About us
We form a team where science and art meet technology. We create and research at the intersection of architectural design, lightweight structures & geometry. We design multi-objective sustainability and pass our knowledge to the game changers of tomorrow.
Team
Fereshteh Khojastehmehr
Fereshteh Khojastehmehr is a Ph.D. researcher and University Assistant at the Lightweight Structures Unit, the University of Innsbruck. Her research focus is on bending-active structures and finding geometric solutions in design. Fereshteh received a Master's degree in Architectural Technology in the field of Digital Design, from the University of Tehran. Her research interests are lightweight structures, digital design and fabrication, and using computational geometry in architectural applications. She has joined the LSU team since Feb. 2021.
Mohammad Hassan Saleh Tabari
Mohammad Hassan Saleh Tabari is a Ph.D. researcher and University Assistant at the Lightweight Structures Unit, the University of Innsbruck. He has a Master's degree in Architectural Technology in the field of bionic architecture and was a member of Dail Lab, design and augmented reality. He is the developer of the Termite-Nest plugin for grasshopper. His research interests are lightweight structures, algorithmic design thinking, and using artificial intelligence for solving design problems. He has joined the LSU team since Feb. 2021.
Hasan Hadi Abdulameer
Hasan Hadi Abdulameer is a PhD. Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Lightweight Structures Unit, the University of Innsbruck. He is a former member in UNAT (United Network of Art, Architecture, and Technology), Architectural department of Iraqi Union of Engineers, and AIA American Institute of Architects middle east chapter.He has a master's degree in architectural engineering with the research Role of Digital Fabrication in forming parametric Structures, His research interests in bio-inspired lightweight structures, parametric design, exploiting the biomimetics into structures and architecture. He joined LSU Team Since Dec. 2021.
Günther H. Filz [Professor]
Günther H. Filz is a Professor of Lightweight Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Innsbruck, Austria, where he heads the Lightweight Structure unit. He is also a Professor of Structures and Architecture at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. His interest has especially been on the profound changes that selforganizing forms and processes - from minimal surfaces to bending active structures - instigate in the way architecture is thought, designed and built. His “fat-free-design” approach results in intelligent, innovative and sustainable lightweight structures.
Guests
Benedict Esche [guest]
Benedict Esche, studierte Architektur und Baukunst an der Hochschule München, der Technischen Universität München und der Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio in der Schweiz. Er ist ausgezeichnet mit dem Egon Eiermann Preis, dem Wittmanschen Stipendium und dem Senator Bernhard Borst Preis. Er ist Architect-in-Residence Stipendiat des Goethe-Instituts in Rotterdam 2017, Stipendiat der Deutschen Akademie Rom - Villa Massimo 2017/2018 und Stipendiat der Wilhelm Kempff Kulturstiftung 2019. 2016-2017 unterrichtete er an der Technischen Universität München am Lehrstuhl für Entwerfen und Gestalten und 2018 an der Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio (Schweiz). Seit 2019 Lehrauftrag an der Akademie der bildenen Künste in München für architektonische Strategien. Er ist Mitglied der Jungen Akademie an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften/Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.
Sebastian Antreich [guest]
Andreas Holzinger [guest]
Ich untersuche Pflanzenzellbiologie und konzentriere mich auf abiotische Stresstoleranz. Eine der Schlüsselfragen meiner Forschung ist, wie Pflanzen aus ihren ursprünglichen aquatischen Lebensräumen das Land erobert haben. Dieser Prozess wird als Terrestrisierung bezeichnet. Meine Forschungsinteressen liegen in den Bereichen Austrocknung, Licht- und UV-Toleranz. Hauptforschungsobjekte sind Grünalgen der streptophytischen Linie (Schwester zu Landpflanzen), aber auch Land- und symbiotische Algen, sowie höhere Pflanzen aus Alpinen- und Polaren Regionen werden als Modelle verwendet.
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Tutoring Students
Estermann Maximilian
Gabardi Sandro
Geisler Julia
Götsch Kilian
Hecher Elisa
Huber Patrick
Kalser Laura
Karafiat Sebastian
Krause Anita
Nagl Pia