Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz is considered today to be the most important protagonist of the style of German Structuralism. In 1955, the newly graduated architect founded a three-person office partnership in Essen and made the acquaintance of an entrepreneur with whom he was to significantly shape the face of Blomberg in eastern Westphalia over the next decades.
Josef Eisert was the name of this man. He not only had an office in the neighborhood, but also a small company for electrical connection terminals in the province. And this company had a rapidly growing need for space. Since Josef Eisert was not only a talented engineer but also interested in architecture, the architect and the engineer jointly developed the appearance of the Blomberg site on the Flachsmarkt, which still characterizes it today.
Klaus Eisert still remembers the beginnings of the Blomberg construction activity well: “After initial experiences with outside craftsmen, we even had our own construction crew with five bricklayers and construction workers. With our own concrete mixer, our own crane and even a Hanomag caterpillar. We poured the floor slab of the rear half of Hall 1 ourselves. Other buildings quickly followed.”
The office of Schulze-Fielitz built not only numerous factory buildings from 1956 and into the 1980s, but also the still-dominant administration building that has helped shape the skyline of the city of cloves ever since. Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz died in Bregenz on September 1, 2021 at the age of 91.
