- Hans Robert Hiegel
Hans Robert Hiegel (born
6 January 1954 inKaiserslautern ) is a German architect.Career
He lived in
London until 1978 and his first work was "House Agne", 1983. Succeeding projects tend to a classical language. Important articles include "Werkheft04" (ISBN 3-923222-03-3) [http://www.geocities.com/mensarchitecturae/ackn04.htm] , and by Thilo Hilpert in the Frankfurt Lounge, first published in the Japanese architectural journalA+U ,Tokyo .He studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe and at the Architectural Association, AA, together withSteven Holl . His teaching locations include the AA, the HfG Karlsruhe and the Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem.Work
In 1983, he designed the project
Campanile inFrankfurt am Main , which turned out to be most influential on theMesseturm . Personal contacts toJoseph Rykwert who introduced him to the work and the person of Hans-Georg Gadamer were seminal to his philosophy and his thinking. "Oase" is the name of his prizewinning design for a Kindergarten nearBaden-Baden which continues his quest for classical positions in architectural language.External links
* [http://www.hiegel.eu/ Home page of firm]
* [http://www.frankfurtlounge.de/architecture4english.htm/ Frankfurt Lounge]
* [http://fett.ethz.ch/uia/projects/projectcontents/p_9.htm#s_1/ Campanile sketches 1]
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