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Biography
Education
June 1994, Recognition as German Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.Ing.)
Sep. 1989 - Aug. 1990, Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie University), Canada
Sep. 1986 - Aug. 1989, Bachelor in Environmental Design Studies (B.E.D.S.), Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie University), Canada
Professional Experience
Sept. 2020 - present, Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China
May 2015 - April 2022, Professor, TU Delft, Netherlands
October 2000 - August 2017, Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
May 1995 - present, Registered Architect in Europe
Summer 1983 - 1986, Helicopter Forest Fire Fighter (Helitack)
Additional Positions
Founding Member, Chinese Committee of Resilient Cities, Tianjin since 2019
Member, Formitas AG Board of Directors, Aachen since 2017
Charter Member, Solar Decathlon Europe Council of Experts since 2017
Member, German University Architecture Dean's Council (DARL) since 2004
Founding Member, ARENA - European Architectural Research Network since 2013
Founding Member, AKAI - Architecture-Informatics Research Group since 2002
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Chairman Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions 2015-2019
Secretary General Solar Decathlon Europe Secretariat 2015-2017
Vice-Chairman German University Architecture Dean's Council (DARL) 2013-2015
Council Member European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) 2012-2013
Chairman ASAP - German Accreditation Alliance for Study Programs
in Architecture and Urban Planning, Berlin, Germany 2006-2008
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Current Courses
l Design Studio 1 & 2
l Readings in Future Human Habitats
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Master’s & Ph.D. Advising
l Computational Design
l Information Communication Systems
l Building Information Modelling and Management
l Ambient Assisted Living
l Virtual Systems
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Research Interests
l Computational Design
l Information Communication Systems
l Building Information Modelling and Management
l Ambient Assisted Living
l Architectural Education
Projects
EXPO 2010 Shanghai – Interactive City Game 2010
Future Care Lab – Ambient Assisted Living, RWTH Aachen 2007-2014
Counter Entropy House – Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
Das Heizkraftwerk – Renovation of a Heating Plant into Lecture Theatres for education, Aachen, Germany 2012
Research Output
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Selected Publications
Bionic Building Concept with Boris Baehre, Thomas Stachelhaus in Proceedings of the ARCC-EAAE 2019 Conference Toronto, Canada 2019
Device-Free Interaction in Smart Domestic Environments. with Felix Heidrich, Ivan Golod and Martina Ziefle in Proceedings of AUGMENTED HUMAN ’13, 4th International Conference in Cooperation (SIGCHI), New York, USA, 2013
The Meaning of BIM with Dietrich Elger 26th eCAADe Conference, Antwerp, Belgium 2008
Crisis? What crisis?: Approaching information space with Dietrich Elger In: International Journal of Architectural Computing. - 4 / 2006
Defining Virtual: Four Modes of Being in Creative Work 4th Joint ARCC - AEEA Conference, Dublin, Ireland 2004
Books
Epilog: Where do we go from here? in: Informierte Architektur: Building Information Modelling für die Architekturpraxis Peter Russell: Marco Hemmerling, Boris Baehre [Hrsg]: Birkhäuser, Basel, 2020
Der Blinde Wissenschaftler. Peter Russell: in Bild und Erkentnis, Beyer, A. und Lohoff, M. (Hrsg.), Deutscher Kunstverlag 2005
Patents
Raumband, European PatentOthers
BIM ist nur ein Vorreiter Peter Russell: BIM - 2018 Ernst & Sohn Special, November 2018
Umbau eines Heizkraftwerks in ein Hörsaal- und Seminargebäude in Aachen. Detail, 05 / 2012 pp. 512-516. and Cover
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Awards and Honors
Teaching Prize RWTH Aachen University 2013
Cover Detail Magaine, Heating Plant Conversion 05/2011
Façade Prize Zero Footprint Reskinning Award, Façadeworld 2011
BIM Award Autodesk, Inc. 2008
Teaching Prize Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany 2002
Thesis Prize Technical University of Nova Scotia 1989