Draft:Munir El Jundi
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Munir Sirri El Jundi (منير سري الجندي (Arabic) Munīr Sirrī al-Dschundī, DMG Munīr Sirrī al-Ǧundī; * 9 April 1936[1] in Homs; † 16 December 2020 in Stuttgart)[2] was a Syrian architectural engineer and illustrator.
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Biography
Education
Having passed his A levels in 1956 in Homs, El Jundi worked with several architects in Syria for two years.[1]
He started his studies in architecture in the winter semester 1958/1959 at the Stuttgart Technical University of Applied Sciences.[1] As the consequence of a traffic accident, El Jundi had to interrupt his studies from 1960 until 1962.[1] He was awarded his diploma in 1971 by the University of Stuttgart.[1]
Personal life
Munir Sirri El Jundi was the son of a department manager at the power station of Homs and Hama.[1] Due to his father's early death in 1951, he assumed the role as head of family for his mother and siblings.[1]
In 1975, he married in Homs.[1] In 1983, he gained the German citizenship along with his wife and their four children.[1]
Architecture
The Beginnings 1971–1973
In 1971, El Jundi was an assistant professor at the University of Stuttgart and, at the same time, worked at the office of architect Lothar Götz.[3]
El Jundi worked at the Stuttgart University's Institute for Building Materials, Building Physics, Building Technology and Design in 1972.[3]
The same year, he took over the planning of the project "Alzenau town hall" (de: "Rathaus Altenau").[3] In 1971 and 1972 he worked with Hans Auras on the "New Home" project (de: Neue Heimat).[3]
In February 1973, El Jundi was admitted to the architectural association of Baden-Württemberg.[3]
The Mekka Project 1973–1976
Munir El Jundi was employed at Rolf Gutbrod's[4] Stuttgart office, located in the Schoderstreet (de: Schoderstraße), from 1973 to 1977.[3] He called him his "mentor, master, and friend".[3] El Jundi was a member of the "Rolf Gutbrod Initiative".[3]
In 1973, Gutbrod proposed to accompany him to Mekka for the project "Conference centre and hotel Intercontinental" (de: Konferenzzentrum und Hotel Intercontinental).[5] El Jundi took over the site management in Saudi Arabia several times.[3] The coloured ornaments at the roofs of Mekka's terraced residential buildings featured in many spots of the newly built conference centre.[6]
By Gutbrod's request, El Jundi, who was his adviser on Islamic art[7], compiled a report of proposals the topic Percent for art (view the German site, as this differs significantly from region to region: de: Kunst am Bau): ceramic-mosaic carpets, wood carvings for the hotel oasis, calligraphy made of cast aluminium for the conference oasis, and the dome in the form of a grate for the mosque.[7] The proposals were signed by Rolf Gutbrod and subsequently consigned to Minister of Finance, Abal-Khayel, in Riyadh.[7] Four words in Kufic script were mounted vertically on the emergency stairs.[7] The main entrance of the mosque was adorned with a cast aluminium tablet with a Quran verse in Kufic script and the minaret was topped with a cast aluminium dome in the form of a grid.[7]
Construction of the conference centre was completed in 1976.[7]
Further Projects 1976–1978
In 1976, El Jundi contributed to the project "Prince Mansour Commercial Centre" in Djidda and, in 1978, to the project "Jalbougha Mosque" in Damascus.[3]
The Golden Door of the Kaaba 1978–1979
From 1978, Munir El Jundi was self-employed and established his own architecture firm in the Paulusstraße in Stuttgart.[3]
In April 1978, King Khalid of Saudi-Arabia commissioned El Jundi to design the golden door of the Kaaba in Mekka and supervise its manufacture.[3][8]
After three months had passed, El Jundi submitted his ideas for the door's design using Thuluth calligraphy.[3] The door was produced in the Sheikh Al Sagha/Sheikh Mahmoud Badr factory.[9] It is more than three metres tall, approx. two metres wide and 50 cm deep.[9] It is made of teak and 280 kg gold.[9] In the bottom of the right door wing, a cartouche bearing Munir El Jundi's name can be seen.[9]
The door of the Kaaba was inaugurated on 13 October 1979.[3] Munir El Jundi wrote: "This venerable commission has marked a turning point of my life."[3]
Further Projects 1980–1982
From 1980 until 1982, El Jundi was in charge of the artistic advising and the drafts of the protocols and emblems for the third Islamic summit in Ta'if and Mekka and for several summits in Riyadh.[3]
El Jundi war von 1980 bis 1982 für die Künstlerische Beratung und für die Entwürfe der Protokolle und des Emblems für die dritte Islamische Gipfelkonferenz in Ta'if und Mekka und für mehrere staatliche Konferenzen in Riad zuständig.[3]
In 1980, he collaborated with Hans Auras in Stuttgart on the project 'Commercial Building Salem Bugshan in Jeddah and with Harald Deilmann in Dortmund on the project 'Al Rajhi Main Administration Building in Riyadh'.[3] El Jundi won the competition 'Mosques of Qatar' in 1981.[3]
Er arbeitete 1980 mit Hans Auras in Stuttgart am Projekt „Geschäftsgebäude Salem Bugshan in Dschidda“ und 1980 mit Harald Deilmann in Dortmund am Projekt „Al Rajhi-Hauptverwaltungsgebäude in Riyadh“.[3] El Jundi gewann 1981 den Wettbewerb "Moscheen in Qatar".[3]
The Chest of the Kaaba 1984
Munir El Jundi was commissioned to design a chest which was to be put between two pillars in the Kaaba in 1984.[3] The chest was carved out of wood in Casablanca, finished in Stuttgart and subsequently put in the Kaaba on 17 October 1984.[3]
Munir El Jundi bekam 1984 den Auftrag, eine Truhe zwischen zwei vorhandenen Säulen für den Innenraum der Kaaba zu entwerfen.[3] Die Truhe wurde in Casablanca geschnitzt und in Stuttgart fertiggestellt.[3] Am 17. Oktober 1984 wurde die Truhe in die Kaaba gebracht.[3]
Further Commissions from 1984
- 1984 preliminary design of the Hadj. ministry building in Muni near Mekka[3]
- 1985 five stained glass windows in the Ladies Banquet Hall in Riyadh[3]
- 1985 extended family home for the El Jundi family in Homs[3]
- 1987 an emblem for the advertising tower of the King Fadh Quran printers in Medina commissioned by Saudi Oger Ltd[3]
- 1988–1989 residential house of Ahmad Badr[3]
- 1990 mobile exhibition frame for the oldest door of the Kaaba[3]
- 1990–1992 exhibition hall and foyer for the Kiswa factory in Mekka[3]
- 1994 interior construction in the Kaaba, decoration of pillars[3]
- 1996 gargoyle for the Kaaba in Mekka[3]
Further career developments in Stuttgart
From 1987, Munir El Jundi operated an art studio for architecture in the attic of his residential house located in the Leibnizstraße in the West of Stuttgart, the remodelling plans for which he designed himself.[3][10]
Weiterer Werdegang in Stuttgart
Ab 1987 betrieb Munir El Jundi im Dachgeschoss des eigenen Wohnhauses ein Atelier für Architektur in der Leibnizstraße in Stuttgart-West, dessen Umbauplanungen er selber entworfen hat.[3][11]
He gave lectures on Arabic calligraphy and ornament art at the adult education center in Stuttgart from 1993.[3] At the same time, he gave courses on freehand architectural drawing and Arabic calligraphy to 'make a contribution to the understanding for and between different cultures.'[3] In 1994, he initiated the forum for Arabic culture.[3]
Ausstellungen
- Interkulturelles Forum Stuttgart „artGENOSSEN: die erste Begegnung“ 22. Mai – 24. Juni 1995: Islamische Kalligraphie und Ornamentik am Konferenzzentrum Mekka 60 × 80 cm, Konstruktion der Kaaba Tür mit Ornamentikdetails 60 × 80 cm, die Ornamentik der Kaaba Tür Gesamtansicht 50 × 70 cm, Füllung der Kaaba-Tür 60 × 60 cm, Konstruktion der Kaaba Truhe 50 × 60 cm, Schriftrosette Bronzeguss 50 × 50 × 3 cm, zwei Fenster der Frauenfesthalle in Riad 60 × 80 cm, 60 × 60 cm[3]
- Volkshochschule Stuttgart: Kunst im Carola-Blume-Saal „Munir El Jundi: Architekturzeichnungen, Kalligraphien, Ornamente“ 17. März – 28. Juni 1998[3]
- „Das Einhorn lebt: Künstlerblicke zum Thema“ 13. Dezember 1998 – 10. Januar 1999[3]
- „Bilder, Wörter, Töne“ 8. März – 28. Juli 2001[3]
- „Arabische Kalligraphie: Ausstellung mit Arbeiten des Architekten und Zeichners Munir El Jundi“ 22. Oktober – 10. November 2001[3]
- Als Begründer und Mitglied des "Initiativkreises Rolf Gutbrod" an folgenden Ausstellungen beteiligt: "Rolf Gutbrod - Häuser für Menschen", 14. Juni – 2. August 2002, BW-Bank Stuttgart; Von der "Initiative Rolf Gutbrod Berlin" vom 18. August – 15. September 2002 in der "Akademie der Künste", Berlin gezeigt.
- Volkshochschule Stuttgart: „Kunstbaustelle“ 18. September – 14. Dezember 2006[3]
- Initiativkreis Rolf Gutbrod, Südwestdeutsches Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbau (saai), Institut für Architekturgeschichte der Universität Stuttgart: "Rolf Gutbrod - Bauten der 1960er Jahre", Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag, 13. September – 8. Oktober 2010, BW-Bank Stuttgart; Vom 14. Juni – 1. Juli 2011 in Friedrichshafen in der Sparkasse Bodensee auf Initiative der Kammergruppe Bodensee der Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg gezeigt.