COLLABORATOR BIO

Esther Hagenlocher

Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Department of Interior Architecture

MArch, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UK), 1998

Diplom Ingenieur Architecture and Design, State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany, 1994

Professional Certificate: Cabinet-Maker, Industrial Wood Technology School Stuttgart, 1987

Registered Architect, Germany, 2002

ehg@uoregon.edu

Esther Hagenlocher is an architect, scholar, and practitioner, studying the intersection of architecture and interior architecture, typically associated with issues of scale and generally understood to be mainly a matter of material and detail. As a professional, she has designed primarily residential and exhibition spaces. As different as these spaces may seem, they have an essential feature in common: They are often small in size, necessitating strategies to expand space. Small spaces are important for a range of social issues. They are affordable to a wider range of incomes, and they generally require fewer resources, using less material per person. They achieve a higher density for the population using less land, and they have the potential to cost less to build and maintain.

Esther’s research speaks to the efficient use of space, with a focus on two topics: color and material studies in Architectural Education, and Colorreflectivity, in the Context of Small Spaces. In her current research project, she is developing a first-time scientific approach to the oeuvre by Fritz Seitz, an artist, graphic designer, author, educator, and color scholar.