Yesterday, the Munich based office hildundk.de gave an insight of their work at the Academie van Bouwkunst in Amsterdam. The office composes very individual solutions for each project, avoiding predefined styles. They attempt to catch people’s emotions by using ornaments and specific materials combined with a strong conceptual sensitivity. This “ornamentalism” has its roots in the southern part of Germany which still is influenced by baroque tradition. Hild’s approach is to decontextualize the ornament, effectively tattooing his buildings.
Their functional buildings try to do the opposite: Sleek brutalism and “fashionism”.

Andreas Hild presented the work in a very consistent way by analyzing each project on technology, popularity and academic value. At a quick glance you the most popular projects were the highly technological and ornamentally decorated ones - the minimal “academic” designs were loved mostly by the architects. Compare the images - which side are you on?