Michael U. Hensel

Prof. Michael U. Hensel [Dipl. Ing. Grad Dipl Des AA] (born 1965, Celle, Germany) is an architect, researcher, educator and writer. He is professor for architecture at AHO the Oslo School of Architecture and Design where he directs the Research Center for Architecture and Tectonics. He is a founding member of OCEAN (1994) and acted as founding chairman of the OCEAN Design Research Association (2008). Since 2008 he serves as a board member. He is also board member of BIONIS – The Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (since 2007). Previously he taught at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London (1993 to 2009), where he developed the curriculum for and co-directed the Emergent Technologies and Design Program (2001 to 2009). He held visiting professorships and innovation fellowships and taught and lectured in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. His research interests and efforts include formulating the theoretical and methodological framework for Performance-oriented Architecture and developing a biological paradigm for design and sustainability of the built environment. Michael has extensively written on this and other topics in architecture and urban design. He has published, lectured and exhibited in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and the Americas