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Architect - Hans Kollhoff
Professor of Architecture and Design at the Swiss University of Applied Sciences in Zurich


Tradition and innovation are no contradiction for architect Hans Kollhoff, who tries out new variations with stone. Although he also considers steel and glass as materials that can be used in architecture, his priority is usually on natural materials, as far as possible with their natural state, quality and appeal. 'I believe', says Kollhoff, 'that the question of materials rightly plays a major role in architecture.' The euphoria of industrialized building is reflected in a range of products that is somewhat clinical. Kollhoff thinks this trend now culminates in euphoria for steel, glass and aluminum in architecture. However, these glass boxes are usually the least ecological buildings imaginable. For Hans Kollhoff, a house has a great deal to do with people’s completely normal physical needs and senses. A house must fulfill expectations that are closer to people's physical perception and sensitivity than the 'new houses', which look more like containers than houses.
 
For Hans Kollhoff, material, design and programme belong together. Building with natural stone today is especially a play of light and shade. Building with natural stone means combining facade reliefs and not constructing facades full of holes. The relief is the exciting theme of the facade, which must be considered seriously, particularly if the building is not to be erected in a 'green space'. If one chooses stone and knows that no more thick slabs can be chiseled, one soon arrives at the idea of constructing layers of relatively thin stone slabs. This principle of tectonic structure, the laying of natural stone slabs over each other, enables the minimized joints to be concealed in the overlapping slabs. This not only creates a greater depth effect, but also gives the facade a certain rhythmic appearance.
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