Volker Biermann

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH

Volker Biermann completed his architectural studies at the University of Stuttgart and worked from 1994 to 2003 as project architect and project manager at Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner. In 2003 he went to Tiemann-Petri & Partner working as a project manager. In 2005 he came to HPP working as a project manager 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.

Joachim H. Faust

Dipl.-Ing. Architect M.A.
Managing Director of HPP Architekten GmbH
Chairman of HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH

Joachim H. Faust studied architecture at the Technische Universität in Berlin and at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen. In the 1980s he received a Master’s degree in architecture at Texas A&M University. After working in the offices of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Houston and New York) and Eggers/ Kohn, Pederson, Fox (New York) he came to HPP, where he began as director of the Frankfurt office and of which he became a limited partner in 1994. Faust has been a member of HPP’s general management since 1997.

Gerhard G. Feldmeyer

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

Gerhard G. Feldmeyer studied architecture at the university in Stuttgart and the London South Bank University. In the 1980s he worked in the office of Kikutake Architect & Associates in Tokyo and in the office of Gerkan, Marg und Partner in Hamburg. He has been at HPP since 1989, where he began by heading the Hamburg and Berlin offices. Since 2002 Feldmeyer has been a member of HPP’s general management.

Sebastian Helm

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner at HPP Architekten GmbH

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

Steffen Huhn

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Managing Director of HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH
Head of Project Management

Following his studies in architecture at the Technical University in Berlin (TU Berlin) Steffen Huhn worked in various practices and as a self-employed architect, all in Berlin.
In 2002 he joined HPP Bau- und Projektmanagement in Berlin, where he started as deputy Project Leader and from 2005 onwards he was Project Leader for Project Control and Project Management. In September 2011 HPP Bau- und Projektmanagement merged with HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH. Steffen Huhn took charge of the Berlin office in 2012. In 2015 he was appointed Managing Director of HPP International Planungsgesellschaft and is responsible for Project Management.

Burkhard Junker

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH

Burkhard Junker studied civil engineering and architecture at the Technical University of Munich and then started working as architect and project manager at Winkler, Effinger und Partner and for Professor Arno Bonanni in Berlin. After several jobs as client representative at DaimlerChrysler Real Estate, partner and member of the management board at ATP Achammer - Tritthart & Partner, he became managing director at OBERMEYER Planen und Beraten. After numerous stays abroad and international projects, he joined the shareholder circle of HPP Architekten, where he became the manager of the Munich office in 2014 and Senior Partner in 2018.

Stephan Kauert

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner at HPP Architekten GmbH
Managing Director of HPP International Planungsgesellschaft mbH
Head of Project Management

After his apprenticeship in joinery, Stephan Kauert studied architecture, philosophy and history in Aachen. Following a period of self-employment with Bäuml & Kauert, in 2007 he joined Höhler and Partner on a freelance basis. In 2014 he came to HPP, working in the general planning department. Since 2017, Mr 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.

Jens Kump

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

Following an apprenticeship as mason in Frankfurt, Jens Kump studied Architecture at the Technical University of Dresden and the Escuela Técnica Superior de Sevilla. In 1999 he started at HPP Leipzig as project director 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.

Remigiusz Otrzonsek

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH

Remigiusz Otrzonsek completed his architectural studies at the Technische Hochschule in Breslau and the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen. At the beginning of the 1990s, he worked in the office of JSK. He came to HPP in 1992. Since 1999 he has directed the Cologne office and been a project partner, became an associate of HPP in 2007 and senior partner in 2018.

Claudia Roggenkämper

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner at HPP Architekten GmbH

Claudia Roggenkämper completed her architectural studies at the University of Dortmund. After her studies she has worked as project manager in the office of RKW followed by a free-lance activity as an architect for several years. In 2007 she joined HPP where she is project partner since 2010 and was appointed Partner of HPP Architekten GmbH in 2018.

Werner Sübai

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Senior Partner of 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 been chiefly responsible for monitoring the growth markets of China and Eastern Europe.

Antonino Vultaggio

Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Partner of 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 Antonino Vultaggio is project partner and since 2018 partner at HPP Architekten GmbH.

Volker Weuthen

Dipl.-Ing. Architect AIV
Managing Director of HPP Architekten GmbH

Volker Weuthen studied architecture and city planning at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen. His undergraduate thesis was awarded the Hochschule’s Springorum Prize in 1985. He worked in the offices of HPP and JSK until 1992 and directed an architect’s partnership in Hagen with Jürgen Bahl. 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.

Wei Yu

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

After his studies of Architecture Management at Nanjing University of Technology, China and the University of Birmingham, UK, Yu Wei worked as a Project Manager in the offices Shanghai Xiandai Architecture Design (Group) Co. Ltd. and GM Assistant in AREP China before joining HPP International Shanghai in 2008. Since 2014, he is a project partner of HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai and leads the Shanghai office together with Jens Kump. In 2018, Yu Wei was appointed Partner of HPP International Architektur Consult Ltd. Shanghai.