Category Archives: Academia

CAADRIA Workshop Tokyo 2025

Type: Conference WorkshopLocation: Tokyo, JapanYear: 2025Conference: CAADRIA 2025Principal Investigators: Haotian Man, Zongshuai Wan, Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong | HKU + Leibniz University Hannover | LUH From digital form-finding to physical construction: Our Equilateral Constant Normal Curvature Gridshell workshop showcases

CAADRIA Workshop Tokyo 2025

Type: Conference WorkshopLocation: Tokyo, JapanYear: 2025Conference: CAADRIA 2025Principal Investigators: Haotian Man, Zongshuai Wan, Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong | HKU + Leibniz University Hannover | LUH From digital form-finding to physical construction: Our Equilateral Constant Normal Curvature Gridshell workshop showcases

Kinetic Canopy Construction (new Video)

Kinetic Asymptotic StructuresThe project „Kinetic Asymptotic Structures“ is a collaboration between the University of Hong Kong andLeibniz University Hannover. The project is funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) andincludes the exchange of a postdoc and a doctoral

Kinetic Canopy Construction (new Video)

Kinetic Asymptotic StructuresThe project „Kinetic Asymptotic Structures“ is a collaboration between the University of Hong Kong andLeibniz University Hannover. The project is funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) andincludes the exchange of a postdoc and a doctoral

Lightweight Structures

Type: MA/BA Design SeminarName: Lightweight StructuresYear: 2024Supervisor: Christoph Rüther, Renko Steffen, Eike SchlingOffice: Leibniz University Hannover, LUH This course explores spatial and lightweight structures, examining folding, tensegrity, space trusses, shells, and membranes. Students visit lectures, workshops, and analytical discussions, and

Lightweight Structures

Type: MA/BA Design SeminarName: Lightweight StructuresYear: 2024Supervisor: Christoph Rüther, Renko Steffen, Eike SchlingOffice: Leibniz University Hannover, LUH This course explores spatial and lightweight structures, examining folding, tensegrity, space trusses, shells, and membranes. Students visit lectures, workshops, and analytical discussions, and

Professorship for Structural Design LUH

Since 1st of February, I proudly hold the Professorship for Structural Design, Tragwerke, at the Institute for Design and Construction, Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover.

Professorship for Structural Design LUH

Since 1st of February, I proudly hold the Professorship for Structural Design, Tragwerke, at the Institute for Design and Construction, Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover.

KAUST Architectural Geometry Workshop

Type: WorkshopName: Architectural GeometryYear: 2023Collaborators: Florian Rist, Sebastian Lettner, Hui Wang, Helmut PottmannHost: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST, Visual Computing Center VCCOffice: The University of Hong Kong In January I was invited to run a workshop on Architectural

KAUST Architectural Geometry Workshop

Type: WorkshopName: Architectural GeometryYear: 2023Collaborators: Florian Rist, Sebastian Lettner, Hui Wang, Helmut PottmannHost: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST, Visual Computing Center VCCOffice: The University of Hong Kong In January I was invited to run a workshop on Architectural

AS4 – Asymptotic Construction

Title: AS4 – Asymptotic ConstructionType: Teaching PublicationYear: 2022Course: Structural Research, MA ElectiveEditor: Sherene Ng, Eike SchlingPublished in: Architectural Structures Series Preface This publication exhibits the work created by graduate and 4th-year-undergraduate students at the Department of Architecture, HKU, during the elective course „Structural

AS4 – Asymptotic Construction

Title: AS4 – Asymptotic ConstructionType: Teaching PublicationYear: 2022Course: Structural Research, MA ElectiveEditor: Sherene Ng, Eike SchlingPublished in: Architectural Structures Series Preface This publication exhibits the work created by graduate and 4th-year-undergraduate students at the Department of Architecture, HKU, during the elective course „Structural

Ressourcenzentrum München

Type: MA Design ThesisYear: Summer 2022Student: Sebastian HoyerSupervisor: Eike Schling, Pierluigi D’Acunto, Stephan BirkOffice: Technical University of Munich In the summer of 2022, Sebastian Hoyer, created his Master’s Thesis at the Technical University of Munich. His work was supervised by

Ressourcenzentrum München

Type: MA Design ThesisYear: Summer 2022Student: Sebastian HoyerSupervisor: Eike Schling, Pierluigi D’Acunto, Stephan BirkOffice: Technical University of Munich In the summer of 2022, Sebastian Hoyer, created his Master’s Thesis at the Technical University of Munich. His work was supervised by

Thesis 2022

Type: MA Design ThesisYear: Summer 2022Supervisor: Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture In final semester of the Master Programm students create their individual research by design, investigating place, climate, material and structure to create new architectural

Thesis 2022

Type: MA Design ThesisYear: Summer 2022Supervisor: Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture In final semester of the Master Programm students create their individual research by design, investigating place, climate, material and structure to create new architectural

AS3 – Building Principles

Title: AS3 – Building PrinciplesType: Teaching PublicationYear: 2021Course: Building Technology, MA CoreEditor: Sherene Ng, Eike SchlingPublished in: Architectural Structures SeriesLecture Content: Rainer Barthel, Donn Holohan, Olivier Ottevaere Preface This publication exhibits the work created by undergraduate students in their 2nd year during the core

AS3 – Building Principles

Title: AS3 – Building PrinciplesType: Teaching PublicationYear: 2021Course: Building Technology, MA CoreEditor: Sherene Ng, Eike SchlingPublished in: Architectural Structures SeriesLecture Content: Rainer Barthel, Donn Holohan, Olivier Ottevaere Preface This publication exhibits the work created by undergraduate students in their 2nd year during the core

AS 5 – Responsive Structures

Title: AS5 – Responsive StructuresType: Teaching PublicationYear: 2023Course: MA Design StudioEditor: Sherene Ng, Eike Schling, Geradline BorioPublished in: Architectural Structures Series Preface Within the dense, overbuilt and saturated environment of large Asian cities, residual and unplanned areas offer the inhabitant’s an opportunity to

AS 5 – Responsive Structures

Title: AS5 – Responsive StructuresType: Teaching PublicationYear: 2023Course: MA Design StudioEditor: Sherene Ng, Eike Schling, Geradline BorioPublished in: Architectural Structures Series Preface Within the dense, overbuilt and saturated environment of large Asian cities, residual and unplanned areas offer the inhabitant’s an opportunity to

Tectonic Boundaries

Type: MA Design StudioName: Responsive StructuresYear: Fall 2021Supervisor: Eike Schling, Geraldine BorioOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture Located on the threshold between the city and the hillside, the challenge will be to propose an architectural structure responsive

Tectonic Boundaries

Type: MA Design StudioName: Responsive StructuresYear: Fall 2021Supervisor: Eike Schling, Geraldine BorioOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture Located on the threshold between the city and the hillside, the challenge will be to propose an architectural structure responsive

Thesis 2021

Type: MA Design ThesisYear: Summer 2021Supervisor: Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture In final semester of the Master Programm students create their individual research by design, investigating place, climate, material and structure to create new architectural

Thesis 2021

Type: MA Design ThesisYear: Summer 2021Supervisor: Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture In final semester of the Master Programm students create their individual research by design, investigating place, climate, material and structure to create new architectural

PMQ Exhibition – Kinetic Grid Structures

14 September – 5 October 2021HKU Architecture GalleryS503 – PMQ – 35 Aberdeen St. – Central Welcome to the website of Kinetic Grid Structures, the interactive exhibition at PMQ, Hong Kong. The exhibition introduces research from the University of Hong

PMQ Exhibition – Kinetic Grid Structures

14 September – 5 October 2021HKU Architecture GalleryS503 – PMQ – 35 Aberdeen St. – Central Welcome to the website of Kinetic Grid Structures, the interactive exhibition at PMQ, Hong Kong. The exhibition introduces research from the University of Hong

Structural Principles

Type: BA Core CourseName: Building Technology 1Year: 2021Supervisor: Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture ‘There is simply no Architecture without Structure’ Jean Prouve This course adresses the fundamental principles of structure. It presents building structures in

Structural Principles

Type: BA Core CourseName: Building Technology 1Year: 2021Supervisor: Eike SchlingOffice: The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture ‘There is simply no Architecture without Structure’ Jean Prouve This course adresses the fundamental principles of structure. It presents building structures in