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Jürgen Hermann Mayer (born 1965 in
Stuttgart
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) is a German architect and artist. He is the leader of the architecture firm "J. MAYER H." in
Berlin
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and calls himself ''Jürgen Mayer H.''
Life and work
He studied at
Stuttgart University
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with ...
,
The Cooper Union
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and
Princeton University
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. Since 1996 he has been working as an architect. Recent national and international projects include
Metropol Parasol
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, the redevelopment of the
Plaza de la Encarnación in
Seville
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, Spain; the Court of Justice in
Hasselt, Belgium
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; Pavilion KA300, built in celebration of Karlsruhe's 300th jubilee, and several public and infrastructural projects in
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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—for example, an airport in
Mestia
Mestia ( ka, მესტია ) is a highland townlet ('' daba'') in northwest Georgia, at an elevation of in the Caucasus Mountains.
General information
Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province (''mkhare''), ...
, the border checkpoint in
Sarpi, and three rest stops along the highway in
Gori and
Lochini. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections including
Museum of Modern Art
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(MoMA) New York and MoMA San Francisco and also private collections. National and international awards include the
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award-Emerging-Architect-Special-Mention-2003, Winner
Holcim Award Bronze 2005 and Winner Audi Urban Future Award 2010. He has taught at
Princeton University
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,
Harvard University
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,
Berlin University of the Arts
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, the
Technical University of Munich
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Establis ...
, the
Architectural Association
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in London, the
Columbia University
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, New York City, at the
University of Toronto
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, Canada, and has been a mentor at the international mentorship program Forecast, based in Berlin.
Firm
''J. MAYER H.'' was founded 1996 in Berlin. Since January 2014, when Andre Santer and Hans Schneider joined as partners in the firm, it has been called ''J. Mayer H. und Partner, Architekten''. It focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication, and new technology. From
urban planning
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schemes and buildings, to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology, and nature form the background for a new production of space.
Important works (selection)
* ''Stadt.haus'' (Stadthalle Scharnhauser Park,
Ostfildern
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), 2000–2002, exhibited in the Permanent Collection of
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
(MoMA) New York, the Biennial in Venice 2004, Arsenale and the German pavilion
* ''Rotor Penthouse'', private building, Denmark, 2004–2006
* ''Mensa Moltke'',
Hochschule Karlsruhe
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, Germany, 2004–2007
* ''
Metropol Parasol
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'', redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacion,
Seville
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, Spain, 2004–2011
* ''ADA1'', office building,
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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, Germany, 2005–2007
*
Danfoss Universe,
Nordborg
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, Germany, 2005–2008
* ''S11'', office building,
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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, postal ...
, Germany, 2007–2009.
* ''Highway Rest Stop 1 and 2'',
Gori and Lochini,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, 2009 – 2011.
* ''Border Checkpoint'', Sarpi,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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, 2010–2011
*
Queen Tamar Airport
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,
Mestia
Mestia ( ka, მესტია ) is a highland townlet ('' daba'') in northwest Georgia, at an elevation of in the Caucasus Mountains.
General information
Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province (''mkhare''), ...
, Georgia, 2010.
* ''JOH3'', residential building, Johannisstraße 3,
Berlin
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, Germany, 2009–2011
* ''Pier Sculpture'',
Lazika
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, Georgia, 2012
* Court of Justice,
Hasselt
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Belgium
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, in cooperation with a2o-architecten and Lensºass architecten, 2005–13
* ''Schaustelle'', space for experiments,
Munich
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, Germany, 2012–2013
* ''Sonnenhof'', office and residential buildings,
Jena
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, Germany, 2008–2014
* ''FOM'', Düsseldorf, University building,
Düsseldorf
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, Germany, 2012–2015
* ''Pavilion KA300'', pavilion for the city jubilee,
Karlsruhe
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, Germany, 2014–2015
* ''XXX Times Square With Love'', installation in New York's
Times Square
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, 2016
*IGZ Main Campus Building in Falkenburg, 2020
Awards (selection)
*
Mies-van-der-Rohe Award for emerging architects, 2003
*
Holcim Award Bronze for the European region, 2005
*
Audi Urban Future Award, 2010
*
red dot design award
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, 2012, for ''Metropol Parasol''
''Metropol Parasol''
– ''red dot award
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: product design, 2012 – red dot: best of the best'' auf: ''red-dot.org'', 7. Juli 2012.
* Finalist European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
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, 2013 for ''Metropol Parasol''
Exhibitions (selection)
* Vitra Design Museum
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Former Vitra CEO, and son of Vitra founders Willi and Erika Fehlbaum, Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. The ...
, 2007: ''Housewarming MyHome''
* San Francisco, Museum, 2009: ''Patterns of Speculation''
* La Biennale di Venezia
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, Italian pavilion, 2009: ''Pre.Text / Vor.Wand''
* Global Design, Museum für Gestaltung
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, 2010: ''Pre.Text / Vor.Wand''
* Showroom Euroboden, Munich, 2010: ''Re.Flecks''
* Berlinische Galerie
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History
The Berlinische Galerie was founded in 1975 , 2011: ''RAPPORT. Experimentelle Raumstrukturen'
* Art Institute of Chicago
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, 2012: ''Wirrwarr''
* Galerie Eigen+Art, Berlin 2013: ''Black.See''
* Lugadero, 2014: ''Retraro Robot''
* Istanbul
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Design Biennial, 2014: ''NAP GAP''
* Shenzhen
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Bi-City Biennial of Urbanism/Architecture, 2014: ''Border Warehouse''
* InCITE Gallery, Bangalore
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, 2015: ''the work of J. Mayer H.''
* Beijing Design Week, 2014: ''Exhibition Design+''
* Istanbul
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Biennale Exhibition, 2015: ''FIN-GER''
* Ecola exhibition, 2015: ''Hands-on''
Bibliography
* Architekturforum Aedes, Aedes Galerie und Architekturforum (ed.), Kristin Feireiss
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, Hans-Jürgen Commerell: ''J. Mayer H., surphase architecture.'' (exhibition catalogue). Aedes, Berlin 2002.
* Cristina Steingräber (ed.): ''metropol parasol'', Staatliche Museen Berlin 2005,
* Henry Urbach (ed.): ''J. Mayer H.'', Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008,
* Neeraj Bhatia, Jürgen Mayer H. (ed.): ''arium'', Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009,
* Suh Kyong won (ed.): ''DD 19 Activators''. DAMDI Architecture Publisher, Ostfildern 2011,
* Berlinische Galerie (ed.): ''Rapport'', 2011
* Andres Lepik, Andre Santer (ed.): ''metropol parasol'', Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011,
* J. Mayer H., Cristina Steingräber (ed.): ''Wirrwarr'', Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011,
* J. Mayer H. (ed.): ''A.WAY'', Trademark Publishing 2011, .
* Wilko Hoffmann (ed.): ''Could Should Would'', Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2015,
Film
* ''Jürgen Mayer H. Der Architekt der Kurven.'' (Alternativtitel: ''J. Mayer H. – Architektur als Abenteuer.'') documentary film, Germany, 2011, 26 min., book and direction: Claudius Gehr, production: planetfilm, NDR
NDR may refer to:
Computing
* Non delivery report, a return email message to a sender indicating failed message delivery
* Network Data Representation, an implementation of the OSI model presentation layer
Science and technology
* Negative differ ...
, arte
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It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
, first broadcast: 16 December 2012 by arte.
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
21st-century German architects
Architects from Stuttgart
Princeton University School of Architecture alumni
Cooper Union alumni