Alfred Schmidt was an architect, government master builder and obtained a PhD in civil engineering, working in and around Stuttgart between 1927 and 1953. The project submitted for the 1936 Art competition was the so-called “Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn” in Stuttgart, best known under the name “Neckarstadion,” and currently, after several renovations and expansions, as the “Mercedes-Benz-Arena.” The original design of the stadium, which was officially opened in 1933, came from German architects Paul Bonatz and Friedrich Eugen Scholer. The stadium was then constructed by Schmidt with a 14 m cantilevered grandstand roof in reinforced concrete. The standing grandstands were designed as earthwork. The complex initially took 35,000 spectators, but was soon expanded to 70,000. One of Schmidt’s most remarkable designs was the Christkönig Church in the suburb of Vaihingen, built in 1928 as an example of Expressionist church architecture.
Germany