Hans Robert Hiegel

Hans Robert Hiegel (born January 6, 1954 in Kaiserslautern ) is a German architect and urban planner .

Life

After studying in Kaiserslautern, Hiegel settled in London, where he studied with David Greene and received the AA diploma from the Architectural Association in 1977 . A year later he settled in Karlsruhe and founded the HRHiegel architects and urban planners office .

In 1981 the German Architecture Museum bought designs from Hiegel, and a high-rise model was also acquired, the precursor to the Campanile. The Center Pompidou had the Campanile design by Hiegel made from Lego bricks and showed it as part of the exhibition “L'architecture est un jeu magnifique”.

In 1984 the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern showed the exhibition Architecture in transition: new architecture; 7 young architects from America, Germany, England and Italy a . a. with projects from Hiegel.

In addition to his practical work, he taught as a guest lecturer in London, New York, Kassel, at the HfG Karlsruhe and at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.

From 1989 to 1994 Hans Robert Hiegel was chairman of the Association of German Builders in Karlsruhe.

At the 300th anniversary of Karlsruhe in 2015, Hans Robert Hiegel was also interviewed as part of the 300 Years - 300 Heads campaign . Until 2017, Hiegel was an elder of the Protestant Church.

Architectural work

Hans Robert Hiegel with a model of the Campanile , late 1980s

Hiegel's early work can in part be assigned to the late modern period, for example the Agne house from 1983. Subsequently, Hiegel's work showed postmodern features. A publication certified Hiegel in addition to Jourdan & Müller, "Joke and loose gestures"

Around the same time also emerged classic-looking designs that shape the perception of the work Hiegels to date, particularly its controversial design for the Campanile next to the Frankfurt Central Station , which as a template for the Messeturm applies and as Lego model in an exhibition at the Center Pompidou to see was . The MoMA acquired from Hiegel documents to the project.

His main work so far is the Bayer company . Further works are the Kindergarten Oase in Muggensturm 1988, the substation Karlsruhe Ost, Lessingstr. 6 1992, tombstone Hodina, renovation Fritz, the interior renovation of the Matthäuskirche in 2008 and the motorway maintenance office in Karlsruhe in 2009, as well as the renovation of the rectory of the Emmauskirche Karlsruhe in 2014. At the invitation of the city of Königstein, Hiegel presented urban planning studies on the future of the city in 2015.

theory

In 1982 Hiegel presented the Referential Transformations project , which took a stand on urban planning issues.

Hiegel is a member of the Masonic Lodge "Peace and Freedom" in Karlsruhe; he repeatedly referred to the architectural roots of Freemasonry . His attitude is particularly evident in a publication by Pegasus Verlag in which he describes architecture as a “lost intellectual property”. In addition, he publishes his own writings in the publisher “mens architecturae”, which he co-founded.

In an interview with the Stuttgart 21 proponents, Hiegel referred to the urban development opportunities that the project offers.

Awards

• 1976: Prize of the Karlsruhe University Society and the DAAD
• 2005: Badge of Honor of the Baden State Bishop

literature

• Architecture in Transition, exhibition catalog Kaiserslautern Architects: Gianni Braghieri, Hans Robert Hiegel, Steven Holl, Lars Lerup, Mark Mack, Simon Ungers, Peter Wilson; ISBN 3-89422-003-1 .
• Abrams, New York, Campanile, LEGO etc. a. Architects / artists W. Hahn, Jochem Jourdan , EO Parry, HR Hiegel, K. Lafitte ISBN 0-8109-1790-4 .
• HR Hiegel, work booklet of an architect, 2001, b / w illustrations and text by Mathias Schreiber, ISBN 3-923222-01-7 .

Web links

Commons : Hans Robert Hiegel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• HR Hiegel Architects
• Aesthetics of Thrift. Retrieved September 6, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Purchase of the designs
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ [2]
4. ^ Margret Bofinger, Ignasi Solà-Morales Rubió: Young Architects in Europe, p. 164 Kohlhammer 1983
5. ↑ Hans Robert Hiegel brings the architecture to the town hall for the first time. Article in the Taunus-Nachrichten on June 10, 2015
6. ↑ Article on architecture and freemasonry by Hans Robert Hiegel
7. ↑ Hiegels Publishing
8. ↑ [3]
9. ↑ Karlsruher Universitätsgesellschaft ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.