TOKYO-2018 Architecture / Buildings

Lookup Sprinkenhof

  • Prize
    Silver in Architecture/Buildings
  • Photographer
    Oscar Lopez
  • Photo Date
    13/05/2018

The Sprinkenhof building belongs to a group of buildings located in the so called Kontor city district. These buildings are made of red bricks and used to be hold of mercantile enterprises in the 1920s.

I was born in 1977 in Mexico. I am married and lucky father of two girls. After spending most of my young life in Mexico, I went to Germany when I was 22 to pursue my studies in mechanical engineering. Now I work as an engineer in the aerospace industry in Hamburg. I have always been curious about art. My interests in the concepts of the aesthetics in nature as well as in urban landscapes, led me to start doing photography to capture its beauty not only for the sake of it, but to convey emotions. As I have grown older, I have found the need of expressing myself through photography, showing