Early years Otto Haesler was born in
Munich slightly fewer than ten years after
Bavaria had been incorporated into the new
German state. He attended secondary school in
Passau In 1908, he joined an architectural partnership with Karl Dreher. In 1914, he applied unsuccessfully for a position in public office locally as
Bürgervorsteher. There are three residential Otto Haesler developments in Celle dating from the mid 1920s and early 1930s.
Italian Garden Settlement With his first, the "Italian Garden Settlement" (
"Siedlung Italienischer Garten") of 1924/25 Haesler incorporated inspiration he had gained from a visit to
Bruno Taut in
Magdeburg. Haesler publicised the modern design-language of the new buildings across Germany: shortly after completion, the Italian Garden Settlement came to be seen as the first
"Neues Bauen" residential development in the country. The Georgsgarten also marked the first outing for the protruding three-sided glazed stair housing which from now on became a Haesler trademark. again featured Haesler's "trademark" three-sided glazed stair housinings.
Blumläger Field Settlement It was only with the florally named "Blumläger Field Settlement" (
"Siedlung Blumläger Feld") of 1930/31 that it became possible to apply the planned rents. • Buildings in the "Dammerstock settlement" in
Karlsruhe (1929) • The "Rothenburg settlement" in
Kassel (1929–31) In 1930 he was appointed as Expert Advisor to the RfG board. He died four years later in 1962, following medical complications after he fell into a trench that was part of a project to build a house he had designed for himself and Erna. ==References==