J. Mayer H. (http://www.jmayerh.de/home.htm)

Office founded:
early 1996

Jürgen Mayer H.
Artist - Designer - Architect
born 30. Oktober 1965

Studies at the University of Stuttgart, The Cooper Union in New York, and at
Princeton University.

TEACHING:
Columbia University, NYC, 2005
Columbia University, NYC, 2004
Architectural Association, London, 2003-2004
Harvard University, GSD, 2000 und 2003
Kunsthochschule Berlin, 2002/2003
Hochschule der Künste Berlin, bis 2002

PUBLICATIONS:
amongst others architecture, Domus, Architectural Review, Greyroom, DAM Jahrbuch, New York Times, Bauwelt, Arch+, DAIDALOS, WIRED, db, assemblage, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Interview

LECTURES:
amongst others in New York, Harvard University, Barcelona, Krakow, Rotterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Hamburg, Toronto, San Francisco, Jerusalem, Chicago, Copenhagen, Venice

Stadthaus Scharnhauser Park, near to Stuttgart

Inside

Nam Jun Paik Museum - Competition

heat.seat
temp. sensitive object, 2001

Pitterpatterns

computergenerated artificial rain
at Stadthaus Scharnhauser Park, Ostfildern 2002

Possible raindesigns

i.e. the time

More info at:
architecture trend press (http://www.architecture-trend-press.net/Data/_archi/Print.php?time=1093863881&year=2004-2005)
mullerdechiara (http://www.mullerdechiara.com/index4.php?typ=kuenstler&id=334)
german architects (http://www.germanarchitects.com/content/profiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile&architect=2221&lang=d)

Publication:
sfmoma (http://shop.store.yahoo.com/sfmoma/jmayerhjournal.html)

Current Projekt - Metropol Parasol (Competition 1. Prize)
the other entries (http://www.encarnacion.plandesevilla.org/)

From underneath.
Some of the parasols have public platforms inside. :rock on:

Hey! that's my friend Jürgen! :cheers:
We went to the same school, he being one year ahead of me.
Somehow he came over to my desk in the studio one day and we became friends.
When he came to Japan, we went to see many architecture together, visiting offiices (there was Zaha Hadid office in Japan twelve years ago), went out to have drink.
It is amazing to see he's doing what he was doing in the school, just getting more eloquent.

Hey! that's my friend Jürgen! :cheers:.

You can see from the photo, he is really the politest person I have ever met.
Can't believe he is making his way up in this cruel world.
It has been five years or so since I got a letter from him (which I didn't write back, unpolite and lazy as usual).
Now I have to write him an email.

Edit: Hey we are back in touch again, thanks to ppb!

His projects are really interesting!
Thank you Sigue!

You can see from the photo, he is really the politest person I have ever met.
Can't believe he is making his way up in this cruel world. It has been five years or so since I got a letter from him (which I didn't write back, unpolite and lazy as usual). Now I have to write him an email.

invite him to [pushpullbar]2 :D

While looking for information about the Metropol Parasol for this thread (http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?p=100706#post100706), I came across this interesting web resource about J. Mayer H. , downloadable in PDF format - LINK (http://www.baunetz.de/arch/talk/appletalk_e/index.php?cat=Startseite&nr=10)

Berlin Architect Jurgen Mayer

Unfortunately his website is in German, and.. Mein Deutch ist nicht sehr gut.
Maybe some of the German Pushpullers could interpret. I did glean this from other sources (who shall not be named):
J. MAYER H. works at the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings to installation work and objects, the relationship between the human body, technology and nature form the background for a new production of space.


J. Mayer H. Architekten
Cumulus
Danfoss Universe

arc space: http://www.arcspace.com/architects/mayer/danfoss/danfoss.html

Website: http://www.jmayerh.com/

Altough Metropol Parasol final look is still a mistery it might look closer to the images in the link provided by vOid.

sique...you are my source of guilt for not posting here as much as I should..

Well done!

sique...you are my source of guilt for not posting here as much as I should..
You still have credit in my bank Jason.:cheers:

There's an interview with Jurgen Mayer H. on the March/April 2008 issue of I.D. magazine (http://www.id-mag.com/GeneralMenu/), available online through BusinessWeek - LINK (http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/mar2008/id20080314_156279.htm)

Jürgen Mayer H. has recently finished the private villa MRMM near Ludwigsburg in Germany.
The house is more widely known under the name Dupli.Casa

Dupli.Casa

The geometry of the Dupli.Casa is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site, originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then. The new building echoes the „family archeology“ by duplication and rotation. Lifted up, it creates a semi-public space on ground level between two layers of discretion. The spatial configuration of the villa performs a sophisticated connection between inside and outside and offers spectacular views onto the old town of Marbach and the German national literature archive on the other side of the Neckar valley.

Insides

Indoor pool.

The house has around 1000m².
The ground floor. (I'll try and scan a better one)

Inside

is this stair image a rendering or real photo?

Those are all real photos.

'Interactive Plans' of Villa MRMM @ Wallpaper (http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/duplicasa-ludwigsburg-germany/2835)