Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel
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Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel | |
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.jpg) Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel (1987) | |
| Born | 15 February 1926 Karlsruhe |
| Died | 17 April 2011 (aged 85) Laren, North Holland |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Enrico Hartsuyker |
Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel (15 February 1926 – 17 April 2011) was a Dutch architect of German origin. She is remembered for her innovative designs and for her collaboration with the Italian-born Dutch architect Enrico Hartsuyker. Considerable attention was paid to their Biopolis project, a satellite city planned for The Hague but never realized.[1][2]
Hartsuyker-Curjel was born in 1926 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Her father, Hans Curjel, the son of the architect Robert Curjel, was an art historian and pianist. Her mother, Gabriella Fahrner had also studied music and played the cello.[3] As her parents were Jewish, the family moved to Switzerland when she was six years old. She studied architecture at the ETH Zurich where she met the Dutch Italian architecture student and future husband Enrico Hartsuyker. They were encouraged in their studies by Siegfried Giedion, a close friend of her father, Hans Curjel.[2]
