Practice

Harry Gugger established his Studio in May 2010, after 19 years of partnership at Herzog & de Meuron.
Drawing from the conclusions of this experience Harry Gugger’s Studio (HGS) puts emphasis on the singularity of each single project and aims at exploring the research potential each project has on offer in close collaboration with its clients.
In questioning the traditional role of the architect as the author of an architectural project HGS seeks to initiate a multiple authorship with clients and other consultants. Highly professional in its organisation HGS cultivates the necessary “dilettantism” to discover the unique character of each project.


Competition Entry Limmatfeld Zurich, Rapidplatz, 02.2011


Competition Entry Limmatfeld Zurich, Perception of Tower, 02.2011


Competition Entry MCBA Lausanne, Perspective View, 02.2011, Image: tanuki


Study for Conversion of the Transitlager at Dreispitz, Basel, 08.2011

Harry Gugger

Harry Gugger was a toolmaker’s apprentice from 1973 to 1977, before studying machine engineering from 1977 to 1979. From 1984 to 1989 he studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ) with Flora Ruchat and at Columbia University, New York with Tadao Ando. He received his degree in architecture at the ETHZ in 1990. His collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron began in 1990 when he was their assistant at the summer school in Karlsruhe. From 1991 to 2009 he was a partner of the firm.
Among other projects Harry Gugger was in charge of the following: the two Signal Boxes (1991-1994 and 1995-1999) and the Engine Depot (1991-1995) for the Swiss Federal Railways in Basel; the Eberswalde Technical School Library (1994-1999); Tate Modern in London (1995-2000); the Headquaters for Prada USA in New York (2000-2002) and the Schaulager Basel for the Laurenz Foundation (1998-2003). Recent projects include the CaixaForum, Madrid (2001–2008), Tate Modern Extension, London (2004- ) and KMOMA, The Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata (2008- ). The Laban Dance Centre in London (1998-2003), was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2003. In 2004 Harry Gugger received the Swiss Art Award Prix Meret Oppenheim.
Harry Gugger was visiting professor at the Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen in Weimar in 1994 and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2001. 2005 Harry Gugger became full professor for architectural design at the EPFL, where he founded the Laboratory for Architectural Production (lapa).
Harry Gugger was Head of the Holcim Awards jury for region Europe in 2008.
In 2010 Harry Gugger founded Harry Gugger Studio and has become a member of the board of trustees of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.

Projects

Transitlager

Study for Conversion of the Transitlager at Dreispitz, Basel
Competition 04.-08.2011


Private Office

Private office and extension of existing residence, Basel
to be completed in march 2012

Restaurant for the Basel Zoo

Study for the conversion of the main restaurant and event space at the Zoo Basel
Competition 07.-10.2011


Gellertstrasse

Residential development, Basel
Competition 05.-09.2011

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modissa

Renovation of Fashion Boutique, Zürich
Concept Study 05.-07.2011

MCBA

Nouveau Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
Competition, 11.2010-03.2011

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Limmatfeld Baufeld E, Zürich

Mixed Use Development, Zurich, Switzerland
Competition, 11.2010-01.2011
Development of Elderly Home since 03.2011

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High Density Housing

Allschwil, Switzerland
2010-2013

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Petalida, Private Residence

Antiparos, Greece
2010-2012

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Headquarters PSR (ProSpecieRara)

Münchenstein, Switzerland
Concept Design, 2010

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Katoikia, Private Residence

Antiparos, Greece
2010-2011

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Previous projects

As partner of Herzog & de Meuron Harry Gugger was in charge of the following projects

Arts

KMOMA, The Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata, India,
Concept design (2008- )
Tate Modern 2, Transforming Tate Modern, London, UK (2004- )
CaixaForum, Madrid, ES (2001-2008)
Tate Masterplan, London, UK (2003)
Schaulager® for the Emanuel Hoffmann-Foundation Münchenstein, CH (1998-2003)
Expansion of the Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH (1999-2003)
Tate Modern, London, UK (1995-2000)

Education

Laban Dance Center, London, UK (1998-2003)
Eberswalde Technical School Seminar Building, DE (1994-1997)
Eberswalde Technical School Library, DE (1994-1999)
Library and Masterplan of Cottbus Technical University, DE Competition Design (1993)
Antipodes II, Student Housing for the Université de Bourgogne, FR (1991

Sports

Lord’s cricket ground masterplan, London, UK, Competition, Masterplan (2008- )
London Olympics 2012, Masterplan, UK, Competition Design (2003)
National Stadium Beijing, Competition Design, CN (2003)
Allianz Arena, Munich, DE, Competition Design (2001-2002)

Residential

Umm Lafina, The Umm Lafina Island Project, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Competition Design (2007-2008)
Wohnen am Wasser, Studie Wohnen am Wasser, Solothurn, CH (2006- )
St. Pauls Way, London, UK, Residential Development (2004–2007)
Greengate House, Plaistow, UK (2003- )

Commercial

CityGate, Basel, CH, Selection process (2006-2007)
Prada New York, Headquarters Prada, US (2000-2002)
Elsässertor II, Office and Commercial Building, Basel, CH (2000-2004)

Industrial

SüdPark, Study Railway Station SBB, Basel, CH (2002 – )
Enlargement Engine Depot, Basel, CH (2003)
Central Signal Box, Basel, CH (1995-1999)
Signal Box, Auf dem Wolf, Basel, CH (1991-1994)
Railway Engine Depot, Auf dem Wolf, Basel, CH (1991-1995)

Masterplanning

Wohnen am Wasser, Studie Wohnen am Wasser, Solothurn, CH (2006- )
St Thomas Street, Bermondsey, London, UK, Conceptual Masterplan (2007-2008)
The Clearings, The Draycott Estate, Chelsea, London, UK, Conceptual Masterplan (2007)

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Teaching

EPFL is opening an urban design laboratory in Basel. At Laba (Laboratory Basel), students and scientists will work on the cities of the future. Together with Studio Basel, led by ETH Zurich, a true centre of competence in architecture and urban planning is being set up in the city on the Rhine.

 

On 18 August, Prof. Gugger will be inaugurating a laboratory devoted to urban design research and teaching at the Basel Ackermannshof. Laba will bring together scientists and PhD and Master students from Lausanne. Simultaneously, a collaboration platform is being set up with Studio Basel, a laboratory of ETH Zurich which notably relies on the expertise of architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Roger Diener and Marcel Meili.

Urban development, a worldwide problem… which also affects Switzerland

Urbanization is a most topical issue. Whereas the word calls forth the skyscrapers on the US East Coast or the megacities in Asia, Harry Gugger observes that there is no need to look that far. Switzerland – one of the world’s most densely populated countries – is a perfect open-air laboratory. “Every day a large share of our land is sacrificed to accommodate urban development. Many areas considered as countryside just twenty years ago no longer really fit this definition”.
“The time has come to ask ourselves what kind of urbanization we want”, says the architect. “The differences between town and country tend to gradually fade away. Personally, I find that extremely sad”.
Basel will provide an ideal venue to design the cities of tomorrow. Laba will welcome about thirty Master students from Lausanne two days a week, as well as three PhD students, tutored by a teaching staff of three.

Basel – a meeting point for the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology

This EPFL laboratory will be located in the Ackermannshof, a 14th century architectural ensemble at the heart of the student quarter. In the immediate vicinity are Basel University, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and Studio Basel, the ETH Zurich’s outpost devoted to urban and architectural research.
A collaboration platform called Cerberus will be implemented together with Studio Basel, which relies, among others, on the talent of Pritzker Prize winner Jacques Herzog. “By putting together Studio Basel and Laba, we shall have a sound critical mass of scientists and students”, the architect explains. “Moreover, Basel is without a doubt the architecture and urban design capital of Switzerland. In such a stimulating environment, we are bound to create something extraordinary”.

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Awards

2010 Golden Lion of the Venice Architecture Biennale for the National Pavilion of Bahrain
2009 CaixaForum-Madrid receives the “Premio de Urbanismo y Construcción de la Ciudad” of X Bienal de Arquitectura Española; ES
2004 Harry Gugger is awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim, Office Fédéral de la Culture, CH
2003 Laban Dance Center, London, UK wins RIBA Stirling Prize
1999 Brandenburgischer Architekturpreis 1999, Land Brandenburg/D for the Library Technical School Eberswalde, DE
1999 Rolf Schock Prize for the Visual Arts, Stockholm
1996 Construtec Prize for the Signal Box in Basel, European Prize for Industrial Architecture, Hannover, DE
1996 Max Beckmann Award, Frankfurt a. M., DE
1996 Brunel Award 1995, Washington DC for the Railway Engine Depot Auf dem Wolf in Basel, US
1995 Brunel Award 1994, Washington DC for the Signal Box in Basel, US

Collaborators

Harry Gugger

1956 Born in Grezenbach, Switzerland
1973-1977 Apprenticeship as toolmaker
1984-1989 Studies in Architecture at ETH Zurich and Colombia University New York, NY,
1990 Collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron
1991 Partnership with Herzog & de Meuron
1994 Visiting Professor at the Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen, Weimar
2001 Visiting Professor at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004 Awarded the Meret Oppenheim Prize
since 2005 Professorship at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 Founding Harry Gugger Studio
Leon Faust

1987 Born in Horgen, Switzerland
2007–2008 Studies of German Language and Literature at Zurich University
2008–2009 Propädeutikum Zurich University of the Arts
2009–2011 Studies of Architecture at ETH Zurich
since 2011 Harry Gugger Studio
Alasdair Graham

1978 Born in Aberdeen, Scotland
1996-2002 First-class Honours Degree in Architecture from Mackintosh School of Architecture
2002-2003 Diploma in Architecture from Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
2003-2005 Masters in Architecture with Distinction from Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (part-time)
1999 Reid, Jubb, Brown Partnership, UK
2000-2001 Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects, Rotterdam, NL
2003-2005 Avanti Architects, London, UK
2005-2006 Zaha Hadid Architects, London, UK
2006-2010 OMA, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, New York, Shenzhen and Hong Kong
since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio, Basel, CH
Yann Gramegna

1980 Born in Lausanne, Switzerland
1996-2000 Apprenticeship as design draughtsman, AC Atelier Commun SA, Lausanne
2001-2002 CMS, Specialized Math Course, EPFL Lausanne
2002-2008 Studies of Architecture at EPFL Lausanne and TU Berlin
2005-2006 Internship at Hosoya/Schaefer Architects, Zürich
2008-2010 Herzog & de Meuron, Basel
Since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Henriette Gugger

1973 Born in Gera, Germany
1993-2000 Studies of Architecture at Bauhaus University Weimar and Chalmars Tekniska Högskolan, Gothemburg, Sweden
2000-2003 Assistant at Chair for Residential Design, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
2001-2003 AFF-architekten, Weimar/Berlin, Germany
2003-2005 Herzog & de Meuron Uk Ltd, London, UK
2005-2008 Senior assitant at lapa, laboratoire de production d`architecture, EPFL Lausanne
since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Coryn Kempster

1974 Born in Brantford, Canada
1999-2008 Studies in Art and Architecture at University of Toronto and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999-2003 HSA Architects, Toronto
2005-2006 Barkow Leibinger Architekten, Berlin
2007-2008 Independent Practice
2008-2010 Herzog & de Meuron, Basel
since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Filipe Magalhães

1987 Born in Oporto, Portugal
2005-2011 Studies of Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura do Porto, Portugal
2009-2010 Studies of Architecture at Fakulteta za Arhitekturo v Ljubljani, Slovenia
since 2011 Harry Gugger Studio
Raul Mera

1976 Born in Basel, Switzerland
1992 – 1996 Apprenticeship as design draughtsman, David Muspach Architekt HTL, Basel
1996 – 1998 Collaboration with David Muspach Architekt HTL, Basel
2002 – 2008 Studies of Architecture at Hochschule für Technik Zürich (part-time)
2001 – 2006 Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer Architekten, Zürich
2007 Buchner Bründler Architekten, Basel
2007 – 2010 EM2N, Mathias Müller & Daniel Niggli, Zürich
2008 – 2010 Teaching Assistent, Hochschule für Technik Zürich
since 2010 assistant professor BA of Architecture, ZHAW Zürich
since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Javier Mora Sanchez

1987 Born in Madrid, Spain
2005-2011 Studies of Architecture at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain
2009-2010 Studies of Architecture at Leopold Franzenz Universität Innsbruck, Austria
since 2011 Harry Gugger Studio
Susanne Schanz

1981 Born in Bamberg, Germany
2001-2002 Studies of Art History and German Language and Literature at Dresden University, Germany
2002-2009 Studies of Architecture at TU Dresden, Germany and EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Korbinian Schneider

1981 Born in Munich, Germany
2000-2006 Studies of Architecture at EPFL Lausanne
2007-2008 OMA, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2008-2009 Metrogramma, Milan,Italy
2009 Güller Güller Architecture Urbanism, Zurich
2009-2010 Independent Practice
since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Noélie Sénéclauze

1977 Born in Annecy, France
1995-2002 Studies in Architecture at Ecole d’Architecture de St Etienne and EPFL Lausanne
2002-2005 Collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron, Basel and London
2006-2007 Collaboration with HA & Jean Nouvel, Paris
2007-2008 Collaboration with L-Architectes, Lausanne
2008-2010 Independent practice, teaching assistant at EPFL Lausanne and HEAD Geneva
Since 2010 Harry Gugger Studio
Ana Luisa Soares

1988 Born in Oporto, Portugal
2007-2011 Studies of Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura da
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
since 2011 Harry Gugger Studio
Frank Zierau

1961 Born in Oldenburg i.O., Germany
1982-1988 Studies of Architecture University Hannover, Germany
1986/1987 Studies of Architecture at ETH Zurich
1988-1989 Schweger+Partner, Hamburg, Germany
1990 Burckhardt Partner AG, Zurich
1991-1995 Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten, Zurich
1996 Burkhard Meyer Steiger, Baden
1997-2011 Independent Practice
since 2011 Harry Gugger Studio

Teaching:
1993-1995 Assistant to Marcel Meili, Markus Peter, ETH Zurich
1995-1996 Scientific Collaborator, Prof Walter Nägeli, University Karlsruhe, Germany
1996-1999 Assistant to Axel Fickert, ETH Zurich
2004-2006 assistant professor MA of Architecture, Hochschule Liechtenstein, Vaduz
since 2011 assistant professor BA of Architecture, ZHAW Winterthur

Former Collaborators

Patrick Meng
Emi Brian
Benjamin Barfield-Marks
Raphael Dufresne
Ahmed Belkhodja

Press

Planspiele für 16 Millionen Schweizer

By Harry Gugger – Basler Zeitung 10.01.2012
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Harry Gugger en plein lumiere

By Lorette Coen – Le Temps, 18.09.2010
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Harry Gugger: “Pourquoi je quitte Herzog & de Meuron”

By Mireille Descombes – L`Hebdo, 11.11.2009
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Herzog & de Meuron stärkt seine Basis,
Harry Gugger steigt aus

Hochparterre, 02.09.2009
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Stepping willingly into the void: the new wave of practices

AJ, 15.10.2009
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Vacancies

We are recruiting talented architects able to lead a project from concept to construction. If you are german speaking, with good knowledge of english and/or french language, ideally experienced in working on Vectorworks please apply by email with covering letter, CV and A4 examples of work in pdf format to mail@hgugger.ch
We try to respond to all enquiries, but the number of applications we receive may at times prevent us from contacting candidates other than those shortlisted for interview.
We regret that we are unable to return portfolios submitted.

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