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Coach House and Garden Renovation / J. Mayer H. Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

These unique places are not just private escapes but also bridges between the past and the present. The hidden residential building in the center of the city was built between the 1960s and 1980s on the remains of a war-damaged coach house using found and salvaged building materials. The result is a fascinating array of height differences, split levels, and rooms with diverse layouts, all stemming from a gradual, yet imaginative reconstruction process.

House on Lake Como / J. Mayer H. Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The historic 18th-century villa is situated in a prime location on the shores of Lake Como. Its exterior walls extend to the water, and a small harbor is connected to the boat garage under the house. With a 180-degree panoramic view from east to west, the house is bathed in sunlight throughout the year. The octagonal villa survived the centuries almost untouched until it was conventionally renovated in 2019. The current renovation for a family of five aimed to reclaim the unique character of the house and garden, while integrating new elements into the historic structure in an engaging dialogue.

VoltAir / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

VoltAir is a pulsating urban building block for new office spaces at Alexanderplatz in the heart of Berlin. With its distinctive stacked cubes, the design emerged from an invited architecture competition in 2014 with mixed-use clusters for brands, sports, and hospitality. After a change in ownership, the sculptural design was adapted and revised in response to a change in use. In collaboration with the property owner and in constructive coordination with the Design Advisory Board led by Regula Lüscher, the qualities of the design were preserved and strengthened. The arrangement of glass cubes allowed for a playful interaction with the Berlin skyline.

FOM University Pavilion / J. Mayer H. Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 02:00:00 +0000

A pavilion in the park. FOM University adds a new social space to its Duesseldorf Campus. The 8,000 square meter campus of FOM Hochschulzentrum is located in Quartier Central, a vital urban neighborhood located on the grounds of the former cargo train station in Duesseldorf Dehrendorf.

ZIPPER RKM 740 Tower / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000

In recent years, increasing urban density has led to new kinds of hybrid high rises. Our project ZIPPER is part of the latest generation of these mixed-use concepts. The project combines various medical practices and residences on the former park grounds of Dominikus-Krankenhaus in Düsseldorf-Heerdt. The synergy effects thus achieved with comprehensive health grant the existing hospital transregional importance as the “prototype of a hospital for the future.”

Port-o-Prenz Apartments / J. Mayer H. Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Living in Prenzlauer Berg. Mothers drinking their latte macchiatos, “Bio-Berg,” Mauerpark hippies, an artists’ neighborhood: Prenzlauer Berg stands for so many clichés. The lively area around Kollwitzplatz and Helmholtzplatz combines them all. In fact, there’s hardly another part of the city that has undergone as dramatic a transformation since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

SW35 Office Building Facade Transformation / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Our façade intervention of a nondescript nineteen-seventies-era office building in Stuttgart from dingy white to bold graphic patterns, reflects its current repurpose as an innovation lab. It is now a physical home for a group of startup companies working in the green tech sector, operating under the “umbrella” name 1886Ventures. The applied data protection pattern on the outside provides a symbolic location for these innovations that announces the new by referring to the tactics used to camouflage so-called “test mules,” testbed vehicles in the automotive industry. Drawing attention and keeping secrets are kept in an ambivalent balance.

IGZ Campus Falkenberg / J. Mayer H. Architects

Valeria Silva — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The completion of IGZ’s new main building on its extended campus is a significant step for the software company’s own economic positioning, as well as part of larger regional efforts to increase employment opportunities in rural areas. IGZ is a fast-growing company in IT logistics and Industry 4.0: part of the digital boom we have experienced since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the growing possibilities for innovative developments, fostered by European financial and economic support. What is more, the infrastructural measures put forward by individual municipalities to maintain and create jobs have an impact on the entire Upper Palatinate region. For these reasons, sustainable and innovative planning and construction were the centerpieces of the new IGZ Campus module in Falkenberg.

Pavilion on Europaplatz / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:00:00 +0000

In re-planning, this former traffic hub from the 1970s as part of the general redevelopment of the ring around the old city, new potentials for streets, urban mobility, and public spaces emerged. The freestanding pavilion on Europaplatz marks the entrance to Freiburg’s city center.

Residence N.N / J. Mayer H. Architects + Alexander Erman Architecture & Design

Paula Pintos — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0000

n.n. represents a spatial exploration between concealment and exposure. This layered topography blurs the line separating landscape and construction. It is the private residence of a family in a rural area along the River Moskva. The geometry of the floor plan fuses the building with the ground it is located on by removing individual layers and creates spaces between the strata. A cross-section shows a rich variance between the floors, and the internal links and gradual transitions toward the outside develop open layers for a flexible and programmatic organization of space.

Björn Steiger Memorial / J. Mayer H. Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 05:00:00 +0000

On May 3, 1969, the eight-year-old Björn Steiger was hit by a car. It took almost an hour for the ambulance to arrive. Fifty years ago, modern emergency services did not exist yet. Björn died on the way to the hospital.

Casa Morgana / J. Mayer H. Architects

Paula Pintos — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:45:00 +0000

Casa Morgana is somewhere else. Surrounded by neighbouring homes dating from the late nineteenth century, the building is like a study for possible future architecture and seems to have fallen out of context. Surrounding nature simulates a subtropical oasis and locates the residential sculpture between optical disturbance and atmospheric displacement.

Tram Stop / J. Mayer H. Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 01:00:00 +0000

Since December 2018, the cities of Kehl and Strasbourg are now better connected than ever, now linked by a new tram line over the border across the Rhine. Strasbourg is Europe’s capital and thus a symbol for Europe’s unity.

Miami Museum Garage / WORKac + Nicolas Buffe + Clavel Arquitectos + K/R and J. MAYER. H.

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:00:00 +0000

The Museum Garage is located in the Miami Design District, a neighborhood dedicatedto innovative art, design and architecture. Featuring the work of five designers, the seven-story mixed-use structure will feature ground-floor retail spaces and capacity for 800 vehicles.For the project, In 2015, Design District developer Craig Robins, commissioned architect and curator Terence Riley to develop the concept for Museum Garage. WORKac, J. Mayer. H, Clavel Arquitectos, Nicolas Buffe were selected to create the garage’s facades, along with Riley’s own architectural firm K/R (Keenen/Riley).Exquisite Corpse.

J. Mayer H. Architects Reveal Prize-Winning Design for Kärcher Museum in Germany

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:30:00 +0000

J. Mayer H. Architects has revealed their design for the new Kärcher Musuem that took 3rd prize in a recent closed competition. Designed for international cleaner manufacturer Kärcher, the museum will feature exhibits on the company’s 80+ year legacy and the history of cleaning technologies.

Germany's Newest Transportation Pavilion Features Dynamic Roof

Lindsey Leardi — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:00:00 +0000

J. MAYER H., in partnership with Architekten, celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for their competition-winning Pavillon am Ring Project in Freiburg, Germany. Located at the edge of Freiburg’s historic district, this new tram stop will feature a café and dynamic roof structure.

FOM Hochschule Building in Düsseldorf / J. Mayer H. Architects

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 03:00:00 +0000

The non-profit FOM University is Germany's largest private university. With over 24 study centers in Germany and abroad, FOM university enrolls more than 21,000 working students, trainees, and apprentices. The new building of the FOM University Düsseldorf provides the necessary space for the ever-increasing numbers of students.

XXX Times Square with Love / J. Mayer H. Architects

Diego Hernández — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 03:00:00 +0000

Originally inspired by the “X”-like intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue that forms Times Square, the loungers are the first specially-commissioned ongoing street furniture for the new Times Square plazas.