The "Thier-Arzney Schule" - a previously unknown building task
At the end of the 1760s, Friedrich II ("the Great") had already tried to establish an "École vétérinaire" for the first time in Prussia in order to use scientific methods to better combat the rampant livestock epidemics in the country. However, the project was initially abandoned in 1770 for cost reasons.
It was only under his successor Friedrich Wilhelm II in 1789 that the construction of the "Thier-Arzney-Schule" (School of veterinary medicine) could actually begin. Carl Gotthard Langhans, who had been appointed head of the Oberhofbauamt (Superior Court Building Department) the previous year, was responsible for this - an architect who was also involved in the construction of the Brandenburg Gate at the same time.
Langhans' design is characterized by a square floor plan, the outer sides of which are divided by risalits. The Anatomy Hall, designed as a rotunda and covered by a ribbed dome with skylight, forms the center.
The "Thier-Arzney Schule" - a previously unknown building task
At the end of the 1760s, Friedrich II ("the Great") had already tried to establish an "École vétérinaire" for the first time in Prussia in order to use scientific methods to better combat the rampant livestock epidemics in the country. However, the project was initially abandoned in 1770 for cost reasons.
It was only under his successor Friedrich Wilhelm II in 1789 that the construction of the "Thier-Arzney-Schule" (School of veterinary medicine) could actually begin. Carl Gotthard Langhans, who had been appointed head of the Oberhofbauamt (Superior Court Building Department) the previous year, was responsible for this - an architect who was also involved in the construction of the Brandenburg Gate at the same time.
Langhans' design is characterized by a square floor plan, the outer sides of which are divided by risalits. The Anatomy Hall, designed as a rotunda and covered by a ribbed dome with skylight, forms the center.
