Hans Hollein is a multifaceted creative: artist, architect, exhibition curator, designer, set designer, but also theorist and coeditor of the Bau magazine, where he advocated for a reevaluation of Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos’ works. It is through this transdisciplinary position that we must understand his work, which, beyond his major architectural projects (Mönchengladbach Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Haas Haus, Vulcania, etc.), defined a unique aesthetic and critical positioning. This perspective goes beyond the only international recognition brought by his participation in the 1980 Venice Biennale, where he defied the history of architecture. Hans Hollein’s work, which accompanied the last avant-garde movements of the 20th century, is therefore worth being rediscovered, to allow for a critical look at this recent history.
The Centre Pompidou
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