Hans Hansen (16 May 1889,

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– 24 May 1966,

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) was a German architect and theorist and one of the correspondents of

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's utopian

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chain letter, the

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. Hansen contributed under the pseudonym ''Antischmitz''.Hans Hansen at th
Canadian Centre for Architecture
/ref>Benson, p.292 Hansen was born in

. In 1920 he attracted the attention and praise of

after the publication of his book "The Experience of Architecture" (Das Erlebnis der Architektur). Hansen later went on to become one of Germany's leading church architects. He died in

Published work

*"The Experience of Architecture" (Das Erlebnis der Architektur) 1920 *"The Building Yard" (Der Bauhof), essay published in "Call to Building", published as part of the "

New Objectivity The New Objectivity (in german: Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle'' in Mannheim, wh ...

or New Building (lit.)" (Neues Bauen) exhibition in May 1920.

Citations

References

* Whyte, Iain Boyd, ed. and trans. 'The Crystal Chain Letters' (Cambridge, Mass., and London: MIT Press, 1985), 182. *
Hans Hansen at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
1889 births 1966 deaths 20th-century German architects People from Aachen (district) {{Germany-architect-stub