Jörg Streli (26 March 1940 – 13 February 2019) was an Austrian architect and academic teacher at the

Innsbruck University The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. I ...

. With two colleagues, as the firm Heinz & Mathoi & Streli, he built private homes in the alpine landscape of

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, schools, offices and public buildings, among others. He was also president of the architecture section of the ''Ingenieur- und Architektenkammer für Tirol und Vorarlberg''.

Life and career

Streli was born in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. He studied architecture at the

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from 1958 to 1964. After several years of practice, he became assistant at the

in 1969, a post he held until 1976. He lectured at the university from 1992 to 1997. From 1973, Streli collaborated with two colleagues, Karl Heinz and Dieter Mathoi, as the firm Heinz & Mathoi & Streli. While they created many buildings jointly, each architect also pursued his own projects. Together, they built a chapel in 1982, the Sankt-Margarethen-Kapelle in Innerberg, which rises like a tower on a circular floor. They built a home for homeless children as a ''Gruppenwohnheim'' (group home) with four separate units, completed in Jagdberg,

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, in 1984. Streli focused on one-family homes, with respect for the owners' wishes and the natural surroundings. Inspired by models such as

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, , , and

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, he found his own style. He departed from his love of nature and of traditional building in rural landscape, with wood as a preferred material, but changed toward urban environments. He renovated the interior of the old parish church in

Hötting Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a p ...

in 1989, and built a new parish hall there in 1994. The joint extension of the University Hospital in Innsbruck, created by adding a technical and a clinical floor for gynecology and neurology on top, built from 2006 to 2008, was nominated for the award of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in 2009. In 2008,

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published a

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of their works, both group and individual projects, titled ''Heinz-Mathoi-Streli / Architekten / Bauten und Projekte / Buildings and Projects'', with evaluations by

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and . The same year, the architects dissolved their firm. In 2015, Streli built a home for drug addicts in Innsbruck, called Mentlvilla, designed in reference to Welzenbacher's Adambräu, which is now the home of the Architecture Centre of Tyrol. The house (''Haus für Suchtkranke''), run by the Caritas, offers housing and medical treatment. It was nominated for the architecture prize of Tyrol in 2016. From 1983 to 1994, Streli was also president of the architecture section of the ''Ingenieur- und Architektenkammer für Tirol und Vorarlberg''. He served on an advisory board for the city development of

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from 1993 to 1995. Works by Streli were part of the exhibition ''Autochtone Architektur in Tirol'' presenting the architecture of

with respect for the alpine landscape, in Munich in 1994. He served on juries for architectural competitions, such as for a new University Square in

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in 2014. Jörg Streli died in Innsbruck on 13 February 2019.

Buildings

The joint projects for Heinz & Mathoi & Streli include feasibility studies, city planning, homes for one family and larger units, preschools, schools and buildings for higher education, sports facilities, stores, offices, industrial buildings and traffic buildings. Examples include: * 1978: Hauptschule in

Fulpmes Fulpmes is a market town and a municipality in Stubaital, Tyrol, Austria. In 2015 it had a population of 4,250, of whom 14.5% did not have Austrian nationality. Fulpmes is the center of iron production in the area, and lies at the base of the Schl ...

(school) * 1978: Fremdenverkehrsfachschule in

Zell am Ziller Zell am Ziller is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The name derives from the river Ziller. Climate Population Facilities The Zillertal Arena was formed in 2000 from a merger of the ski area A ski area i ...

* 1980: Landesberufsschule Feldkirch in

Feldkirch, Vorarlberg Feldkirch () is a medieval town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, bordering on Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is the administrative centre of the Feldkirch district. After Dornbirn, it is the second most populous town in Vorarlber ...

* 1981: Kapelle Innerberg in

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(chapel) * 1982: Modegeschäft Einwaller Anna in Innsbruck (fashion store) * 1983: Doppelhaus Knofler/Mikuz, Innsbruck (private homes) * 1984: Landesjugendheim Jagdberg in

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(group housing, with Norbert Schweitzer) * 1987: Krankenpflegeschule in

(school) * 1987: Seilbahn Brixen im Thale in

Brixen Brixen (, ; it, Bressanone ; lld, Porsenù or ) is a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic and ...

* 1989: Volksschule in

Igls Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a pop ...

* 1990: Porsche Interauto Verkaufscenter in Innsbruck (car dealer) * 1993: Barwies in

Mieming Mieming () is a municipality in the Imst district and is located 19 km east of Imst and 6 km west of Telfs Telfs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol, west of Innsbruck. It is the third lar ...

(grocery store chain) * 1993: Bürohaus EBB in Innsbruck (office building) * 1994: Eisenbahnumfahrung Innsbruck in Mils (traffic) * 1995: Autohaus Vowa in Innsbruck (car dealer) * 1996: Mehrzweckgebäude mit Rasthaus at the Europe Bridge (highway restaurant) * 1996: Wohnanlage und Bürohaus in Innsbruck (housing and office building) * 1999: Hotelfachschule Villa Blanka in Innsbruck * 2001: Landesfeuerwehrschule Tirol in

Telfs Telfs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol, west of Innsbruck. It is the third largest municipality in Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical regio ...

(firemen's school) * 2004: HTBL und VA Mödling in

Mödling Mödling () is the capital of the Austrian Mödling (district), district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna. Mödling lies in Lower Austria's industrial zone (Industrieviertel). The Mödlingbach, a brook which rises ...

* 2004: Geschäftshaus Einwaller Moden in Innsbruck * 2005: MPreis Bramberg in

Bramberg Bramberg am Wildkogel is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria. The town lies at the south foot of the high Wildkogel mountain. The town's averag ...

* 2008: Aufstockung Frauen- und Kopfklinik in Innsbruck (hospital extension)

References

External links

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Gespräche zur Baukultur / Jörg Streli: Architektur
(interview, in German) Cultural Broadcasting Archive, 10 June 2014
Architecture in Tyrol : individual figures of Tyrolean architecture in the collective framework of the reception of the Alpine landscape
(exhibition catalogue) catalog.hathitrust.org

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