Photo by Andy Serra
About
Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Hugo studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen (Department of Architecture) and the University for Applied Arts Vienna (Masterclass Zaha Hadid), receiving his diploma with distinction.
Prior to the formation of moh architects Hugo worked as senior associate at CoopHimmelb(l)au and has been a member of the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, teaching at the Studio of Wolf D. Prix and Hani Rashid.
After Moving to Berlin he worked as Design Architect for Studio Olafur Eliasso and became the Head of the Rapid-Prototyping Lab at the Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. In 2018, Jörg founded his internationally recognized Studio for Design and Architecture.
Jörg Hugo's works in the field of craftsmanships, experimental material research, and contemporary design methods. At its center is an exploration of material, form, and space as an open process that not only expands existing methods but also produces unexpected results.
Hugo sees his practice as an open laboratory in which materials, form and space are tested, their limits explored, and new ways made visible. His work is strongly process-oriented: experiments, deviations, and intermediate steps are not side results, but form an essential part of artistic thinking.