In the history of building, Christian Hansen is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Christian Hansen as Danish architect (1803–1883).
Christian Hansen was born at Copenhagen in 1803. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Denmark. He trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Industrialisation gave architecture iron, glass and the lift, and with them the problems of the railway station, the factory and the tall city block.
He is recorded as architect and university teacher.
Among his best-known works are Østervold Observatory and Neofytos Doukas Monument. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Eckersberg Medal, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog and commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.
That the work was built in Kingdom of Denmark shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Christian Hansen died in 1883, aged 80. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Østervold Observatory
- Notable work: Neofytos Doukas Monument
- Eckersberg Medal
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
- Trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
