Hans Rollmann is an architect and interior architect. He was a university lecturer and president of the architectural association, as well as an avid advocate for construction culture – helping mold construction culture in the Saarland.

His architectural position is a result of his biography and the consequence of a half-century-old will to create. Architecture can be described as the expression of the zeitgeist, in which case it falls victim to this notion entirely, and construction turns into a result of fashion and trends. This type of architecture is naturally a form of expression whose half-life is relatively short and whose significance often lasts less than a decade.

For architects whose projects span over half a century, this type of attitude may turn into a biographical problem, in the worst case. Since these types of projects are characterized by short-lived fads, which must be continuously overhauled to remove faults from past construction, a true architectural “position”, however, is missed dearly.

In the best case, as with Hans Rollmann, an architects life work does not fall victim to such problems. The architectural attitude and position that marks all of Rollman’s life projects has, therefore, become the directory that guides the office, led by him.