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      • Born on March 8, 1856 in the Haut-Rhin, he was hired by the Eiffel company in 1879 after graduating from the Polytechnicum in Zurich, where he had studied under Karl Culmann and discovered graphic statics (an entirely geometrical method of solving static mechanics problems), which would later be of great use to him in designing the Tower.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Maurice_KoechlinMaurice Koechlin - Wikipedia

    Maurice Koechlin (3 June 1856 – 14 January 1946) was a Franco - Swiss structural engineer from the Koechlin family . Life. Koechlin's first drawing for the Eiffel Tower. A member of the renowned Alsatian Koechlin family, he was born in Buhl, Haut-Rhin, the son of Jean Koechlin and his wife Anne Marie (Anaïs), née Beuck.

  4. www.toureiffel.paris › en › newsMaurice Koechlin, the engineer without whom the Tower would ...

    May 5, 2022 · French-Swiss engineer Maurice Koechlin was one of Gustave Eiffel's most loyal partners. Born on March 8, 1856 in the Haut-Rhin, he was hired by the Eiffel company in 1879 after graduating from the Polytechnicum in Zurich, where he had studied under Karl Culmann and discovered graphic statics (an entirely geometrical method of solving static ...

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  5. houseofswitzerland.org › history › maurice-koechlin-swissMaurice Koechlin, the Swiss who designed the Eiffel Tower

    Feb 23, 2022 · Maurice Koechlin, who succeeded Gustave Eiffel as the head of the Eiffel construction company in 1893, didn't seem to begrudge his boss for acquiring the project. As his great-grandson, Jean-David Koechlin, explains:

  6. www.wonders-of-the-world.net › Eiffel-TowerBiography of Maurice Koechlin - Wonders of the world

    Biography. Maurice Koechlin was the head of the design office of the Eiffel companies. Mr. Maurice Kœchlin was born in Buhl (Alsace), in 1856.

  7. www.toureiffel.paris › en › newsHow the Eiffel Tower was invented - Eiffel Tower official Website

    Apr 26, 2019 · Maurice Koechlin was younger. In 1879, Eiffel hired this brilliant fresh engineer from Zurich's Polytechnicum to do Garabit's calculations and manage the company's engineering department. Koechlin returned home, did a rough calculation and drew up a sketch dated June 6, 1884 showing a gigantic metal pylon of 984 feet (300 meters), directly ...

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    Origin. The design of the Eiffel Tower is attributed to Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, two senior engineers working for the Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel. It was envisioned after discussion about a suitable centerpiece for the proposed 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution.

  9. trako.arch.rwth-aachen.de › cms › trakoMaurice Koechlin - The real inventor of the Eiffel tower ...

    Nov 27, 2018 · Maurice Koechlin left the technical University of Zurich graduating top of his class and began to work 1877 as an engineer at the railway company „Chemin de Fer de l’Est“. Two years later he starts working for the office of Gustave Eiffel (1832 – 1923) in october of 1879.

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