Hans Benno Bernoulli (17 February 1876 – 12 September 1959) was a Swiss architect and city planner.

Family

Bernoulli was born in Basel, the son of Theodor Bernoulli, an office clerk. He was descended from the

Bernoulli family The Bernoulli family () of Basel was a patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics who, among them, contributed substantially to the development of mathematics and physics during the early modern period. ...

of mathematicians. The suffragette and feminist Elisabeth Bernoulli (1873–1935) was his sister. In 1904 he married Anna Ziegler in Berlin.

Career

He studied architecture at the

Technische Universität München The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

and in 1902 started a partnership in Berlin. In 1912 he was appointed "chief architect" for the Basler building industry. His most important housing development projects were: * 1914–1929: Bernoullihäuser in Zürich, (Hardturmstrasse). The Bernoulli houses are named after the architect. These houses are a garden city project, from the 1920s and were meant to be sold without profit to the workers. You will find the Bernoulli houses on Zürich tram lines no. 8 and 17 between the stations Bernoulli and Hardturm. * 1919: Bernoullihäuser in Grenchen SO (Rebgasse 61–67) * 1920–1923: residential area Im langen Loh in Basel * 1920–1923: residential estate Wasserhaus in the sub-district

Neue Welt The Neue Welt is a sub-district of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geographical location The geographical area called the ''Neue Welt'' (new world) evolved in the 17th century as the industry started establishing ...

Münchenstein Münchenstein (Swiss German: ''Minggestai'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. Historical records Münchenstein is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Kekingen''. In 1270, it was mentio ...

, developed in partnership with

Wilhelm Eduard Brodtbeck Wilhelm Eduard Brodtbeck (25 September 1873 in Liestal - 12 April 1957, in Liestal) was a famous Swiss architect from Liestal canton Basel-Country. Biography Early life Wilhelm Eduard, son of Wilhelm senior (architect and cement factory owner ...

. * 1924–1934: Living and residential area Hirzbrunnenareal in Basel After the Second World War his main projects were in rebuilding the bombed and destroyed cities. Hans Benno Bernoulli died aged 83 in Basel.

Publications

* ''Die Stadt und Ihr Boden'', Birkhäuser Verlag, 1991

References

External links

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Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
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