Kramm & Strigl Architekten und Planer

Profile of Kramm & Strigl Architekten und Planer

Business Name

Kramm & Strigl Architekten und Planer

Location

Germany

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.kramm-strigl.com

Principal(s)

Rudiger Kramm (1945) and Axel Strigl (1941)

Philosophy

... we hope to remain current through the passing fashions!

We have always regarded architecture as a relationship between structure, history and society - a holistic layout that is always in context, even if we are only working on the layout for a single building.

Integrating the established organic flow of rooms from the exterior to the interior, and from the interior to the exterior is one of our central themes. Precisely understood simplicity paves the way for clear layout concepts that focus on the essentials.

Our architecture should be independent and contemporary without losing its right to sensuality.

It always serves the people.

We have always regarded architecture as an expression of a society's cultural performance.

We do however see the ever growing influence of a medium in which hyperlinks are more important than spatial matters. The transformation of the structure evolves into a sensitive interface between enclosed space and the surrounding environment.

The nature of buildings and particularly their surfaces take on a central role if they can remain relevant in global standardization.

We also see an opportunity for the humanization of life spheres through the use of digital technology, alternative energies and conscious building materials. We also believe that thought and operating processes based on cybernetic principles make it possible to render the increasing complexity of incidents and/or events foreseeable or avoidable.

Prof. Rudiger Kramm

Background

• Founded: 1980
• Offices: 2
• Design team: 16

Key projects

• HZD, Hesse Data Processing Center, Administration, 2006
• New housing construction, Pfalzer Street, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2007
• House Delpstreet, Single Family House, Darmstadt, Germany, 2006
• ECE Service and Retail Center, Ettlinger Tor, Karlsruhe, Facade and urban planning, 2005
• "Romerpassage", Mainz, Passage, Residences, Commercial Buildings, 2003
• "Commercial Center II" , Saarbrucken, 2000
• Expomedia "Light Cube", Saarbrucken, Light object and office building, 2000
• "Residential Park Paulusviertel" Martinstrasse, Darmstadt,1999
• 'Burgerparkviertel' Darmstadt, residence builings, business and administration, Conversion of the former slaughter house area, 1999

Key publications

• Book: Shopping Architektur, S. Schupp, Publisher: Verlagshaus Braun 2005
• Book: New Buildings and Projects, Architecture in Germany, Publisher: H. M. Nelte 2005
• Book: Kramm & Strigl, Buildings and Projects, Publisher: Edition Axel Menges 1999
• Book: 'Urban trade worlds' Zeilgalerie Les Facettes, , Publisher: Ernst & Sohn 1994
• Book: 'Prefabricated single-family and terraced houses', Publisher: Callwey 2003

Key awards

• ICSC Design Award of the International Council of Shopping Centers for Shopping Center Development, Construction and Design, New York, USA, 2007 (Urbanistic design and facade design by Kramm+Strigl)
• German builders price modernisation "High quality - portable costs"; German federal Architects, Berlin, Germany, 2005
• Special recognition "Good buildings in the state of Hesse', Architects and urban planners Chamber Hesse, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2002
• Recognition German Galvanization Award 1999
• Good architecture, German federal Architects, Berlin, 1998