Michael U Hensel Dipl Ing Grad Dipl Des AA Architekt AKNW Member OCEAN Research Network Professor for Research by Design, AHO Oslo School of Architecture and Design Director, Emergent Technologies and Design, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London Innovation Fellow - UTS University of Technology Sydney Board Member BIONIS (Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability) Michael U Hensel is an architect, researcher and writer. He is a member of the independent and interdisciplinary research network OCEAN and a board member of BIONIS (the Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability). His writings and collaborative research and design work have been published worldwide. He has lectured and taught worldwide and is currently Professor for Research by Design at AHO, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and Director of the Emergent Technologies and Design masters programme at the Architectural Association in London. Recent publications he co-edited include: AD Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies (John Wiley & Sons Limited, 2004); AD Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design (John Wiley & Sons Limited, 2006); Morpho-Ecologies (AA Publications, 2006); AD Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design (John Wiley & Sons Limited, 2008); Arch+ Vol. 188 Form Follows Performance - Zur Wechselwirkung von Material, Struktur, Umwelt (Archplus Verlag, 2008). He is currently working on a peer-reviewed journal on research by design and is an editorial board member of AD (John Wiley & Sons Limited) and JBE (Journal of Bionic Engineering, Elsevier Scientific Press). www.ocean-designresearch.net Christopher Hight BA, BArch, MA, PhD Assistant Professor, Rice School of Architecture, Rice University Christopher Hight is an assistant professor at the Rice School of Architecture where he is pursuing design research on the nexus of landscape, ecology and emerging forms of urbanisation. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and obtained a masters degree in histories and theories of architecture from the Architectural Association (AA), and a PhD from the London Consortium at the University of London. He has taught in the Architectural Association's Design Research Laboratory (DRL) and has worked for the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. He was the co-editor of AD Collective Intelligence in Design (John Wiley & Sons Limited, 2006) and has recently published a book on cybernetics, posthumanism, formalism and post-World War II architectural design, Architectural Principles in the Age of Cybernetics (Routledge, 2008). Achim Menges AA Dipl (Hons) RIBA II Professor for Computational Design Director of the Institute for Computational Design, Faculty of Architecture, Stuttgart University Studio Master Emergent Technologies and Design, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London Member OCEAN Research Network Partner Emergence and Design Group Achim Menges is Director of the Institute for Computational Design at Stuttgart University. He has been teaching at the Architectural Association as Studio Master of the Emergent Technologies and Design masters programme since 2002 and as Unit Master of Diploma Unit 4 from 2003 to 2006. From 2005 to 2008 he was Professor for Form Generation and Materialisation at the HfG Offenbach University for Art and Design in Germany. Achim Menges's research focuses on the development of integral design processes at the intersection of evolutionary computation, parametric design, biomimetic engineering and computeraided manufacturing that enable a highly articulated, performative built environment. His research projects have been published and exhibited in Europe, Asia and the United States. He received the FEIDAD (Far Eastern International Digital Architectural Design) Outstanding Design Award in 2002, the FEIDAD Design Merit Award in 2003, the Archiprix International Award 2003, RIBA Tutor Price 2004, the International Bentley Educator of the Year Award 2005 and the ACADIA 2007 Award for Emerging Digital Practice. Recent publications he has co-edited include: AD Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2004); AD Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2006); Morpho-Ecologies (AA Publications, 2006); AD Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008); Arch+ Vol. 188 Form Follows Performance - Zur Wechselwirkung von Material, Struktur, Umwelt (Archplus Verlag, 2008).
