Christoph Hesse

Christoph Hesse, 1977, grew up in the highland area of Sauerland in Germany. He received a Diploma in Architecture from ETH Zurich and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction from Harvard University. He has been teaching at Harvard University, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture in Saigon, Cairo University and Universität Kassel. Christoph Hesse Architects was established in 2010 in Korbach and currently employs an international team of 15 people. In 2018, a branch office was set up in Berlin. The practice has won numerous prizes, like the European 40 under 40 Architecture Award, the Architizer A+ Award, the International Architecture Award and was shortlisted for the Bauwelt Award and DAM Award. The projects of Christoph Hesse have been exhibited at Architektur Galerie Berlin, New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam, Contemporary Space Athens, Experimenta Urbana in Kassel, Venice Architecture Biennale and Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt. Awards: 2020 – Design Vanguard 2020 – Architectural Record’s award for 10 distinguished young practices from around the globe – Winner 2019 – German Architecture Museum DAM Award – DAM Award for Architecture in Germany – Nomination 2019 – Architecture Master Prize – Winner 2019 – Grosser Preis des Deutschen Mittelstandes – Nomination 2018 – European 40 Under 40 Award – Next New Talented Generation of European Architects – Winner 2018 – German Architecture Museum DAM Award – DAM Award for Architecture in Germany – Shortlisted 2018 – Architizer A+ Awards – Winner 2018 – World Architecture Festival Award – Finalist 2017 – Bauwelt Award – International Bauwelt Award for emerging architects – Shortlisted 2017 – World Architecture Festival Award – Finalist 2017 – Architizer A+ Awards – Winner 2017 – Top 100 Innovator Award – Winner 2017 – International Architecture Award – Winner 2017 – The American Architecture Prize – Winner 2017 – German Design Award Special – Winner 2016 – German and Austrian Façade Award – Winner 2016 – Iconic Awards – Winner 2016 – BSA Design Citation Award – Boston Society of Architects – Winner 2016 – RWE Climate Protection Award – Winner Exhibitions: - Public Architecture-Future for Europe, Jan-May 2020, Schusey Architecture State Museum, Moscow - Grounded, Oct-Nov 2019, AEDES Architecture Forum, Berlin - „Houston, we have a problem“, Sep-Nov 2019, DAZ German Center for Architecture, Berlin - Vita Contemplativa, Jul-Aug 2018, Architektur Galerie Berlin Satellit, Berlin - Athens Architecture Club, May-Aug 2018, Contemporary Space Athens, Athens - Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura, Nov 2018, Quito, Ecuador - DAM Preis 2018,Jan-May 2018, German Architecture Museum DAM, - Ways of Life, May-Jun 2018, Architecture pavilion, Technical University of Braunschweig - Ways of Life im V-Cube, Oct-Dec 2018, V-Cube, Sachsenhausen - Experimenta Urbana, Aug-Sep 2017, documenta Kunsthochschule Kassel Publications: - Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2020, DOM Publishers, 2020 - Public Architecture-Future for Europe catalogue, Edited by European Cultural Centre, European Cultural Centre & Artguide, 2020 (Strohtherme, Seelenort) - Jahrbuch der Architektur 2019, Dennis Krause, Deutscher Architektur Verlag, 2019 (Villa F) - Christoph Hesse Architekten–Grounded, Aedes-Ausstellungskatalog, Berlin, 2019 - 30 WWA Architecture, Óscar Asensio, Lexus, 2019 (Working and Living Community in Hagenstrasse, Vitos Kurhessen) - Architizer, the World´s Best Architecture, Edited by Emilia Terragni &François-Luc Giraldeau, Phaidon, 2018 (Villa F) - Christoph Hesse, Robert Konieczny, Snorre Stinessen_Vita Contemplativa Architektur Galerie Berlin- Ausstellungskatalog, 2018 - Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2018, Yorck Förster, Christina Gräwe, Peter Cachola Schmal (Hg.), DOM Publishers, 2018 (Villa F) - Athens Architectural Club, The Chicago Athenaeum, The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd., 2018 (The Open House) - Wohnen für Alle, Herausgebeben von Paul Andreas, Karen Jung und Peter Cachola Schmal, DOM Publishers - Space Planing and Design, Elke Pahl-Weber, Bernd Kochendörfer, Lukas Born, Carsten Zehner, Ulrike Assmann, JOVIS - A+ Architecture, Emilia Terragni, Phaidon, 2017 ( Vitos Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic for Traumatized Refugees) - New Internationl Architecture, Edited by Christian Narkiewcz-Laine, Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. (Infrastructural Lifeline for Palestine and Israel) - Christoph Hesse Architects- Impressions 2012-2017, 2017

• ARCHITECTURE
• Architectural Design
• Temporary architecture, installations