Ludwig Rase

Basic Info

Name: Ludwig Rase
Country of Origin: DE

Description

Born in 1925 in Nuremberg, Germany, Ludwig Rase was an architect, urbanist, and artist who experimented with developing computer-based construction plans. He is best known for his collaborations with the academic and artist George Nees.

Rase studied architecture in Munich in the late 1940s before beginning his career in the same city. In 1969, he began collaborating with Nees in developing computer-based construction plans, and their work became known as a milestone in computer-aided architectural design. Working with Nees, Rase created the first computer-based construction plan to be implemented in Germany, the Siemens pavilion located at the Hanover Messe of 1970. The pavilion had a modular roof structure supported by columns. The pair also created one of the earliest and best known computer graphics with an architectural reference: the “Kubo-Oktaeder”, also known as Cubo-Octaeder or Cuboctahedron. Rase also designed a pavilion for the 1970 German Industries Fair in Sao Paulo.

Rase continued to live and work in Munich until his death in 2009.

Explore Artworks By Ludwig Rase

Computergrafik – Strukturdesign (Computer Graphics – Structural Design) Portfolio

Created in 1970 by Georg Nees, Ludwig Rase, Anton Zöttl

a portfolio of various media created after original unique plotter drawings each work is numbered in print lower left on the reverse plotter drawings were programed and drawn between 1968-1970 using: hardware: Siemens-System 4004 software: ALGOL output machine: ZUSE-Graphomat Z64 plotter print information: 1(a). Neese/Rase Kubo-Oktaeder (Cuboctahedron) serigraph on paper 2(b). Zottl Schwarm (Swarm) computer-generated […]


Kubo-Oktaeder (Cuboctahedron)

Created in 1972 by Georg Nees, Ludwig Rase

a serigraph after an original unique computer-generated plotter drawing from 1972 made for the exhibition “Computer Art” at Kunsthalle, Hamburg 1972/73 signed by Ludwig Rase lower right in graphite original plotter drawing: conceived by: Georg Nees and Ludwig Rase programmed by: Georg Nees hardware: Siemens 4004 software: ALGOL output machine: ZUSE-Graphomat Z64 “The motif was […]