Achim Menges

Achim Menges is an architect and a leading expert in design computation and robotic fabrication in architecture. He researches architectural design methods, architecture-specific cyber-physical prefabrication and construction processes, the related conception and development of advanced, wood-based and fibre-composite building systems.

Education and Degrees

• 2002 AA Diploma (Hons) / RIBA 2, Architectural Association (Prof. Michael Hensel)
• 2000 – 2002 Studies in Architecture, Architectural Association, London
• 1996 – 2000 Studies in Architecture, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Professional Career

• 2009 – 2015 Visiting Professor of Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• 2008 – present Professor (W3), Director of Institute for Computational Design and Construc-tion, University of Stuttgart
• 2005 – 2008 Professor (W2), HfG Offenbach, Department of Visualisation and Materialisation
• 2003 – 2006 Unit Master, Diploma School, Architectural Association, London
• 2002 – 2009 Studio Master, Emergent Technologies and Design Graduate Programme, Ar-chitectural Association, London

Collaborative Research Center

• SFB TRR 141: Biological Design and Integrative Structures – Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture
• SFB 1244: Adaptive Building Skins and Structures for the Built Environment of Tomorrow