Promotion of Science, Research and Architectural Culture
Established in 2001 by Prof. Dr Helmut Hentrich, the Helmut Hentrich Foundation is committed to advancing science, research, and innovation in the fields of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. It supports initiatives that open new perspectives on the city, architectural culture, and societal spaces.
Aims of the Foundation
- Promotion of research and innovation in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture
- Support for projects that strengthen architectural culture and generate social impact
- Impetus for sustainable, liveable and resilient urban development
- Fostering connections between universities, research, practice and public discourse
Support for Students: Travel Scholarship
Almost 30 award recipients were able to undertake study trips with a scholarship up to 2018. This marks nearly two decades of successful activity by the Helmut Hentrich Foundation. Selection was carried out by independent juries in cooperation with universities and the media partners Bauwelt and DBZ. Since 2019, the foundation has no longer supported traditional scholarship schemes and now focuses on individual projects.
The jury of the most recent session comprised, alongside the Chair, Prof. Barbara Holzer, Belinda Rukschcio of the Federal Foundation of Baukultur, Prof. Kirsten Schemel of the Münster School of Architecture, Boris Schade-Bünsow, Editor-in-Chief of Bauwelt, and Burkhard Fröhlich, former Editor-in-Chief of DBZ Deutsche Bauzeitschrift. Together, they discussed and assessed the proposals on the basis of the submitted plans. Antonino Vultaggio, Senior Partner, attended on behalf of HPP (without voting rights).
The two travel scholarships of the Helmut Hentrich Foundation Prize, each endowed with €5,000, were awarded in the most recent call held in 2018 to Luise von Zimmermann and Jonas Illigmann (University of the Arts Berlin) for their jointly submitted project New Density, and to Matti Hänsch (Leibniz University Hannover) for his project ZEN Palermo.
Li Fang, 2005
Wang Ke, 2005
Sascha Bohnenberger, 2007
Xu Yue, 2008
Yao Zhong, 2008
Leonhard Bertgen, 2009
Luise Kister, 2009
Frédéric Vincent Adam Schnee, 2009
Wan Bo, 2010
Weina Qian, 2010
Rosina Shatarova, 2011
Boris Emilov Tikvarski, 2012
Jakob Giese, 2013
Nicolai Schlapps, 2013
Inga Hausmann, 2014
Sebastian Timmermann, 2014
Ogul Can Öztunc, 2014
Katharina Oertel, 2015
Katrin Recker, 2015
Elisa Hartmann, 2016
Matthias Faul, 2016
Klara Bindl, 2016
Miriam Völcker, 2017
Maximilian Goes, 2017
Supporting Innovative Impulses for Architectural Culture, Research and Urban Transformation
Since 2019, the foundation has no longer supported traditional scholarship schemes. Instead, it has focused more intensively on projects that advance innovation, architectural culture and sustainable transformation. These include contributions to academic discourse as well as impulses aimed at improving urban quality of life.
Focus: Research, the Future of Urban Spaces
The Helmut Hentrich Foundation supported the book Future Cities – City Futures: Emerging Urban Perspectives, published by TUDelftOPEN at Delft University of Technology. The book, featuring contributions from 37 emerging voices across all architectural disciplines, focuses on research discourse surrounding the design and development of future cities. To the publication.
Focus: Climate Action, Biodiversity, Urban Transition
Together with medienhafen e.V., the foundation supported the greening of a roundabout in Düsseldorf’s Media Harbour – an initial project of the “More Green in the Media Harbour” initiative. The measure serves as a visible statement for climate‑friendly urban design and greater biodiversity within the district. To the project.
The Foundation
Advisory Board:
Olga Beisel, Rebekka Pottgüter, Werner Sübai, Antonino Vultaggio
Trustee:
HPP Service GmbH, Claudia Berger-Koch, Dipl.-Kff. Zollhof 26, 40221 Düsseldorf