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Michael Hensel

Leibniz University Hannover, Technische Universität Wien, University of Reading School of Construction Management and Engineering, Architectural Association School of Architecture

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Michael U. Hensel (Dip. Ing. Grad Dip Des AA PhD) is registered in the German Chamber of Architects (AKNDS) and associate member of the Association of German Architects (BDA). He is a co-founder of the pioneering practice OCEAN and partner in the practice OCEAN Architecture | Environment. Currently he is Professor at TU Wien where he leads the research department for Digital Architecture and Planning. In the context of the EU-List university cooperation he is also EU-List professor for Architecture and Environment Integration at Leibniz University Hannover.

He taught and worked in The Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe at renowned universities and schools including the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, Berlage Institute Amsterdam, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Technical University in Munich, Rice University in Houston, University of Technology Sydney, and Southeast University in Nanjing, China. At the Architectural Association he was director of the Emergent Technologies and Design Program (2001-09), at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design he was founding director of the Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics (2011-18). He was also founding and acting chairman of OCEAN Design Research Association (2008-18) and SEA Sustainable Environment Association (2011-15), as well as board member of BIONIS Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (2007-11). In 2018 he received the honorary fellowship of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Technical University in Munich.

Employment

  • Leibniz University Hannover Professor of Architecture and Environment Integration
    2025 - Present
  • Technische Universität Wien Professor of Digital Architecture and Planning
    2018 - Present
  • Technische Universität München AWS Visiting Professor (TUM Excellence Initiative)
    2018 - 2018
  • Aalborg University Research Professor
    2016 - 2017
  • Chalmers University of Technology Visiting Professor
    2013 - 2014
  • Oslo School of Architecture and Design Professor, Director Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics
    2011 - 2018
  • Oslo School of Architecture and Design Adjunct Professor (Professor II)
    2008 - 2010
  • Rice University Visiting Professor
    2004 - 2005
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture Director
    2001 - 2009
  • Lebanese American University Visiting Professor
    2000 - 2001
  • Universität Innsbruck Visiting Professor
    1999 - 2000
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture Founding Director
    1998 - 2001
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture Diploma Unit Master
    1996 - 2006
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture Studio Master
    1993 - 1996

Education

  • University of Reading School of Construction Management and Engineering PhD
    2006 - 2012
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture Grad Dip Des AA
    1992 - 1993
  • Cologne University of Applied Sciences Dipl. Ing.
    1986 - 1992

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