Helmut Jahn(紐倫堡(Nuremburg),德國,1940)

生平簡介:

1940 一月出生於德國紐倫堡(Nuremburg)

1965 畢業於德國慕尼黑(Munich)的科技大學

1965-66 Peter c. Seidlein事務所工作,並獲得獎學金前往美國就讀

1967 完成他於伊利諾理工學院的研究,並於同年加入C. F. Murphy的事務所擔任助手

擔任事務所設計和規劃部門的主管

1975 成為美國建築家協會(AIA)會員

正式成為事務所之合夥人之一,名為Murphy/Jahn聯合事務所,同年春於伊利諾州的Circle Campus大學任教及哈佛大學建築系擔任教授

1983-84 於耶魯大學建築系擔任客座教授

1985-95年於伊利諾理工學院任教。成為事務所之主持人

建築成就:

Helmut Jahn的建築形式簡練且純粹,高度的抽象性而並非裝飾性或與自然和諧的相處,其形式來自基本的幾何形狀如方形、多邊形、圓柱型,圓錐體之間的相互堆積或崁入來塑造其外觀,並且運用各種材料如金屬、透明玻璃,其直率的表現都市紋理、科技、設備、結構內部空間和機能。而其作品中如同他設計的全錄大樓一樣,重覆其玻璃帷幕格狀立面的特徵和和緩的曲線。在其所設計的伊利諾州中心其曲線變成明顯頃斜的弧線,而辦公空間圍繞一個巨大的公共空間(圓形大廳),形式上是一個截去的圓柱體的特殊形式,另外,在One South Wacker Office Building中四十層高的辦公大樓其立面充滿抽象的銀色格子和灰色的反射玻璃,利用立面三段退縮處理創造三種不同的辦公面積,入口一樣處理成三層高之大廳,辦公空間並圍繞大廳安排。

從上述可了解,Helmut Jahn的設計表現出其獨特的個性,清楚的形象,嚴謹的組織和結構、他的建築總是引人注目,貫徹Mies的「表皮和骨架」之理論,使用現代化的材料和科技運用在摩天大樓之中,並描繪出美國高樓大廈之歷史、科技、象徵主義的美學觀。其建築被一些評論家尊稱為高科技風格(Hi-Teah Style)。

重要作品:

1 . Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri/1974

2Auraria Library Denver, Colorado/1975

3Fourth District Courts Building Maywood, Illinois/1976

4John Marshall Courts Building Richmond, Virginia/1976

5H. Roe Bartle Exhibition Hall Kansas City, Missouri/1976

6Michigan City Library Michigan City, Indiana/1977

7St. Mary's Athletic Facility South Bend, Indiana/1977

8Monroe Garage Chicago, Illinois/1997

9Springfield Garage Springfield,Illinois/1977

10Glenbrook Professional Building Northbrook, Illinois/1978

11La Lumiere Gymnasium La Forte, Indiana/1978

12Rust-Oleum Corporate Headquarters Vernon Hills, Illinois/1978

13Prairie Capital Convention Center Springf~eld,Illinois/1979

14W. W. Grainger Corporate Headquarters Skokie, Illinois/1979

15Xerox Center Chicago, Illinois/1980

16De La Garza Career Center East Chicago, Indiana/1981

17Oak Brook Post Office Oak Brook, Illinois/1981

18Commonwealth Edison District Headquarters Downers Grove,

Illinois/1981

19Area 2 Police Headquarters Chicago, Illinois/1981

20Argonne Program Support Facility Argonne, Illinois/1982

21First Source Center South Bend, Indiana/1982

22Wisconsin Residence Eagle River, Wisconsin/1982

23One South Wacker Office Building Chicago, Illinois/1982

24Addition to the Chicago Board of Trade Chicago, Illinois/1982

25Mercy Hospital Addition Chicago, Illinois/1983

2611Diagonal Street Johannesburg, South Africa/1983

27University of Illinois Agricultural Engine ering Science Building Champaign, Illinois/1984

28Learning Resources Center,College of Du Page GlenEllyn,Illinois/1984

29Plaza East Milwaukee, Wisconsin/1984

30Shand Morahan Corporate Headquarters Evanston, Illinois/1984

31701 Fourth Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota/1984

32O'Hare Rapid Transit Station Chicago, Illinois/1984

33State of Illinois Center Chicago, Illinois/1985

34362 West Street Durban, South Africa/1986

352 Energy Center Naperville, Illinois/1986

36Parktown Stands 85/879 and 102/103 Johannesburg, South Africa/1986

37North Western Terminal Chicago/1987

參考資料:

1Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser1990Architecture In The Twentieth Century

NurembergTaschen Press

2Toshio Yoshida 1986AU增刊-Helmut Jahn 作品集,TokyoAU Publishing Co., Ltd

3Paul Heyer1993American ArchitectureIdea and Ideologies in the late twentieth centuryNew YorkVan Nostrand Reinhold

4Nory Miller 1986Helmut JahnNew York Rizzoli International Publications

5Charles Jencks Architecture Today p.93.96.295.148.151.152.

6Chicago Architecture and Design 1992-1993Reconfiguration of An American Metropolis p.25.27.28.90.92.116.257.302.303.306-308.325.340.341.415.422