Hans Herrmann

Hans Herrmann

Title:

  • Professor

Contacts:

hherrmann@caad.msstate.edu
Office: (662) 325-0371
240 Giles Hall

Overview

Summary:

Hans C. Herrmann, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, is a Professor of Architecture at Mississippi State University focusing on Foundational Design, Comprehensive / Integrative Design, and Building Technology. Before entering academia, professor Herrmann practiced with several southeastern and east coast practices including the firm of Ike Kligerman Barkley, an Architectural Digest Top 100 design firm located in New York City. While practicing in New York, professor Herrmann completed numerous residential and institutional projects with locations ranging from Martha's Vineyard, MA to San Francisco, CA, and Miami Beach, FL. As a licensed architect in the state of New York, his professional interest is on issues of residential construction and the role of architectural renovation as a sustainable form of practice. Professor Herrmann currently maintains his own design practice as the sole practitioner of H.Herrmann resDesign, an interdisciplinary practice offering full-scope design services.

Education:

  • Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, 2017
  • Master of Architecture (MARC), Architecture, Clemson University, 2003
  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Architecture, Clemson University, 2001

Research interests:

His published research is focused on numerous issues including DESIGN|build and BUILD|design Pedagogies, Collaborative Design Means & Methods, the SuperUse of materials, buildings & landscapes and the Landscape/Architecture interface. With degrees in Architecture and Landscape Architecture both his professional work and teaching have received numerous national awards and recognitions from organizations such as the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, American Institute of Architects National and State level, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, American Society of Landscape Architects National and State level, and Architecture + Construction Alliance.

Publications

Book Essay

Book, Chapter

Conference Paper

  • A Case Study in Pedagogy for a Cross-Disciplinary Architecture/Construction Program.  ASC 51st Annual International Conference. 2015

Conference Proceeding

Journal Article

Trade Journal/Magazine

Presentations

Exhibit

Keynote/Plenary Address

  • "Rooted in Design." 2016 American Society of Landscape Architects Twin States Conference, American Society of Landscape Architects MS and AL Chapters, Starkville, MS. 2016

Lecture

  • "Reuse and SuperUse in Architectural Foundations Level Design Education ." Department of Architecture + Conceptual Design lecture series, Nihon University , Tokyo, Japan. 2019
  • "Opportunist[Eth]ic, Reuse to SuperUse ." Department of Architecture + Conceptual Design Students , Nihon University , Tokyo, Japan. 2019
  • "The SuperUse Pavilion ." School of Architecture Special Lecture , Universidad del Istmo (UNIS), Guatemala. 2016
  • "Opportunist[Eth]ic ." Clemson University, Celebrating 100 Years Lecture Series, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 2013

Oral Presentation

  • "The Unbuilt Arboretum Unrealized structures of Fay Jones for the Crosby Arboretum." Dorothy Liskey Wampler Distinguished Professorship of Art Series, James Madison University , Harrisonburg . 2022
  • "Assessing the Potential of Three Dimensional Concrete Printing in Landscape Architecture." CELA National Conference, Counsel of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. 2022
  • "Integrated Project Delivery Theater." 105st Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Conference, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Conference, Detroit, MI . 2017
  • "Opportunist Thinking as Design Catalyst for Beginners ." 101st Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Conference, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture , San Francisco, CA. 2013
  • ""Building Public Domain: Service Learning and Public Transit"." CELA 2012, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. 2012

Other

  • "Integrated Design Pedagogies at MSU ." Invited Panelist , Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and Building Technology Educator Society , Seattle WA. 2016

Paper

  • "Just a Little Nudge: How ideas, elbow grease, and an old gas stations canopy turned an eyesore into an amenity." Intersections Symposium, AIA/ACSA, Las Vegas, NV. 2019
  • "A Case Study in Pedagogy for a Cross-Disciplinary Architecture/Construction Program." ASC 51st Annual International Conference, Associated Schools of Construction, College Station, TX. 2015
  • "Cross Disciplinary Design/Build: The Design of Collaborative Education." ACSA 2014 Fall Conference – Working Out, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2014
  • "Stretching Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Design/Build at the Limits." Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference , Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Austin, TX. 2013
  • "Building Public Domain: Service Learning and Public Transit ." 2012 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Urbana-Champaign, IL. 2012
  • "Factoid Facing: Geographic Information Systems and the Illustration of Bias ." 6th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices , International Conference on Design Principles and Practices , Los Angeles, CA. 2012
  • "Reviving the Public Realm: one stop at a time." Toward a Just Metropolis: From Crises to Possibilities, Toward a Just Metropolis, California, Berkeley. 2010

Poster

  • "BioLandscapes, Old is New." Aqaba Biennale for Mediterranean Architecture, , Aqaba, Jordan. 2013
  • "Aiken [Medieval] Village, Densification Project ." Aqaba Biennale for Mediterranean Architecture. , , Aqaba, Jordan. 2013
  • "Spoiled: re-proposing in Beginning Design." 27th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. 2011
  • "All for One | One for All ." 99th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Meeting , McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2011
  • "Situating: Architecture of Adjacency ." 27th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.. 2010
  • "Facing Factoids: A Transit Study for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians." 98th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Annual Meeting , Tulane University, New Orleans, LA . 2010

Areas of Expertise

Foundational Design, Comprehensive / Integrative Design, and Building Technology

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