Eike Schling

Since 2024, Eike is Professor of Structural Design at the Institute for Design and Construction, Leibniz University Hannover. His expertise are parametric methods, architectural geometry, and structural behaviour with the vision of enabling construction-aware design. His focus lies in interdisciplinary research with mathematicians and engineers to simplify complex lightweight structures without sacrificing their design freedom. Eike completed his doctorate, “Repetitive Structures”, in 2018 with distinction at the Chair for Structural Design, Technical University in Munich. From 2019-2024, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong, collaborating on international projects in Asia and Europe. During the academic year of 2023, Eike was a panel member of the HKIA / ARB Professional Assessment Committee of Hong Kong. He is engaged in the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) as co-founder of the Architectural Geometry Working Group 22. In February 2024, Eike joined the Leibniz University Hannover but remained an Honorary Professor at HKU for teaching and research collaborations.

Eike's architectural practice “Geometry.Design.Structure” combines structural and geometric knowledge to realize complex designs at all scales. His collaboration with artists, engineers and manufacturers has produced innovative spaces and gridshells in Germany and Hong Kong. As a computational designer, Eike worked with international architecture offices, to realize large-scale architectural projects such as the Francis Crick Research Institute, One Bishopsgate Hotel & Residential Highrise and Nova Victoria Office Development in London with PLP Architecture (2009-2012), and the Munich Airport T2 Satellite with Koch + Partner Architects (2012-2015).