Hans Kollhoff

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Hans Kollhoff (born 18 September 1946 in Bad Lobenstein, Thuringia) is a German architect and professor.

He is a representative of

New Classical Architecture, as well as a protagonist of New Urbanism
.

Early life

Kollhoff spent the first six years of his life on the family farm in Thuringia at the southern tip of the newly established DDR. In 1953 the family escaped to West Germany and settled in Northern Baden.[1]

Career

Main Plaza, Frankfurt am Main (completed in 2001)

Kollhoff began his architecture studies at the

Vienna University of Technology, and worked for one year at the studio of Hans Hollein.[2] He returned to Karlsruhe to complete his diploma thesis in 1975.[3] Then with a scholarship from the DAAD to attend Cornell University, Kollhoff studied, alongside Rem Koolhaas, amongst the stimulating atmosphere prompted by the academic rivalry between architectural historian Colin Rowe and architect and theorist Oswald Mathias Ungers. Kollhoff became an assistant to Ungers in 1977.[4]

Kollhoff opened his own studio in Berlin in 1978, and since 1984 has run the studio in partnership with Helga Timmermann.

Until 1985, he was an assistant at the HdK (

ETH Zürich.[5]
He has held several guest-professorships both at home and abroad. His projects as an architect in Germany and Europe span all scales, from the civic to the residential.

Since 2004 Kollhoff leads the "Bauakademie" project, whose goal is to reconstruct the Karl Friedrich Schinkel building, Berlin 1836, which was demolished in 1962.

Architecture

Hans Kollhoff's architecture is characterised by a classical building-style and the use of solid, traditional materials, such as stone and brick, worked according to traditional methods. During his career, Kollhoff has developed in the direction of a more and more traditional form, often using classical motifs. For this reason he is sometimes criticized for creating an outdated "retro-architecture", that loses itself in a nostalgic imitation of traditional formalism. However Kollhoff's work, with its attention to detail also within the interior space, may be read as a continuation of the work of early twentieth century architects, see Adolf Loos.

Germany

In Berlin, he has designed in

German Central Bank.[7] which was in 1999 awarded the Architekturpreis der Stadt Leipzig (Architecture Award of the City of Leipzig).[8]

Netherlands

Outside of Germany, Kollhoff has designed numerous buildings in the Netherlands. His first project, the Piraeus, was realized in 1994 on the KNSM Island in Amsterdam.[9] His most known projects in the country however were built in Rotterdam: both the Statendam high-rise tower at the Binnenrotte and the Compagnie residential buildings at the Kop van Zuid stand out in their respective area's.[10][11][12] Other notable projects of Kollhoff in the Netherlands include De Colonel in Maastricht, the Foortse Towers Vathorst in Amersfoort and the building of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security and Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (also known as the JuBi-building) at the Turfmarkt in The Hague – his highest project yet.[13][14][15]

Gallery

  • The Beisheim Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
    The Beisheim Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
  • Kollhoff-Tower at the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
    Kollhoff-Tower at the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
  • Dominium in Cologne
    Dominium in Cologne
  • Galerie Roter Turm at the Neumarkt, Chemnitz
    Galerie Roter Turm at the Neumarkt, Chemnitz
  • The Statendam in Rotterdam
    The Statendam in Rotterdam
  • The Compagnie in Rotterdam
    The Compagnie in Rotterdam
  • Colonel Building in Maastricht
    Colonel Building in Maastricht
  • The JuBi-building in The Hague
    The JuBi-building in The Hague

Literature

  • Kollhoff, Hans, Wohnen, Studentenprojekte (1999)
    ISBN 3-7212-0464-6
  • Kollhoff, Hans, Hans Kollhoff: Architektur/Architecture (2003)
    ISBN 3-7913-2656-2
  • Cepl, Jasper, Kollhoff & Timmermann Architects: Hans Kollhoff (2004)
    ISBN 1-904313-27-2

References

  1. ^ Cepl, Jasper (2004). Kollhoff & Timmermann Architects: Hans Kollhoff. Phaidon Press. p. 9.
  2. ^ Cepl, Jasper (2004). Kollhoff & Timmermann Architects: Hans Kollhoff. Phaidon. p. 10.
  3. ^ (in German) ETH Zurich. "Unexpected Error". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  4. ^ Cepl, Jasper (2004). Kollhoff & Timmermann Architects: Hans Kollhoff. Phaidon. p. 13.
  5. ^ Ganzoni, David. "Hochparterre".
  6. ^ Ooij, Dieuwke van (19 October 1993). "Alexanderplatz vooral kleiner Hans Kolhoff geeft bekendste plein Berlijn nieuw gezicht". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  7. ISBN 3-7643-5957-9
    .
  8. ^ Architekturpreis der Stadt Leipzig – prize winners 1999–2019, City of Leipzig (in German)
  9. ^ "25 jaar Piraeus, een dijk van een gebouw". 20 April 2019.
  10. ^ Helleman, Jan van (February 5, 2012). "Statendam Rotterdam".
  11. ^ Helleman, Jan van (March 15, 2013). "Woongebouw De Compagnie".
  12. ^ "architectureguide.nl – Housing, Hans Kollhoff, Rotterdam". www.architectureguide.nl.
  13. ^ Design, Lilja. "Prof. Hans Kollhoff Architekten". www.kollhoff.de.
  14. ^ "Kollhoff & Pols architecten – Foortse Towers Vathorst – Amersfoort". kollhoff.nl.
  15. ^ "JuBi-torens Den Haag opgeleverd – architectenweb.nl". architectenweb.nl.

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