Simon Frommenwiler

Simon Frommenwiler is a principal and founding partner of the Swiss architecture firm HHF Architects, based in Basel. HHF Architects was founded in 2003 by Tilo Herlach, Simon Hartmann and Simon Frommenwiler. Since its establishment, HHF have realized numerous projects in Switzerland, Germany, China, France, Mexico and the USA. The scope of work ranges from urbanism and large-scale construction to public pavilions and interior design.

Simon studied architecture at ETH Zurich and is teaching as Associate Professor at ENSA Strasbourg in France. Simon taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the HEIA Fribourg in Switzerland and the Ohrid Summer Academy. He has lectured at ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne, Princeton University, New York University, University of Cambridge, the University of Nottingham, the University of Kassel, the Glasgow School of Art and Cranbrook Academy of Art.

From the beginning HHF was looking for collaborations with other architects and artists in order to widen their view on projects and enrich the quality of specific proposals. In this context, worldwide perceived group projects such as Ruta del Peregrino and the fruitful collaboration with the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei emerged.

HHF has been honored with numerous national and international awards and invited to several international Biennials, including the Bi-City Shenzen/Hong Kong Biennial, the 13th, 14th and 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017. Their work is part of the permanent collections of Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Architekturmuseum der TU München at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, and the Heinz Architectural Center at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.