ABSTRACT

Through his work for the first Labour Government in Wellington, Austrian-born émigré architect Ernst Plischke (1903–92) was directly involved with New Zealand politics in the 1940s. While he has appeared to others as a not outwardly political person, his professional life in New Zealand was directly tied to governmental decisions of the time. Particularly his duties in the town planning division of the Department of Housing Construction (1943–1947) meant that Plischke was not only involved with the politically initiated design of large-scale environments, but in this role he also actively took sides – for a somewhat more collectivist model of living than many New Zealanders favoured. By bringing together the existing debate about housing, dwelling and in particular the Community Centre in Naenae with Plischke’s design work and his own views, it may be possible to characterise more closely his interactions with New Zealand politics. It appears that despite being an “Enemy Alien,” Plischke’s attitude towards architecture and society was largely aligned with the positions of the first Labour Government for the quality of his work to be recognised.

摘要

出生于奥地利的移民建筑师 Ernst Plischke（1903-92 年）通过为惠灵顿的第一届工党政府工作，在 1940 年代直接参与了新西兰政治。虽然在其他人看来，他并不是一个表面上的政治人物，但他在新西兰的职业生涯与当时的政府决策直接相关。特别是他在住房建设部城市规划部门 (1943-1947) 的职责意味着 Plischke 不仅参与了大规模环境的政治启动设计，而且在这个角色中，他还积极地站在一边——在某种程度上比许多新西兰人更喜欢的集体主义生活方式。通过将现有关于住房、住宅，特别是 Naenae 社区中心的辩论与 Plischke 的设计工作和他自己的观点结合起来，或许可以更密切地描述他与新西兰政治的互动。看来，尽管是“敌人的外星人”，普利施克对建筑和社会的态度在很大程度上与第一届工党政府的立场一致，因为他的工作质量得到​​了认可。