About Us
As architects, we organize, coordinate, and supervise your entire construction project
The office was founded in 1963 by Rudolf Sandhoff in Aachen and continued in partnership with Helmut Heuer and Reinhard Sonntag from 1991. From 1997, Helmut Heuer and Hans-Jürgen Faust continued the office together as a GbR, and from 2017 as a PartG mbB. Today, the team comprises over 20 employees.
Our field of activity encompasses the entire spectrum of architectural topics, with a focus on school and cultural buildings, administrative and commercial buildings, covering both new construction and renovation (monument preservation).
As a philosophy, the architectural firm not only embraces the design of architecturally sophisticated solutions but also the optimization of usage and administrative processes and the improvement of working and living qualities, based on design, functional, ecological, and economic conceptual ideas. Many pilot projects have also been realized in dialogue with users and clients.
The basis for our success is interdisciplinary collaboration with a wide range of specialists in close cooperation with clients and users, as well as the continuous search for new, contemporary concepts and materials, taking intelligent energy concepts into account.
Our goal is nothing less than to improve the world a little for people, to achieve a higher quality of life, and to secure it sustainably.
Key Areas
School and Educational Buildings
Social Buildings
Service Centers
Administrative Buildings
Industrial and Transport Buildings
Conversions and Alterations
Restoration of Listed Buildings
Services
Architectural Services
Planning and realization of construction projects according to service phases 1 – 9. Development of concepts and methods in service phases 0 to 10 (project preparation and monitoring).
General Planning
At the head of a team of specialists, we offer all planning services from a single source (for example, building design, structural engineering, technical building equipment, building physics, fire protection, construction logistics, soil reports, structural verification, and safety and health coordination, etc.).
Competitions
With individual concepts, we successfully participate in national and international architectural competitions.
Building in Existing Structures
We possess the necessary expertise for the successful repurposing and renovation or extension of existing buildings and monuments.
Building and Landscape Planning
Development and optimization of structural and urban planning concepts with regard to function / design / economic efficiency / approval capability and feasibility (e.g., also during ongoing operations).
Interior Planning + Interior Design
In our planning responsibility and consulting activities, we develop interiors that form a coherent and comprehensive unit with the architecture.
Project Management + Coordination
With our qualified and competent dual leadership, we offer our clients professional construction management, also within our general planning team.
Expert Opinions and Studies
Our consulting services include all expert opinions necessary for the planning and realization of construction projects, such as site analyses, existing building surveys, feasibility studies, and economic viability assessments.