AHA is a production and communication agency founded in 2011 by Annabelle Hagmann and based in Paris. Viewing architecture as the most powerful tool (soft power!) to deconstruct relationships of domination—both among living beings and over the living world—AHA resonates with the interplay between cities and societies.

We can be found somewhere between the action and the vision, the making it easy and the making it happen, from conception right through to production.  We are both formal and informal, print and web, 1 and 100,000. We dare to share our savoir-faire. We live in a super-specific world where everything has been seen, done and redefined a thousand times. Between analysis and intuition we think out of the box to find the perspectives to trace out the lines of a project with bang-up-to-date communications. Off-beat thinking generates singular and vivacious viewpoints. We want to provoke excitement in our projects, for ourselves, our clients and everyone involved.

With an established network in the spheres of contemporary creation and architecture, Annabelle founded A H A in 2011 with the conviction that architecture is a soft power. Capable of carrying out the most ambitious and least formatted projects, she bases her practice on her knowledge of contemporary issues and practices, her synthetic qualities, the relevance of her advice and her taste for novelty and exemplarity. Before creating A H A, she was responsible for press and institutional communication at the Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie and the development of the collective Plan01. She graduated from La Sorbonne, Asas and the Humboldt Universität in Berlin where she lived while writing a copyright thesis. Annabelle is the mother of Jil and Arsène <3

Anna Battiston is interested in the intersections of culture, art, and politics. After completing a professional Master’s degree in Exhibition Sciences and Techniques, she will defend her doctoral thesis at the end of 2024 at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, in co-supervision with IUAV in Venice. She joins AHA to explore the impact of aesthetic practices on the urban territory, adopting an ecological and socially integrative perspective that challenges power dynamics and domination.

Hanna & Klara Liden, 2006, Adam mcEwen