People

People Resources

The Utzon(x) team consist of a strong mix of researchers and practitioners working with both architecture and structural engineering. All staff has an affiliation to the Department of Architecture and Media Technology at Aalborg University or the Utzon Center.

Head of Utzon(x)

Isak Worre Foged is MSc.Eng.Arch. from Aalborg University, Aalborg and M.Arch. from EsArq, International University of Catalunya, Barcelona. Currently a PhD Fellow at Aalborg University, he explores a novel theoretical and methodological integration between environmental architecture, tectonics in architecture and computation. He is a member of SARC, research group for sustainable architecture, Aalborg University and OCEAN, Design Research Association. Isak co-founded the research based architectural studio AREA in 2010, located in Copenhagen. The studio runs parallel and intertwined with academia to develop and apply research into the built environment. Research and built works has been published and presented in Europe, Scandinavia and the US.
Head of prototyping and lab facilities

Mads Brath Jensen is MSc.Eng.Digital Design from Aalborg University, Aalborg. He is currently Laboratory Engineer at the Department of Architecture and Media Technology and responsible for the Departments work on advanced fabrication and the Utzon(x)lab.  Mads is the former partner of architectural office Electrotexture Lab working on new architectural technologies and advanced fabrication
Head of Exhibition activities

Lasse Andersson is the Head of Exhibitions / Chief Curator at Utzon Center. He holds a master degree in Architecture from the School of Architecture in Aarhus 2003 and a Ph.D. from Department of Architecture and Media Technology at Aalborg University in 2009.

From 2004-2014 he had several positions at Department of Architecture and Media Technology amongst others associate professor and Head of Urban Design from 2012-2014. He is one of the founders of the innovative project Platform4 merging new technologies and art. He has several curated exhibitions in the field of architecture and technology and participated in several architectural competitions from 2007-2014 amongst others Thomas b. Thriges Gade, Gellerup masterplan, New Vestre Fjordbad and Rebild Infohouse.

Lars Juel Thiis holds a master degree in Architecture from the School of Architecture and a post graduate from AA London. He is founding partner of the Architectural Office CUBO and from 2012 adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture and Media Technology at Aalborg University. 2011-2013 Lars Juel Thiis was head of the national Arts Council Denmark. Lars Thiis’ work is routed in a Danish and Nordic approach to architecture with a high architectural sensibility, always taking site, material and user into consideration. Some of his projects are Odense Katedralskole, 2011, Nordkraft, Aalborg, 2010, Egmont Højskolen, Hou, 2009, Kirkecenter, Raarup, 2008, Skælskør Center for Træning, Gigtforeningen, 2006, Egå Gymnasium, Aarhus, 2005, SDU Winsløwparken, Odense, 2000, SDU Campus, Odense, 1999

Daniel Bosia, Director at AKT II and head of the specialist team p.art®. He is adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture and Media Technology at Aalborg University. Daniel Bosia is a qualified Structural Engineer with an MSc in Structural and Bridge Engineering and a Master Degree in Architecture. He has worked at Arup for more than twelve years, collaborating with architects such as Daniel Libeskind, Toyo Ito and Enric Miralles and with artists such as Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Matthew Ritchie. He has lectured in many Universities in Europe and the US such as UPenn, IIT, Yale, Columbia, Princeton and the Architectural Association. He is a Fellow of the Non Linear Systems of Organisation (NSLO) research center at UPenn. A cofounder of the Advanced Geometry Unit at Arup (AGU), Daniel has designed and delivered projects in the last few years, which have become icons of contemporary art and architecture. He has lead the AGU for more than 5 years from a cutting edge research unit to a profitable practice with a recognised brand, rich portfolio and exclusive client base.

Poul Henning Kirkegaard is M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Aalborg University, Aalborg in 1988 and PhD in “Experimental Design” from Aalborg University, Department of Civil Engineering in 1991. Poul Henning Kirkegaard has extensive experience in experimental/numerical analysis of the dynamic behaviour of structures, and has also been working within Structural Health Monitoring. Poul Henning Kirkegaard is today Full Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Aarhus University in Innovative Design of Structures. His main current research areas are related to Adaptive Structures, Computational Morphogenesis, Tectonic Form & Design and Evidence Based Design.