Claudia Berger-Koch

Dipl.-Kff.
Senior Partner HPP Architekten GmbH
Managing Director HPP Service GmbH

Claudia Berger-Koch studied business administration at Saarland University and completed an MBA programme at the University of Michigan. From 1994 to 2001 she worked as a management consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants in Dusseldorf. She has been a director of HPP Service GmbH since 2001 and managing director since 2006, in which capacity she is responsible for the business management of the HPP companies. In 2020 she joined the shareholder circle of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Burkhard Junker

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Managing Director HPP Architekten GmbH
Managing Director HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH

Burkhard Junker studied civil engineering and architecture at the Technical University of Munich. After numerous stays abroad and international projects, he joined the shareholder circle of HPP Architekten. In 2023 he was appointed Managing Director of HPP Architekten GmbH and HPP International and continues his work now mainly based at our Dusseldorf headquarters after years of working in Munich.

Stephan Kauert

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner HPP Architekten GmbH
Managing Director of HPP Generalplanung

After his apprenticeship in joinery, Stephan Kauert studied architecture, philosophy and history in Aachen. In 2014 he came to HPP, working in the general planning department. Since 2017, Kauert has been in charge of Construction Management and in 2018, he was appointed Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH. In 2020 he was appointed Managing Director of HPP International Planungsgesellschaft and is responsible for Lead Consulting. In 2023 he was appointed Senior Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Remigiusz Otrzonsek

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Remigiusz Otrzonsek completed his architectural studies at the TU Breslau and the RWTH Aachen. At the beginning of the 1990s, he worked in the office of JSK and came to HPP in 1992. Since 1999 he has directed the Cologne office with a team of today almost 35 people. First worked as a project partner, he became an associate of HPP in 2007 and Senior Partner in 2018. Since 2023 he has been supported in managing the Cologne office by Robert Bönsch, Head of Office.

Werner Sübai

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Werner Sübai completed his architectural studies at the Bergische University in Wuppertal. After working in the office of Overdieck and Petzinka in the 1980s, he came to HPP in 1989, where he has worked as Project Partner since 1999, as an Associate in the Düsseldorf office since 2008 and has been Senior Partner since 2018. Since the 1990s he has also focused on the international orientation of the architectural practice.

Antonino Vultaggio

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

After his studies in Frankfurt a.M. Antonino Vultaggio worked in the office of KSP Jürgen Engel Architects where he began as project architect and became vice head of design in 2007. In 2010 he came to HPP where he managed the attendance in design competitions as Head of Design. Since 2012 he is Project Partner and since 2018 Partner at HPP Architekten GmbH. In 2021 he joined the shareholder circle of HPP Architekten GmbH. Antonino Vultaggio is currently in charge of the innovative timber hybrid project "The Cradle" in Düsseldorf.

Volker Weuthen

Dipl.-Ing. Architect AIV
Managing Director HPP Architekten GmbH
Managing Director HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH

Volker Weuthen studied architecture and city planning at the RWTH Aachen. In 1992 he went to HPP’s Düsseldorf office, first as a project director and then as a project partner from 2000. Weuthen has been an associate of HPP since 2007 and senior partner since 2018. As deputy chairman, he is involved in the Architects and Engineers Association (AIV) Düsseldorf and in the initiative "Rotary meets school".

Florian Beck

Dipl.-Ing. Architect | Urban Planner
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Florian Beck studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart, at the IlT- Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. In his work as a self-employed architect and in partnership with large architectural firms, he has been involved in numerous complex projects internationally. Florian Beck holds a lectureship at the Chair of Design and Construction at the TU München and was appointed Partner at HPP Architekten in 2022. He is responsible for the Stuttgart office.

Volker Biermann

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Volker Biermann completed his architectural studies at the University of Stuttgart and worked as project architect and project manager at Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner. In 2003 he went to Tiemann-Petri & Partner working as a project and team leader. In 2005 he came to HPP working as a project leader at HPP Laage & Partner Planungsgesellschaft in Stuttgart. Since 2010 Volker Biermann is project partner at HPP Architekten GmbH. In 2018, Biermann was appointed Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Matthias Faber

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

After studying architecture Matthias Faber worked in design and execution planning for the firm kadawittfeldarchitektur. During this time he took up a teaching post at RWTH Aachen in the field of construction planning and realisation. After that he was employed in the firm Bothe Richter Teherani and at Jürgen Engel Architekten. He came to HPP in 2014, where he is manager of the design department at the Dusseldorf location. In 2020 he was initially appointed Associate Partner and in 2022 Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Götz Gagelmann

Dipl.-Ing. Civil Engineering
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Götz Gagelmann completed his civil engineering studies at the Technical University of Hanover. In 2000, he joined HPP and started in HPP's project supervision department at the Hamburg office, where after a short time he became project leader and later head of the Hamburg project supervision department. In 2023 he was appointed partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Sebastian Helm

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Following his architectural studies at the Bauhaus University at Weimar and at the Università degli Studi di Firenze Sebastian Helm worked as a self-employed architect in Leipzig. In 1997 he joined HPP in Leipzig, was promoted to Project Leader in 1998 and in 2013 appointed Head of Office. In 2015 he became Project Partner at HPP Architekten GmbH and in 2018 Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Steffen Huhn

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Managing Director of HPP Project Management

Steffen Huhn completed his architectural studies at the TU Berlin. In 2002 he joined HPP Bau- und Projektmanagement in Berlin, which merged with HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH in 2011. Steffen Huhn took charge of the Berlin office in 2012 and in 2015 he was appointed Managing Director of HPP International Planungsgesellschaft and is responsible for Project Management.

Jens Kump

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai

Following an apprenticeship as mason in Frankfurt, Jens Kump studied Architecture at the TU Dresden and the Escuela Técnica Superior de Sevilla. In 1999 he started at HPP Leipzig before he went to Shanghai in 2006 where he became the office director. Since 2014, he is a Project Partner of HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai. In 2018, Kump was appointed Partner of HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai.

Jörg Reich

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Architect
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Jörg Reich joined HPP in 2011, where he initially worked as a freelancer as project leader. In 2021, he was appointed Associate Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH and took over the leadership in the construction management division together with Peter Ritterbach. In 2023, Jörg Reich was appointed Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Birgit Schlösser

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner at HPP Architekten GmbH

After her architectural studies in Cologne, Birgit Schlösser worked internationally, including posts in France, England, Spain, South and North America. She came to HPP in 2014 assuming the project management in lead consulting with a particular focus on coordination and organisation. She was appointed Associate Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH in 2018 and Partner in 2020.

Klaus Schmidt

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner HPP Architekten GmbH

Klaus Schmidt completed his architectural studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart and the University of Kaiserslautern. After working internationally with different stations Klaus Schmidt became office manager at HPP Frankfurt in 2017 in order to develop the office for future tasks. In 2019 he was initially appointed Associate Partner and in 2020 Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH.

Bugrahan Sirin

Architect BArch
Partner HPP International Turkey

After his studies Buğrahan Şirin worked in Turkey, Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands with direct involvement in planning and construction of large-scale urban design and high-rise projects. In 2007 Şirin joined HPP realizing national and international projects of various types and scales. He is currently managing the Istanbul office of HPP. In 2018 he was initially appointed Associate Partner and in 2022 Partner of HPP International Turkey.

Wei Yu

M.Sc. Architecture
M.Sc. Architecture Management
Partner HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai

Wei Yu completed his civil engineering studies at Nanjing University of Technology, construction management at University of Birmingham, UK, and master course of urban renewal and existing building refurbishment at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. He joined HPP International Shanghai in 2008. Since 2014, he is a project partner of HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai and leads the chinese offices Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen together with Jens Kump. In 2018, Yu Wei was appointed Partner of HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai.