Anna Heringer

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Anna Heringer (born October 13, 1977 in Rosenheim ) is a German architect who works in the field of sustainable building .

Life

Born in Rosenheim, Anna Heringer grew up in Laufen, Upper Bavaria, near Salzburg . At the age of nineteen she went abroad to Bangladesh; there her interest in the country was sparked when she worked for a non-governmental organization . In 2004 Heringer graduated from the University of Art in Linz with a degree in architecture . As a final thesis, she designed the new building for the METI Handmade School in Rudrapur, Bangladesh . The design was realized a year later and earned the planner international architecture prizes, such as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture . The project was carried out with the help of local artisans and using traditional building materials such as bamboo and clay . A vocational school for budding electricians was also built next to it. After studying in Linz, he did a dissertation at the Technical University of Munich .

Heringer held visiting professorships in Stuttgart , Linz and Vienna .

She is one of 6 protagonists in the documentary The Future Is Better Than Her Reputation .

style

DESI vocational school in Rudrapur, Bangladesh

Typical for Heringer is the consideration of traditional building forms, the involvement of the local population and the environmentally friendly orientation of their architecture, e.g. B. the vocational school in Rudrapur is supplied with solar power. Overall, the development aid aspect also plays a major role.

Reception and awards

Heringer's works have been shown at MoMA , MAM São Paulo and the Venice Architecture Biennale , among others . Furthermore, Heringer became known to the professional world by winning the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007 and the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2011.

Web links

Commons : Anna Heringer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

WDR 5 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) table talk. Culture of conversation with prominent contemporaries from October 2, 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Conversation with Anna Heringer: On the Beauty of Sustainability , architektur-bauforum.at from December 15, 2008, accessed on March 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ derstandard.at of May 14, 2017: Anna Heringer: Die Zukunftsmacherin ; accessed on May 14, 2017
  3. ↑ Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Anna Heringer | Architecture: Awards. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Heringer, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosenheim