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HHF Architects is a Swiss architectural firm founded in 2003. == History == The architectural practice, established in Basel by Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler in 2003, has built projects in Switzerland, China, Germany, France, Mexico and the USA. Their projects encompass a broad spectrum, including new buildings like the "Labels 2"〔(morgenpost.de: "Modezentrum Labels Berlin 2 geht an den Start" ) (German) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 fashion center in Berlin, interior design, planning tasks like the master plans for the public spaces of the Praille-Acacias-Vernets site in Geneva and La Défense in Paris and the development plan for Unterfeld in Zug, Switzerland, as well as objects in the public realm like "Baby Dragon" in China or the "Espinazo del Diablo" viewing platform on the "Ruta del Peregrino" in the Mexican state of Jalisco. HHF Architects intentionally seek close and substantive collaboration with artists and other architects. It is within this context that group projects receiving worldwide attention have emerged, such as the Mexican pilgrimage route "Ruta del Peregrino"〔(uncubemagazine.com: "Ruta del Peregrino, Iwan Baan's impressions of Mexico's most famous pilgrimage route" ) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 and the fruitful collaboration with the Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei, which has been ongoing since 2005. Shortly after of the office was established, the first works were already being shown at national and international architecture exhibitions. In 2005 HHF were invited to design a contribution to the "Jinhua Architecture and Arts Park" for the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture.〔(Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture ) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 An invitation followed in 2007 to officially represent Switzerland at the 7th International Architecture Biennale in São Paulo.〔(Official Swiss contribution to the International Architecture Biennale in São Paulo ) (German) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 In 2011 the works created in collaboration with Ai Weiwei were shown as part of the exhibition Ai Weiwei – Art / Architecture〔(Kunsthaus Bregenz – Ai Weiwei – Art / Architecture ) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 at Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria. The German Architecture Museum〔(Deutsches Architektur Museum (DAM) ) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 (DAM) in Frankfurt am Main showed "Labels 2" in 2012 as part of the exhibition The 23 Best Buildings. With their invitation to the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2012, the firm's busy exhibition activities have reached a culmination for the present. Alongside numerous other national and international distinctions, HHF was named to the "Design Vanguard 2010" by Architectural Record.〔(archrecord.construction.com: "Design Vanguard 2010" ) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 In 2012 HHF were distinguished with an important "Wallpaper Design Award",〔(wallpaper.com: "Wallpaper * Design Awards 2012" ) Retrieved November 17, 2014〕 for which they had also been nominated in 2010. In addition to building, architectural education is of utmost importance to the firm's principals. Simon Frommenwiler was an assistant to Harry Gugger at the EPF in Lausanne and has been teaching as a visiting professor at the ENSA Strasbourg since 2011. Simon Hartmann was senior assistant at the ETH Studio Basel and has been teaching as professor of design at the HTA Fribourg since 2009. HHF Architects were visiting professors at the University of Innsbruck and have been guest lecturers at the UIA in Mexico City and at MIT in Cambridge, MA, as well as guest critics at various universities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HHF Architects」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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