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FAR frohn&rojas is a networked architectural design and research practice located in Berlin, Santiago de Chile and Los Angeles. Through its name the office acknowledges both its geographically distributed anatomy as well as the increasingly widened professional scope that is literally shaping its work. With its distributed setup the office seeks to appropriate corporate models of global presence and distribution as its own effective means of production. Yet not a production based on the bottom line, where rapidly outputting projects and cutting costs are the only concerns, but rather by taking these models as a means of establishing a more diversified type of architectural production in which both the inherent contradictions between geographies, as well as the stretching of disciplinary boundaries will let formerly undeterminable links thrive.
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The office's self-reflection upon and awareness of the shaping force of its own anatomy hints at one of the crucial interests being addressed in its work, too, which it refers to as the underlying “deep structures” at play in each new project: the legal and financial constraints, desires, power structures and technological, ecological, material and institutional frameworks that shape the built environment. FAR lets each “building site” become a test bed for the inherent formal pressures of these invisible yet highly present structures, opening the way for invention and play. What happens, for example, when “highly-bred” German building products meet the Chilean labor force; When a Chinese car maker without serious corporate identity wants to present itself along the Pan American highway in South America; When clients love the international style open floor plan and yet at the same time are conditioned to involve their house maids in a hide-and-seek game in front of their guests; When a government discovers education as an internationally tradable product or a lawyer becomes part of the design team as he is the only one to bring along the necessary precision to handle and give form to the legal envelope in a radically beaurocratized building zone? Pressures such as these and more are the primary impetuses that stimulate our design process. FAR is seeking to proactively position its work at this complex crossroads and, alongside design commissions, considers both research projects and the development of building products appropriate strategies to do so. To support this approach, the separate locations work as hubs linking the office to a variety of local specialists both from within architecture as well as other disciplines, trades, companies, cultural institutions and educational/research facilities. This setup guarantees the office FAR MORE input and productive means in the processes shaping our environment.
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PARTNER

Prof. M.Arch Marc Frohn Architekt AK Berlin
concept development & design director
concept development & design director
Marc Frohn is co-founder of FAR frohn&rojas. He studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University, Universitá Federico II in Naples, Italy, University of Houston, USA and Rice University, Houston, USA. He pursued his graduate studies in the US as a Fulbright scholar. Marc worked at OMA and collaborated on projects with b&k+ brandlhuber. He taught architectural design at RWTH Aachen University, SCI-Arc in Los Angeles and the Royal College of Art in London. He heads the chair for architectural space and design at KIT Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.
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PARTNER

Dipl.-Ing. (Architektur) Mario Rojas
project development & technical director
project development & technical director
Mario Rojas is co-founder of FAR frohn&rojas. He studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University. Mario worked for Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro and gmp Architekten in Germany. During his time in Mexico City he collaborated with bgp arquitectura on a series of projects. He teaches at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello and Universidad de las Américas in Santiago de Chile.
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Partner LA

M.Arch Wendy Gilmartin Architect, AIA LEED AP
Wendy Gilmartin is the Los Angeles partner of FAR frohn&rojas. She is a California registered architect (CAB 35047) and studied architecture at Rice University in Houston. Wendy has over 10 years building experience in L.A. Her writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, LAWeekly, KCET's ARTBOUND, The Architect's Newspaper and in the book LAtitudes: An Angeleno’s Atlas. She teaches at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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Team
Max Koch, Carlos Aguayo, Raphael Ridder, Sinja Reichenbecher, Oscar Herrera, Francisco Lagos, Yizhi Wang, Alexander Meneses, Ulrike Glenz, Hans-Peter Cordt, Stefan Kremer
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Past members of the FAR team:
Jonas Janke, Ottavio Paponetti, Ian Míguez, Agnes Helming, Jonas Lauinger, Stefan Glüder, Fabian Gaete, Gerardo Maluenda, Marta Kazimierczak, Julian Bustamante, Maxim Lefebvre, Noël Fäh, Natalia Becerra, Ulrike Vandenberghe, Lisa Behringer, Lenka Svobodava, Katharina Wiedwald, Martin Gjoleka, Felix Schöllhorn, Pan Hu, Julius Grün, Ruth Meigen, Julia Simon, Erik Tsurumaki, Maria Martinez Ureta, Jean Araya, Carolina Hito, Philipp Eckel, Carina Seckler, Elena Francesca Ambacher, Elizabeth Aracena, Beatriy Bascuñan, Maxim Bauer, Peter Behrbohm, Loic de Béthune, Julian Cardenas, Adriana Chavez, Guillame Choplain, Isabel Chua, Oliver Claussen, Sebastian Contreras, Jorge Contreras, Ashley Couch, Annabel Cremer, Pia Custodis, Jose Diaz, Nazareth Ekmekiijan, Suat Eriz, Diego Espinoza, Christoph Feinweber, Daniel Felgendreher, Nikola Freissmuth, Laura Fuchs, Svenja Geske, Martin Gjoleka, Stefan Glueder, David Gonzales, Maribel Gonzales, Daniel Grenz, Nike Grote, Julius Gruen, Pablo Guzman, Mynkyung Han, Marius Helten, Thomas Hillisch, Vivian Ho, Pan Hu, Francisca Iglesias, Ruta Jakstaite, Tamara Z Jamil, Pilar Jordan, Lydia Karagiannaki, Yuka Kata, Philip Kentgens, Maximilian Kessler, Charlotte Klein, Angela Koch, Andrés Labarca , Katharina Laekamp, Luan Lee, Paloma Levy, Rasmus List Thomsen, Tim Maassen, Fabio Magnago, Inbar Maital, Eduardo Maldonado, Katrina Malinski, Paula Márquez, Diana Menino Ferreira, Lukas Mersch, Marie Michaelis, Isabel Miño, Marco Mondello, Benjamin Moore, Lennard Ong, Mario Orellana, Tim Panzer, Juan Ramón Pastor Planas, Massimo Sean Pepe, Reina Pisano, Sebastian Potz, Tristan Prange, Friedrich Prigge, Gracia Vera Quek, Lena, Rautenbach, Brett Riegler, Orpa Rodnizki, Felipe Rojas, Danielle Rosman, Niels Rosteck, George Sacks, Dulce Sanchez, Frieder Scheuermann, Andrea Schmeing, Felix Schöllhorn, Hannah Schröder, Christoph Schwarz, Philipp Seich, Alex Seick, Jana Schall, Axel de Stampa, Ulrike Stier, Marina Stoynova , Katrin Tacke, Katarina Tallafuss, Amy Thoner, Martina Tolotti, Dina Tranze-Drabinia, Christian Uhl, Lilli Unger, Ulrike Vandenberghe, Jana Vichorcova, Steven Vidovic, David Wischniewski, Fabian Wolf, Carlos Graf v. Ysenburg, Isabel Zapata read less
Jonas Janke, Ottavio Paponetti, Ian Míguez, Agnes Helming, Jonas Lauinger, Stefan Glüder, Fabian Gaete, Gerardo Maluenda, Marta Kazimierczak, Julian Bustamante, Maxim Lefebvre, Noël Fäh, Natalia Becerra, Ulrike Vandenberghe, Lisa Behringer, Lenka Svobodava, Katharina Wiedwald, Martin Gjoleka, Felix Schöllhorn, Pan Hu, Julius Grün, Ruth Meigen, Julia Simon, Erik Tsurumaki, Maria Martinez Ureta, Jean Araya, Carolina Hito, Philipp Eckel, Carina Seckler, Elena Francesca Ambacher, Elizabeth Aracena, Beatriy Bascuñan, Maxim Bauer, Peter Behrbohm, Loic de Béthune, Julian Cardenas, Adriana Chavez, Guillame Choplain, Isabel Chua, Oliver Claussen, Sebastian Contreras, Jorge Contreras, Ashley Couch, Annabel Cremer, Pia Custodis, Jose Diaz, Nazareth Ekmekiijan, Suat Eriz, Diego Espinoza, Christoph Feinweber, Daniel Felgendreher, Nikola Freissmuth, Laura Fuchs, Svenja Geske, Martin Gjoleka, Stefan Glueder, David Gonzales, Maribel Gonzales, Daniel Grenz, Nike Grote, Julius Gruen, Pablo Guzman, Mynkyung Han, Marius Helten, Thomas Hillisch, Vivian Ho, Pan Hu, Francisca Iglesias, Ruta Jakstaite, Tamara Z Jamil, Pilar Jordan, Lydia Karagiannaki, Yuka Kata, Philip Kentgens, Maximilian Kessler, Charlotte Klein, Angela Koch, Andrés Labarca , Katharina Laekamp, Luan Lee, Paloma Levy, Rasmus List Thomsen, Tim Maassen, Fabio Magnago, Inbar Maital, Eduardo Maldonado, Katrina Malinski, Paula Márquez, Diana Menino Ferreira, Lukas Mersch, Marie Michaelis, Isabel Miño, Marco Mondello, Benjamin Moore, Lennard Ong, Mario Orellana, Tim Panzer, Juan Ramón Pastor Planas, Massimo Sean Pepe, Reina Pisano, Sebastian Potz, Tristan Prange, Friedrich Prigge, Gracia Vera Quek, Lena, Rautenbach, Brett Riegler, Orpa Rodnizki, Felipe Rojas, Danielle Rosman, Niels Rosteck, George Sacks, Dulce Sanchez, Frieder Scheuermann, Andrea Schmeing, Felix Schöllhorn, Hannah Schröder, Christoph Schwarz, Philipp Seich, Alex Seick, Jana Schall, Axel de Stampa, Ulrike Stier, Marina Stoynova , Katrin Tacke, Katarina Tallafuss, Amy Thoner, Martina Tolotti, Dina Tranze-Drabinia, Christian Uhl, Lilli Unger, Ulrike Vandenberghe, Jana Vichorcova, Steven Vidovic, David Wischniewski, Fabian Wolf, Carlos Graf v. Ysenburg, Isabel Zapata read less
Publications







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DAM Jahrbuch 12/13
2012, #956
2011, #3966
2011, #3959
2011, #6/7
2011, #22
2011, #S2
REsource
Seismic Shifts
Climats
2010, #5
2010, Hors-Serie
2010, #196
2010, #203, 204
Re-inventing Construction
Atlas Arquitecturas del S XXI
Realstadt
West Arch
10x10/3, 2009
Architecture Now!
2009, #6/1
2009, #5
2008, #78
2009, #125
2009, #7
2009, #4
2009, #46
2009, #288
Ecological Architecture
2009, #105/4
2009, Special issue
Next Houses
2009, #1
2009, #140
2009, #1
Textile Architektur
2008, #4/08
2008, #6
2008, #482
2008, #27
2008, #122
2008, #167
2008, #B12
2008, #283
2008, #44
Atlas for Living
DAM Jahrbuch 07/08
Casas en America Latina
Y08 Yearbook
2008, #39508
2008, #136
2008, #186
Die Baumeister
Ecological Houses
Spektakuläre Häuser
2008, #8
2008, #62
I was there
2008, # 5/11
Young German Architects 2008
Pulso, 2008
2008, #255
Space between People
Strike a Pose, 2008
Contemporary Ecological Architecture
2007, #17
2007, #12/1
2007, #184
2007, #67
2007, #127
2007, #9/1
Ausgabe NRW
Förderpreis 2007
2007, #83
2007, #4
2007, #590
2006, #180
2006, #4
2005, #6/1
2004, #46
2001, #B6
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Awards
2022
EU-mies award 22, Spain, shortlist
2021
BDA Preis Berlin, Germany, awarded
DAM award for architecture, Germany, finalist
2020
ArchitekturPreis Berlin, winner of the special prize for new urban living
(Sonderpreis Neues Urbanes Wohnen).
Dezeen Awards 2020, UK, shortlisted
DETAIL Prize 2020, Germany,
nominated readers´ price
Golden Trezzini Award, Russia,
pricewinner
2018
FRAME Awards, Netherlands,
nominated final list
2016
RIBA National Award, UK, pricewinner
EU-mies award 22, Spain, shortlist
2021
BDA Preis Berlin, Germany, awarded
DAM award for architecture, Germany, finalist
2020
ArchitekturPreis Berlin, winner of the special prize for new urban living
(Sonderpreis Neues Urbanes Wohnen).
Dezeen Awards 2020, UK, shortlisted
DETAIL Prize 2020, Germany,
nominated readers´ price
Golden Trezzini Award, Russia,
pricewinner
2018
FRAME Awards, Netherlands,
nominated final list
2016
RIBA National Award, UK, pricewinner
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2012
Iakov Chernikhov international prize „Challenge of the time“, Russia, nominated
DAM award for architecture, Germany, nominated
2010
Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, USA, prizewinner
2009
DETAIL Prize ArchitectureXport, Germany, prizewinner
2008
DAM Award for architecture, Germany, nominated
Häuser Award, Germany, commended
2007
AR Award for emerging architecture, UK, prizewinner
„Förderpreis für junge Künstler des Landes NRW“, Germany, prizewinner
Reiners-Stiftung, Architectrure Award, Germany, Commended
BC Award, Best International Works, Italy, commended
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Iakov Chernikhov international prize „Challenge of the time“, Russia, nominated
DAM award for architecture, Germany, nominated
2010
Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, USA, prizewinner
2009
DETAIL Prize ArchitectureXport, Germany, prizewinner
2008
DAM Award for architecture, Germany, nominated
Häuser Award, Germany, commended
2007
AR Award for emerging architecture, UK, prizewinner
„Förderpreis für junge Künstler des Landes NRW“, Germany, prizewinner
Reiners-Stiftung, Architectrure Award, Germany, Commended
BC Award, Best International Works, Italy, commended
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Exhibitions
2022
EU-mies award 22, Barcelona, Spain
BDA Preis Berlin - Ausstellung vorbildlicher Bauten in der Hauptstadt, Berlin, Germany
2021
DAM Price for Architecture in Germany 2021
Frankfurt, Germany
Co-habitation, silent green, Berlin, Germany
2020
Chilean House, Domestic images
Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile
2018
Venice Biennale, Exhibition Multihalle Mannheim Sleeping Beauty, Venice, Italy
2015
Bilateral - German-chilean architecture
Club Manquehue, Sanitago, Chile
2014
Bilateral - German-chilean architecture
Goethe Institut, Sanitago, Chile
EU-mies award 22, Barcelona, Spain
BDA Preis Berlin - Ausstellung vorbildlicher Bauten in der Hauptstadt, Berlin, Germany
2021
DAM Price for Architecture in Germany 2021
Frankfurt, Germany
Co-habitation, silent green, Berlin, Germany
2020
Chilean House, Domestic images
Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile
2018
Venice Biennale, Exhibition Multihalle Mannheim Sleeping Beauty, Venice, Italy
2015
Bilateral - German-chilean architecture
Club Manquehue, Sanitago, Chile
2014
Bilateral - German-chilean architecture
Goethe Institut, Sanitago, Chile
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2012
White Mountain, Berlin, Germany / Santiago de Chile
Bienal de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2011-2012
Shenzen & Hong Kong Biennial of Urbanism and Architecture; Chilean Pavilion
2010
REALSTADT. Wünsche als Wirklichkeit, Kraftwerk Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Westarch, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Roots Exhibition, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Architectural League Prize Exhibition, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson, Design Center, Parsons The New School For Design, New York, USA
Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2009
WELCOME HOMETTA: Boston, MA / Houston, TX / San Francisco, CA, USA
A Voyage in diverse scales, Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul, South Korea
12+83 Casas de Chile, Museu de Casa Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DAM, Deutsches Architektur Museum Frankfurt, Germany
2008
Venice Biennial; Chilean Pavilion
EUTOPIA, Chile, architecture and development, Museu de Casa Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DAZ, Emerging Architecture, Berlin, Germany
Ermerging Architecture, 2007, Cologne, Germany
Emerging Architecture, 2007, Seoul, South Korea
2008-2013
BAK&ifa, “Auslandsbeziehungen, Junge Architekten aus Deutschland” - international travelling exhibition
2007
RIBA, London, UK
Convertible City, KAP Forum, Cologne, Germany
2006
Venice Biennial; German Pavillion read less
White Mountain, Berlin, Germany / Santiago de Chile
Bienal de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2011-2012
Shenzen & Hong Kong Biennial of Urbanism and Architecture; Chilean Pavilion
2010
REALSTADT. Wünsche als Wirklichkeit, Kraftwerk Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Westarch, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Roots Exhibition, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Architectural League Prize Exhibition, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson, Design Center, Parsons The New School For Design, New York, USA
Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2009
WELCOME HOMETTA: Boston, MA / Houston, TX / San Francisco, CA, USA
A Voyage in diverse scales, Platoon Kunsthalle, Seoul, South Korea
12+83 Casas de Chile, Museu de Casa Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DAM, Deutsches Architektur Museum Frankfurt, Germany
2008
Venice Biennial; Chilean Pavilion
EUTOPIA, Chile, architecture and development, Museu de Casa Brasileira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
DAZ, Emerging Architecture, Berlin, Germany
Ermerging Architecture, 2007, Cologne, Germany
Emerging Architecture, 2007, Seoul, South Korea
2008-2013
BAK&ifa, “Auslandsbeziehungen, Junge Architekten aus Deutschland” - international travelling exhibition
2007
RIBA, London, UK
Convertible City, KAP Forum, Cologne, Germany
2006
Venice Biennial; German Pavillion read less