Thursday, March 27, 2025

Artist of the Day, March 27, 2025: Jürgen Mayer, a German architect, artist (#2243)

Jürgen Hermann Mayer (1965) is a German architect and artist. He is the leader of the architecture firm "J. MAYER H." in Berlin and calls himself Jürgen Mayer H.

Jürgen Mayer studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and Princeton University. Since 1996 he has been working as an architect. Recent national and international projects include Metropol Parasol, the redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnación in Seville, Spain; the Court of Justice in Hasselt, Belgium; Pavilion KA300, built in celebration of Karlsruhe's 300th jubilee, and several public and infrastructural projects in Georgia—for example, an airport in Mestia, the border checkpoint in Sarpi, and three rest stops along the highway in Gori and Lochini.

Mayer's work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York, MoMA San Francisco and also private collections. National and international awards include the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award-Emerging-Architect-Special-Mention-2003, Winner Holcim Award Bronze 2005 and Winner Audi Urban Future Award 2010.

Mayer has taught at Princeton University, Harvard University, Berlin University of the Arts, the Technical University of Munich, the Architectural Association in London, the Columbia University, New York City, at the University of Toronto, Canada, and has been a mentor at the international mentorship program Forecast, based in Berlin.

J. MAYER H. was founded 1996 in Berlin. Since January 2014, when Andre Santer and Hans Schneider joined as partners in the firm, it has been called J. Mayer H. und Partner, Architekten. It focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication, and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings, to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology, and nature form the background for a new production of space.
 
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Jürgen Mayer
Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Denmark
Invited competition, 2024, Seoul, Republic of Korea 
Invited competition, 2024, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Invited International Competition, 2nd Prize,  2024 Seoul, Republic of Korea
Invited International Competition, 2nd Prize,  2024 Seoul, Republic of Korea
Drops, 2024 Ingolstadt, Germany 
House on Lake Como, 2023-24 Lake Como, Italy
House on Lake Como, 2023-24 Lake Como, Italy
Sugar Valley, 2022 Munich, Germany
Sugar Valley, 2022 Munich, Germany
Pavillon AM Ring, 2018 Freiburg, Germany
FOM Hochschule Building, 2017 Düsseldorf, Germany
 Tram Stop, 2016-18 Kehl, Germany
 Tram Stop, 2016-18 Kehl, Germany
Elements, 2016  Berlin, Germany
Quartier M, 2014 Düsseldorf, Germany
Zipper – RKM 740, 2013-22 Dusseldorf, Germany
Zipper – RKM 740, 2013-22 Dusseldorf, Germany
Zipper – RKM 740, 2013-22 Dusseldorf, Germany
 Civic center, 2012 Mestia, Georgia
Border checkpoint, 2010-11 Sarpi, Georgia
Rest Stop Gori,  2009-11  Gori, Georgia
Level green, 2009 Autostadt Wolfsburg, Germany
BEAT.WAVE, 2007 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, USA
Court of Justice, 2005-13  Hasselt, Belgium
Dupli.Casa, 2005-08  near Ludwigsburg, Germany
Metropol Parasol, 2004-11 Seville, Spain 
Metropol Parasol, 2004-11 Seville, Spain
Metropol Parasol, 2004-11 Seville, Spain
Stylepark lounge, furniture, 2001-02 Berlin, Germany 
Stylepark lounge, furniture, 2001-02 Berlin, Germany

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