Mike Schlaich

Mike Schlaich, Germany

Holcim Awards 2011 Europe ceremony - September 15, 2011 - Milan, Italy; Receiving the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2011 Europe for Low-cost apartments incorporating smart materials, Hamburg, Germany (l-r): Mike Schlaich, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner and Frank Barkow, Barkow Leibinger Architects, Germany from CEO of Holcim Germany, Leo Mittelholzer.

Presenting the Holcim Innovation 2nd prize for "Low-cost apartments incorporating smart materials", Hamburg, Germany (l-r, foreground): Werner Sobek, member of the Global Holcim Awards jury and Director of ILEK, University of Stuttgart congratulates prize-winner Mike Schlaich, TU Berlin with Uli Hellweg, CEO of IBA Hamburg (l-r, background): Alexander Hückler, Frank Barkow, and Heiko Krech.

Mike Schlaich, Germany

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Holcim Awards 2011 Europe ceremony - September 15, 2011 - Milan, Italy; Receiving the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2011 Europe for Low-cost apartments incorporating smart materials, Hamburg, Germany (l-r): Mike Schlaich, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner and Frank Barkow, Barkow Leibinger Architects, Germany from CEO of Holcim Germany, Leo Mittelholzer.

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Presenting the Holcim Innovation 2nd prize for "Low-cost apartments incorporating smart materials", Hamburg, Germany (l-r, foreground): Werner Sobek, member of the Global Holcim Awards jury and Director of ILEK, University of Stuttgart congratulates prize-winner Mike Schlaich, TU Berlin with Uli Hellweg, CEO of IBA Hamburg (l-r, background): Alexander Hückler, Frank Barkow, and Heiko Krech.

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About

Mike Schlaich is Professor for Structural Engineering chairing the Department of Conceptual and Structural Design at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). He is also the Managing Director of Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Consulting Structural Engineers, Germany.

He studied civil engineering at the University of Stuttgart and ETH Zurich, and received PhD in civil engineering from ETH Zurich in 1989.

Mike Schlaich worked in Spain as a structural engineer before joining in the firm of Schlaich Bergermann and Partner in Stuttgart which specializes in lightweight and long-span structures. He became Managing Director of the firm in 2002, which has been active in the field of renewable energies for more than 20 years. Systems for solar thermal energy production including dish-stirling concentrators, trough collectors and the solar updraft tower were successfully developed by the office.

His research at TU Berlin concentrates upon active and movable lightweight structures that can adapt to changing boundary conditions. An “intelligent” bridge with damping by artificial muscles or experimental structures that fold away when not needed was built at the TU Berlin lab.

Mike Schlaich is the winner of the German Bridge Design Award (Deutscher Brückenbaupreis) in 2010.