visualising otto koenigsberger's works and networks in exile (1933-1951)
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This presentation was given by Rachel Lee (TU Berlin, Germany) during the workshop organized in the framework of the Cost Action IS0904 "European Architecture Beyond Europe" (INHA, Paris, France, 27-28th January 2014). Programme : http://www.architecturebeyond.eu/workshop-gis-data-visualisation-and-open-community-paris-27-28-january-2014/TRANSCRIPT
Rachel Lee
VISUALISING OTTO KOENIGSBERGER’SVISUALISING OTTO KOENIGSBERGER’S WORKS AND NETWORKS IN EXILE (1933‐1951)
BERLIN, GERMANY, 1908‐1933
Otto Koenigsberger at the TH Berlinwith Prof. Walter Andrae and other students, circa 1928
EGYPT, (UK), SWITZERLAND, 1933‐1939
Otto Koenigsberger and Herbert Ricke, Egypt 1934
BANGALORE, MYSORE STATE, 1939‐1941
BANGALORE, MYSORE STATE, 1941‐1948
Otto Koenigsberger with Mysore State PWD, 1948
NEW DELHI, REPUBLIC OF INDIA, 1948‐1951
Koenigsberger, Louis Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajkumari AmritKoenigsberger, Louis Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajkumari AmritKaur, 1951
SOURCES
Archives
Fieldwork
PROJECTS, 1908‐1933
PROJECTS, 1939‐1941
PROJECTS, 1941‐1948
PROJECTS, 1948‐1951
LIST OF WORKS
List of Works: mapping the projects
Bangalore City (Indian) C&M Station (British)
Location of Koenigsberger’s projects in BangaloreSource: Three Inch Bangalore Guide Map, Second Edition, 1945, held at the British Library.
Max Born with colleagues at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1936
Mirza IsmailD f
CV RamanDi f
Max BornVi i iDewan of
Mysore StateDirector of
IIScVisiting Professor
Max Born (1882‐1970)
Homi Bhabha (1906‐1966)
Conference at Niels Bohr’s Institute for Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, 1936Source: Photograph by Nordisk Pressefoto, Niels Bohr Institute, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, M. Bohr Collectiong p y , , y g ,
Central College for Women Nagpur (1942)Central College for Women, Nagpur (1942)
i i ll / di i ( )Dining Hall / Auditorium, IISc (1946)
Jamshedpur Development Plan
(1944‐45)
MARGM iMARG Magazine
Founded 1946
NETWORKS OF EXILE
Dr Friedmodt Moller
George Goldstraw
Dr Friedmodt Moller
Rabindranath Tagore
George Goldstraw
Stella KramischAmbalal Sarabhai
Claude Batley
Stella KramischAmbalal Sarabhai
Private Correspondence
Jewish Museum Berlin
“This fine new institution is the work of my friend Peter Wright who, within little more than one year, succeeded in gaining Government for this new Idea which promised neither a good interest for the invested capital nor chances for propaganda or any other obvious advantages. Only people who have worked here will understand how great this achievement is in India. Peter Wright is an Oxford Graduate who has come out to India for the purpose of such social and educational work. He lives on a tiny salary – half of what I have and understands it to gain the most conservative people for his plans ”the most conservative people for his plans.
In passing he mentions a “‘friend’ a Persian dealer in antiquities who has the nice name Rustom Hormodiar. He is an arch‐crook, but he has got a few nice things. I am helping him to furnish his hut and I hope in return to get from him a little Persian Miniature of a Bagpiper which I like very much.”
“A f d ft Ch i t Miss Rangarao t B l Sh i th P i i l f th“A few days after Christmas Miss Rangarao came to Bangalore. She is the Principal of the Womens’ College which I am building in Nagpur (Central India). She is very good looking and clever person, ‐ but her friendship sometimes is troublesome, ‐ as she takes too much of my time. The college building means a lot of extra work anyhow and it is difficult to make the g g yprincipal understand that I do not like to see this work increased by personal correspondence, ‐ even if it may be very nice correspondence. I spent New Years Eve outside with her in the jungle. It was pitchdark, and we made a huge fire on a rock in order to keep us warm and have enough light for our food ”enough light for our food.”
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Networks
Koenigsberger’s Net ork 1939Koenigsberger’s Network, 1939
Koenigsberger’s Network, 1941
Koenigsberger’s Net ork 1948Koenigsberger’s Network, 1948
Koenigsberger’s Network, 1951
Government of India cluster
UN Tropical Housing Mission
MARGMARG