Lecture: Architecture and Environment Integration

The Faculty for Architecture and Landscape welcomes Affiliate Professor Dr. Michael Hensel. In his role as LUH Affiliate Michael Hensel will conduct research seminars and design workshops at the Chair for Digital Methods in Architecture (Prof. Becker) over the next five years. He is a full-time professor at the EULiST Partner TU Wien, where he leads the Department for Digital Architecture and Planning (DAP).

In his lecture Architecture and Environment Integration Michael Hensel will present his current research and design agenda as well as its rooting developed over the last 30 years at institutions like the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London (1993-2009) and the Oslo School of Architecture (2011-2018).

Following the lecture he will introduce two joint courses in the Master of Architecture and Urban Design programme for the summer semester 2026.

Research Workshop: The Critical Zone

Monday 13. April – Friday 17. April, 5 ECTS

Design Charette: Envisioning Architecture and Landscape Architecture Hybrid Typologies

Monday 20. April – Thursday 30. April, 5 ECTS

Seminal publications by Michael Hensel: 

Hensel, M. (2013). Performance‐Oriented Architecture: Rethinking Architectural Design and the Built Environment (1st ed.). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118640630

Hensel, M., & Menges, A. (2008). Designing Morpho‐Ecologies: Versatility and Vicissitude of Heterogeneous Space. Architectural Design, 78(2), 102–111. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.648

Hensel, M., Menges, A., & Weinstock, M. (2013). Emergent Technologies and Design (0 ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315881294