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Schwandner, Ernst-Ludwig (Berlin RWG) [German version] A. Definition (CT) The concept of structural ‘research’ was coined by Armin von Gerkan in 1924 to denote the field of activity of architects working exclusively or predominantly on the history of monuments [2]. The historical period to which the architect devoted his research was initially irrelevant here. Thus, von Gerkan himself left behind a scientific body of work stretching from Neolithic burial structures to medieval churches, although the main…

Schwandner, Ernst-Ludwig (Berlin RWG) [German version] A. Beginnings (CT) In the 18th cent. it became customary in educated circles of the English aristocracy for young people to undertake study trips to Italy and especially Rome that often lasted for years (the Grand Tour). As a result, there grew up in Rome a colony of Englishmen who loved art and Classical Antiquity and who devoted themselves not only to the study of art but to an extravagant Mediterranean lifestyle and the acquisition of antiquities as well.  In memory of these time…

Schwandner, Ernst-Ludwig (Berlin) RWG [English version] A. Definition (RWG) Der Begriff “Bauforschung” wurde 1924 von Armin von Gerkan für den Tätigkeitsbereich ausschließlich oder überwiegend bauhistor. arbeitender Architekten geprägt [2]. Hierbei war es zunächst unerheblich, zu welcher histor. Epoche der Architekt seine Bau-Unt. betrieb. So hat von Gerkan selbst ein wiss. Œuvre hinterlassen, das von Grabbauten der Jungsteinzeit bis zu ma. Kirchen reichte, wobei allerdings der Schwerpunkt auf der klass.…