Dieter Kienast

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  • born 1945 in Zurich
  • Studies at the Gesamthochschule Kassel 1970-1975
  • Doctoral thesis on the sociology of plants in the city 1975- 1978
  • Employee of Peter Paul Stöckli, Wettingen 1972-1978
  • Stöckli + Kienast, Wettingen 1979-1986
  • Stöckli, Kienast & Koeppel, Wettingen, Zurich and Berne 1987-1994 (with Hans-Dietmar Koeppel)
  • Kienast Vogt Partner, Zurich and Berne, 1995-1998 (with Günther Vogt and Erika Kienast-Lüder)
  • Professor of garden architecture at the Intercantonal Technical College, Rapperswil, 1981-1991
  • Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Karlsruhe, 1992-1997
  • Professor of Landscape Architecture at the ETH Zurich, 1997-98
  • Collaboration with Diener & Diener Architekten, Burkhalter Sumi Architekten, Gigon & Guyer Architekten, Herzog & De Meuron, Meili, Peter Architekten, Romero & Schaefle Architekten, Helmut Federle, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Fischli Weiss, Jenny Holzer, Gottfried Honnegger, Sol Le Witt and others.
  • on 23 December 1998 Dieter Kienast died in his hometown.



Ongoing research project at ETH Zurich:

ETH Zurich / TH Research Project No. 14840.
"Grey and Green. Dieter Kienast's (1945-1998) contribution to landscape architecture".
Implementation / Dissertation Anette Freytag
Supervision: Prof. Christophe Girot, Prof. em. Arthur Rüegg


Works

City park in Wettingen; 1982
City park in Sankt Gallen; 1987-1993
Ecole cantonale de langue francaise in Bern; 1991
Hotel Zürichberg in Zurich (landscape architecture); 1995
Günthersburgpark in Frankfurt
Kurpark in Bad Münder; 1994-1997
Centre for Art and Media Technology ZKM, Karlsruhe (landscape architecture); 1995-1997
New building of the Federal Labour Court, Erfurt (landscape architecture); 1996-1999
Park on the Moabiter Werder, Berlin; 2000-2002
Park on the Federal President's Triangle, Berlin; 2000-2001
Gardens of the Swiss Embassy in Berlin
International Garden Show 2000 Styria, Graz; 1997-2000
Masoala Hall at Zurich Zoo; 1994-2000
EXPO 2000 and exhibition grounds, Hanover; 1995-2000
Outdoor facilities Tate Modern Gallery in London; 1995-2000