Interview: Norbert Gebbeken

“Young people who decide to take up a career in civil engineering are always
thinking about outstanding structures” (Olympic roof and tower in Munich, Günter Behnisch with Frei Otto 1972)
Norbert Gebbeken once wanted to be a farmer. However, he soon came to see the profession of civil engineering in Emsland, where he grew up, as more reliable and less prone to crises. A conversation with the president of the Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineers about the job of his dreams, lack of new blood in the profession, uncontrolled growth of academic courses,...
“Young people who decide to take up a career in civil engineering are always
thinking about outstanding structures” (Olympic roof and tower in Munich, Günter Behnisch with Frei Otto 1972)