Gonzalez / Haase / AAS

Profile of Gonzalez / Haase / AAS, headquartered in Germany. Seven projects submitted by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Judith Haase and Pierre Jorge Gonzalez – © Gonzalez / Haase / AAS

Principals

Pierre Jorge Gonzalez
Judith Haase

Brief description

Founded in 1999, Pierre Jorge Gonzalez and Judith Haase opened their architectural firm in Berlin and Paris. The principal practices are architecture, design, scenography and lighting.

In New York working with Richard Gluckman and Robert Wilson for his Watermill Center provided first occasions to consider ways of presenting art through architecture.

The interaction of lighting and architecture remains a primary focus for the conception of spatial contexts for art and art-related activities. The atelier has a well noted reputation for its involvement with contemporary artists, curators, or collectors to create the appropriate space to feature an artwork, a luxury product or a body for a performance. Examples include the well known Gallery Nordenhake in Berlin which has become a new model for gallery design, or the Andreas Murkudis Stores.

Overview:

Pierre Jorge Gonzalez and Judith Haase met in New York working with Robert Wilson. Gonzalez studied museography, set design and lighting in Paris, while Haase completed her studies in architecture in Berlin. The Berlin and Paris based firm was established after completing a full year work at Richard Gluckman’s office in New York to design the cultural center of Robert Wilson in 1999. Gonzalez Haase AAS firm provides new strategy for art related spaces or high profile design needs.

Conception:

Conceiving a contemporary art gallery or a stage design for a performance often follows the same lines. It is about eradicating the very signs and installations that overtly reveal the space as a place for exhibitions and performances-the essential factor is here the relation between lighting and construction. Another typical feature of these works is a certain spatial tension-created by the invisible traces of bodies moving through the space and by the nature of how light is perceived-that generates its own forms of construction.

As is the case in architecture, these projects draw its strength from their very limitations by using the given means as primary elements. The environment, the budget, construction materials and methods are all brought together into an aesthetic play.

Published projects

: Weekday Store by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS Space: The new design concept came first with an analysis into existing shop interiors. Between luxury stores, minimal concept, supermarket-like, shops today...

: Andreas Murkudis Store by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS A re-interpretation of the department store. As department stores use different space identities to recognize different brands or good-types, the AAS...

: Lindenhaus Art Building by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS Architects Gonzalez Haase have completed the conversion of two early concrete warehouses into a 4500 m2 art facilities, including galleries and private...

: Galerie Nordenhake by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS Architects Gonzalez Haase have completed the new Galerie Nordenhake at Berlin. The scale of the new gallery has the spatial versatility to meet a variety of...

: AM3: Andreas Murkudis Store by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS Located in the heart of Mitte, Berlin, this small boutique is at the crossing point of several busy streets. Shaped by its prime corner site, the historical...

: Deutsche Guggenheim Museumsshop by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS Entering from the exhibition gallery into the museum shop, we formulate an entrance situation through an in between zone, a transit space, known as a knee...

: Antonios Markos Conceptual Boutique by Gonzalez / Haase / AAS Architects Gonzalez Haase have completed the interior of a store in Athens for fashion brand Antonios Markos, which features one wall that’s been cut away to...