus Museum Hagen Colony in Vienna – Josef Hoffmann’s Artists’ 7:30 p.m. World Cultural Heritage – Importance and Change Colony on the Hohe Warte 12:15 p.m. Hellerau between conflicting Social and Artistic Preliminary Sketches and Developments of Modernism Public Evening Event (including reception) Gerd Pichler Mag., Austrian Federal Reform Demands of the early 20th Century Chair: Dr. Philipp Gutbrod, Institut Mathildenhöhe Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Werner Durth, Monuments Office, Vienna Dr. Nils M. Schinker, Dresden University Darmstadt University of Technology Darmstadt of Technology 5 Program Program 6 12:45 p.m. Discussion Forum Approaches to Reform in Architecture and Design International Developments and Contexts 11:45 a.m. Experiment, Utopia and Reality – around 1900 Chair: Prof. Dr. Werner Oechslin, Einsiedeln The Mathildenhöhe and “neues bauen” 1:15 p.m. Lunch Break Chair: Prof. Dr. Gerd Weiß, Wiesbaden (new building) in the Weimar Republic 9:00 a.m. Modernism in Barcelona: Dr. Olaf Gisbertz, Braunschweig University 4:00 p.m. Building for the “Übermensch”? Antoni Gaudí – A Creative Drive Permeates World Heritage Potential and Process of Technology Peter Behrens, Henry van de Velde the Space Chair: Prof. Dr. Jörg Haspel, German National Committee and the Nietzsche Cult Dr. Marina Linares, Cologne 12:15 p.m. “Style of Youth – Youth of Style”. About the of ICOMOS Dr. Ole W. Fischer, Assistant Professor Continuation of the Artists’ Colony’s Reform 9:30 a.m. Josef Hoffmann’s Stoclet House in Brussels 2:30 p.m. The World Heritage Potential of European University of Utah Program during the Period of Reconstruction viewed from the garden Reform Sites of the late 19th and early after 1945 4:30 p.m. The Built Architecture Debate Dr. Anette Freytag, Bern 20th Century Dr. Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, Darmstadt Prof. Dr. Regina Stephan, University of Visiting Professor Dr. Britta Rudolff, 10:00 a.m. Victor Horta in Brussels University of Technology Applied Sciences Mainz Brandenburg University of Technology at Françoise Aubry, Musée Horta, Brussels 12:45 p.m. Discussion Forum Cottbus-Senftenberg 5:00 p.m. The Work of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony 10:30 a.m. Discussion Forum M.Sc.Eng. Eva Battis MA, IHM – Institute in the Context of Wilhelmine State Applied 1:15 p.m. Lunch Break for Heritage Management, Cottbus Arts Reforms 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break Prof. Dr. John V. Maciuika, Baruch College 3:00 p.m. Constructing the Outstanding Universal New York 2:00 p.m. Guided Tours of the Mathildenhöhe Value of Cities: the States Parties and Reception and Aftermath Meeting point: Main Entrance of the ICOMOS, 1978–2010 5:30 p.m. Discussion Forum Chair: Prof. Dr. Werner Durth, Darmstadt University of darmstadtium Dr. Tanja Vahtikari, University of Tampere Technology 4:15 p.m approximate end of tours 3:30 p.m. Discussion Forum Tuesday, April 19, 2016 11:15 a.m. The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony and its 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break Reception in Russia in the early 20th Century 8:30 a.m. Conference Office Open | Registration Dr. Alena Grigorash, Moscow State Pedagogical University Introduction of the Conference Theme 8 “My Hesse country shall flourish and in it, the arts!” The founding and development of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony 1899–1914 Dr. Philipp Gutbrod, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt The buildings and artworks of the Künstlerkolonie the Arts and Crafts Style during his time in England and Darmstadt (Darmstadt Artists’ Colony) on the Mathilden- saw herein a point of departure for the development of höhe Darmstadt form a unique “Gesamtkunstwerk” (total modern designs of high quality using materials appropri- artwork) that was created between 1900 and 1914. ate to the design intent. The Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt With the founding of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony, proved to be the perfect space for this undertaking and Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, grand- was subsequently shaped in its current form over the son of Queen Victoria, pursued several goals: on the one course of four major exhibitions between 1901 and 1914 hand, he wanted to establish a center for the new modern by the 23 members of the Artists’ Colony. style in architecture and applied arts in Darmstadt, the In the introductory talk of the conference, the genesis capital of his grand duchy; on the other hand, Ernst and the individual construction phases of the Mathilden- Ludwig sought out to boost manufactories in Hesse by höhe will be presented along with an overview of the var- providing them with modern designs created by the ious focuses of the Artists’ Colony during its existence. Darmstadt Artists’ Colony. He had become familiar with Preliminary Sketches and Developments of Modernism 10 Ideas of Community around 1900 and their Implementation in Spatial Form Dr. Michaela Braesel, Adjunct Professor, Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich In the wake of John Ruskin and William Morris, the Arts develop, can be understood by looking at the example and Crafts movement advocated the cooperation of of the works of Webb, Voysey and Baillie Scott. The hall artists and craftsmen in the way of the medieval work- becomes the ideal place for relaxed togetherness as op- shop or the Florentine Bottega. Even Morris and his posed to the more formal one in the salon. It develops close friend Edward Burne-Jones had in mind not only a from a foyer, where the paths into the house lead from, cooperation in the company “Morris, Marshall, Faulkner into a multifunctional space with closed off, but still & Co.” but also planned to live in the immediate vicinity connected room units, each dedicated to specific func- of the Red House in Bexleyheath.

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