IAWA Ute Westrom Inventory

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Ute Westrom
Architectural Papers, 1972-1996

Ms1996-023

BIOGRAPHY

Ute Westrom was born in 1939 in Berlin, Germany. She was oldest of four children of Hilde Westrom, a well-know German architect and a pioneer woman architect in the field. In 1959, Ute Westrom studied psychology, philosophy, and sociology at the University of Hamburg. In the same year, she began her study of architecture at the Technical University of Berlin. While a student, Westrom worked for an architect in Lubeck (Germany) (1962), for the municipal planning office in Paris (1963), and toured North Africa and the Middle East. She graduated in 1968 with an architect's diploma from the Technical University of Berlin.

Between 1972 and 1984, Westrom was involved with the design and construction of at least 320 apartments throughout Berlin, primarily for a low-income, municipal housing project funded by the Railway Building Association. During this period, she also designed individual houses, furnishings, and won various design competitions.

From 1977 through 1984, Westrom became increasingly involved with the conversion of old buildings for new uses, many as museums. In the process, she designed and implemented new forms of lighting, furnishings, display cases and panels for organizations such as the Berlin City Hall of Fine Arts, the National Berlin Museum Gallery, and the Brohan Museum. Of particular importance was her collaboration with Winnetou Kampmann in the reconstruction of the former Museum of Applied Arts, built in the late nineteenth-century by Martin Gropius, into an international art center.

Since then, Westrom as been active in designing office buildings, town planning building, museum expansions, and condominiums throughout Berlin.

Biographical information provided by Ute Westrom.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Ute Westrom Architectural Papers include a catalog (1988) of the restoration of the Martin Gropius House in Berlin, destroyed during World War II. Westrom and her husband, Winnetou Kampmann, were architects for the project from 1977 to 1986. Also included are photographs and an exhibit panel of the Sozialkasse des Berliner Baugewerbes in Berlin, designed by Westrom and Kampmann; copies of images and drawings for other projects, as well as her professional vita, and copies of papers given at the Third and Fourth International Congresses of the L'Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes.

Several books and monographs, about Westrom or her projects are also part of the collection, and are located in the Special Collections' Rare Book Room.

PROVENANCE

The material in the collection was donated by Ute Westrom on two separate occasions in 1996 and in 2000. This collection is part of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) housed in the Special Collections, Digital Library and Archive, University Libraries of Virginia Tech.

Processed by Eric Ackermann, March 2001.

NOTE TO RESEARCHERS

Much of the material is labeled in the German language.

INVENTORY

Box 1

Folder Contents

1 Ernst-Reuter-Haus Project, 1986-1993. Interior and exterior images, press release, and copy of monograph "Ernst-Reuter-Haus Das Haus des Deutschen Stadtetages in Berlin" by Ellen Lissek-Schutz (1993)

2 Soziakasse des Berliner Baugewerbes Burogebaude Project, 1992-1995. Letter-size copies of images and drawings related to the project

3 Ahrweiler-Strasse Project, 1976-1982. Letter-size copies of images and drawings related to the project

4 Berlinische Galerie Project, 1978. Letter-size copies of an article and drawings related to the project

5 Rekonstruktion des 1904 von A. Messel Errichteten Versicherungsgebaudes,1994-1996. Single letter-size copy of image and text relating to the project

6 Books featuring projects by Ute Westrom. Photocopies of the cover and title page of two books; the books are located in Special Collections Rare Book Room.

7 Other publications featuring projects by Ute Westrom, 1988-1996. Articles in the "katalog bda berlin architekurpreis," "Berlin Baut 5: Der Martin-Gropius-Bau,"and "architektur magazin: Berlin/96"

8 Professional vita, 1939-1996

9 Texte 1972 Kongress Bukarest/Rumanien. Copies of papers given at the 3rd Congress of the International Union of Women Architects

10 L'Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes, Fourth International Congress, Iran, October 1976. Travel related correspondence and handwritten notes taken during various sessions.

11 1976 Ramsar, Teheran. Correspondence relating to the Fourth International Congress of the L'Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes

12A International Congress of Women Architects with the Cooperation of the U.I.F.A., Ramsar, Iran, October, 1976. Copies of biographies and of papers read at various sessions

12B International Congress, Iran, 1976 (con't). Copies of additional papers read at various sessions

Basement Drawer S

Project Date Description

Ahrweiler Dez81 1981 "Ost-nordansicht, sozialer wohnungs bau" (image)

1975 8.5" x 11" copy of drawing "Eckbauung vorentwurf M 1:100"

Alt-Lankwitz Sozialer-Wohnungsbau, 1982-1984 n.d. Color image of concept drawing, exterior view

n.d. "Bauteil A1, Bauteil A2, Bauteil A3," exterior view

n.d. Color image of concept drawing, exterior view, with elevations

1981 Strassenansicht - Vorentwurf - Anpassung...

1982 Westansicht Vorentwurf

1983 Garten-u. Lageplan, M 1:200

Berlinischen Galerie 1978 - 1979 copy of article on project; images: "Jebenstrasse Mobelentwurte," "Jebenstrasse/Schreibtisch," "Jebenstrasse, Schrank"

1978 - Schiebewande im Depot, M 1:50

1988 Sideboard in 2 Teilen, Grundriss, M 1:50

Berlin 31 Homburger Str. 1974 - 1976 "Dwellings and Plan of the Garden Conception"

Luckstr. 72/73 1991 - 1995 Two-panel exhibit for the Luckstr. 72 Project: Soziakasse des Berliner Baugewerbes Luckstr. 72/73, 38.5 x 17.5"

1991 Original concept drawing, exterior M 1:50

1992 - 1993 [Untitled], M 1:2

1993 Loggia I.OG, Grundriss, Schnitt, M 1:20

1995 Terasse Ansichten, Grundriss, M 1:50

Kunsthalle Berlin Budapester Strasse 1974 Beleuchtungsdetaile 3.OG, M 1:1

[Unknown Project] n.d. Grundriss Schrank M 1:10