CURRICULUM VITAE

since 01.2024 Tenure Track Professor in Structural Design, Institute für Entwerfen und Konstruieren, Leibniz University of Hannover

since 07.2024   Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong

since 07.2023 Co-Chair of the Working Group Architectural Geometry, International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, IASS

2023 Member of the HKIA/ARB Professional Assessment Committee

04.2020 - 08.2020 TUM Global Visiting Professor, Faculty of Architecture

09.2019 – 01.2024 Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Architectural Structures, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture

30.10.2018 Dissertation: Repetitive Structures at TUM, Chair of Structural Design, Advisors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Barthel, Prof. Dr. Helmut Pottmann

04.2012 - 08.2019 Academic Counselor, Chair of Structural Design, Prof. Rainer Barthel, TU Munich

11.2012 - 03.2015 Architect (BYAK) at Koch+Partner Architects, Munich

12.2009 - 10.2012 Architect (ARB) at PLP Architecture, Munich

03.2009 - 11.2009 Architectural Assistant at Donath Bickel Architects, Munich

05.2008 - 03.2009 Architectural Assistant at Auer+Weber+Associates, Munich

2002-2008 Architectural studies at the Technical University of Munich

2006-2007 Architectural Studies (MA) at McGill University, Montreal

AWARDS

2025       2nd Prize, Architectural Competition: Ehrenmal der Luftwaffe in der Otto-Lilienthal-Kaserne
2025       Teaching Award of the Leibniz Universität 2024 – Motivation and Engagement
2024       Engineering Structures – 2024 Best Paper Award
2022       Faculty Teaching Award 2022, HKU
2020       Metal Construction Award, [Category Special Construction: Hotel Intergroup, Canopy]
2019       Dr. Marschall Prize for innovative research, Technical University of Munich
2018       Finalist, Stahl-Innovationspreis 2018 [Category: Stahl im Bauwesen]
2017       Project Sponsorship, “Dr. Marschall Stiftung” [Faculty for Architecture, TUM]
2011       1st Prize, “BE Inspired 2011” [Generative Design Category]
2008       1st Prize, “Pininfarina Design Award 2008” [Architectural Category]
2008       1st Prize, “Deutscher Stahlbaupreis 2008”, German Steel Award, [National Award]
2008       Honorable Mention, “Walter-Henn-Award” [German Architect Union]
2006       1st Prize, “MAIV-Award” [Munich Engineering and Architecture Award]
2005-08      German National Merit Foundation [National Student Scholarship]

PUBLICATIONS

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-7894

Dissertation

Schling, Eike (2018): Repetitive Structures – Design and construction of curved support structures with repetitive parameters [summa cum laude]. Technische Universität München, Fakultät für Architektur, Lehrstuhl für Tragwerksplanung. DOI: 10.14459/2018md1449869. ISBN: 978-3-938660-39-3

Editor

Douthe, Cyril; Mitchell, Toby; Schling, Eike (Eds.) (2025): Special Issue WG22 on: Architectural Geometry. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, IASS. Madrid, Spain (Vol. 66). LINK

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

Wan, Zongshuai; Man, Haotian; Crolla, Kristof; Schling, Eike (2025b): Design and construction of an asymptotic kinetic transformable canopy. In Automation in Construction 180, p. 106508. DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106508

Wan, Zongshuai; Crolla, Kristof; Schling, Eike (2025b): Geometry-driven development of semi-compliant kinetic asymptotic structures. In Advanced Engineering Informatics 68, p. 103762. DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2025.103762.

Schling, Eike; Wan, Zongshuai (2025): Geometry-driven Design of Gridshells. Integrating From, Force and Fabrication. In Cyril Douthe, Toby Mitchell, Eike Schling (Eds.): Special Issue WG22 on: Architectural Geometry, 66(2025) No.2. Madrid, Spain (Vol. 66), pp. 92–104. DOI: 10.20898/j.iass.2025.005

Wan, Zongshuai; D’Acunto, Pierluigi; Schling, Eike (2024): Structural behaviour of asymptotic geodesic hybrid timber gridshells. In Engineering Structures 308, p. 117918. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117918.

Wang, Bolun; Wang, Hui; Schling, Eike; Pottmann, Helmut (2023): Rectifying Strip Patterns. In ACM Trans. Graph. 42 (6), pp. 1–18. DOI: 10.1145/3618378

Douthe, Cyril; Mitchell, Toby; Schling, Eike (2023): New Working Group 22 on “Architectural Geometry”. Announcement 64 (3), p. 150. DOI: 10.20898/j.iass.2023

Oberbichler, Thomas; Schling, Eike (2022): Tracing curvature paths on trimmed multipatch surfaces. In Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2023.01.033

Schling, Eike; Wang, Hui; Hoyer, Sebastian; Pottmann, Helmut (2022): Designing asymptotic geodesic hybrid gridshells. In Computer-Aided Design 152 (0010-4485), p. 103378. DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2022.103378.

Wan, Zongshuai; Schling, Eike (2022): Structural principles of an asymptotic lamella curtain wall. In Thin-Walled Structures 180, p. 109772. DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2022.109772

Schling, Eike; Wan, Zongshuai (2022): A geometry-based design approach and structural behaviour for an asymptotic curtain wall system. In Journal of Building Engineering, p. 104432. DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104432

Schling, Eike; Rainer Barthel (2021): Šuchov’s bent networks: The impact of network curvature on Šuchov’s gridshell designs. In: STRUCTURES Volume 29, February 2021, Pages 1496-1506. DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.12.021

Tutsch, Joram; Hipper, Andreas; Schling, Eike; Barthel, Rainer (2017): Modulare Stahllamellenhallen von Hugo Junkers. Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen für eine denkmalgerechte Instandsetzung. In: Bautechnik 94 (3), S. 161–169. DOI: 10.1002/bate.201600071

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Man, Haotian; Wan, Zongshuai; Pellis, Davide; Schling, Eike (2024b): Kit-of-Parts Equilateral Constant Normal Curvature (ECNC) Gridshell. In Philipp Eversmann, Christoph Gengnagel, Julian Lienhard, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Jan Wurm (Eds.): Scalable Disruptors. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 128–140. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68275-9_11

Schling, Eike; Wan, Zongshuai; Wang, Hui; D’Acunto, Pierluigi (2023): Asymptotic Geodesic Hybrid Timber Gridshell. With assistance of Holzbau Amann GmbH, Eberhard Brandl GmbH. In Kathrin Dörfler, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Stefana Parascho, Helmut Pottmann, Thomas Wortmann (Eds.): Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023: de Gruyter, pp. 97–110. DOI: 10.1515/9783111162683-008

Schling, Eike; Schikore, Jonas (2022): Morphology of Kinetic Asymptotic Grids. In Christoph Gengnagel, Olivier Baverel, Giovanni Betti, Mariana Popescu, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Jan Wurm (Eds.): Towards Radical Regeneration. Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2022. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 374–393. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13249-0_31.

Schling, Eike; Hsu, Chih Lin; Ma, Muye (2021): Asymptotic building envelope. Combining the benefits of asymptotic and principal curvature layouts. In Anastasia Globa, Jeroen van Ameijde, Adam Fingrut, Nayeon Kim, Tian Tian Sky Lo (Eds.): Projections. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. CAADRIA 2021, vol. 1. Hong Kong, pp. 341–350

Jiang, Caigui; Wang, Cheng; Schling, Eike; Pottmann, Helmut (2020): Computational design and optimization of quad meshes based on diagonal meshes. In Olivier Baverel, Helmut Pottmann, Caitlin Mueller, Tomohiro Tachi (Eds.): Advances in Architectural Geometry 2021. Paris, pp. 38-60

Schikore, Jonas; Schling, Eike; Bauer, Anna M.; Oberbichler Thomas (2020): Kinetics and Design of Semi-Compliant Grid Mechanisms. In Olivier Baverel, Helmut Pottmann, Caitlin Mueller, Tomohiro Tachi (Eds.): Advances in Architectural Geometry 2021. Paris, pp. 108-129

Schling, Eike; Barthel, Rainer (2019): Repetitive Structures. In Christoph Gengnagel, Olivier Baverel, Jane Burry, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Stefan Weinzierl (eds.): Impact: Design With All Senses. Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2019, pp. 360-375. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-29828-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_29

Schling, Eike; Kilian, Martin; Wang, Hui; Schikore, Jonas; Pottmann, Helmut (2018): Design and Construction of Curved Support Structures with Repetitive Parameters. In Lars Hesselgren, Karl-Gunnar Olsson, Axel Kilian, Samar Malek, Olga Sorkine-Hornung, Chris Williams (Eds.): Advances in Architectural Geometry 2018. 1. Auflage. Wien: Klein Publishing, pp. 140–165.

Schling, Eike; Hitrec, Denis; Barthel, Rainer (2017): Designing Grid Structures Using Asymptotic Curve Networks. In: Klaas de Rycke, Christoph Gengnagel, Olivier Baverel, Jane Burry, Caitlin Mueller, Minh Man Nguyen et al. (Ed.): Humanizing Digital Reality. Design Modelling Symposium Paris 2017. Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 125–140. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6611-5_12.

Book Chapters

Schling, Eike; Rainer Barthel (2021): Šuchovs gebogene Netze – Krümmung und Verformung. in ‘Vladimir Šuchov’, Ed. Rainer Graefe 2020, Innsbruck.

Schling, Eike; Barthel, Rainer (2021): Experimentelle zweifach gekrümmte Gitterstrukturen. In Jakob Schoof (Ed.): Struktur und Natur. Holztragwerke. With assistance of Charlotte Petereit Roland Pawlitschko. Munich: DETAIL Verlag, pp. 24–29, DOI: 10.11129/9783955535513

Conference Papers (Abstract reviewed)

Hoyer, Sebastian; D’Acunto, Pierluigi; Schling, Eike (2024): Timber Gridshells: Challenges and strategies in fabrication and assembly. In Philippe Block, Giulia Boller, Catherine de Wolf, Jacqueline Pauli, Walter Kaufmann (Eds.): Proceedings of the IASS 2024 Symposium. Redefining the Art of Structural Design. LINK

Man, Haotian; Wan, Zongshuai; Pellis, Davide; Schling, Eike (2024a): Kit-of-Parts Equilateral Constant Normal Curvature (ECNC) Gridshell. In Philippe Block, Giulia Boller, Catherine de Wolf, Jacqueline Pauli, Walter Kaufmann (Eds.): Proceedings of the IASS 2024 Symposium. Redefining the Art of Structural Design. LINK

Schling, Eike (2024): Geometrische Optimierung von Gitterschalen. In: Baustatik-Baupraxis 15; Technische Universität Hamburg; ISBN: 978-3-00-077808-7

Schling, Eike; Jonas Schikore, Thomas Oberbichler: (2021): D-Nets on rotational surfaces. Equilibrium gridshell layout, symmetric to the principal stress directions. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2021, Surrey, DOI: 10.15488/17093

Schling, Eike; Hitrec, Denis; Schikore, Jonas; Barthel, Rainer (2017): Design and Construction of the Asymptotic Pavilion. In: K.-U Bletzinger, Eugenio Oñate und B. Kröplin (Ed.): VIII International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures. STRUCTURAL MEMBRANES 2017. Barcelona: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), S. 178–189. ISBN (Electronic)9788494690990

Eversmann, Philipp; Schling, Eike; Ihde, André; Louter, Christian (2016): Low Cost Double Curvature. Geometrical and Structural Potentials of Rectangular, Cold-Bent Glass Construction. In: K. Kawaguchi, M. Ohsaki und T. Takeuchi (Ed.): Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2016: IASS. PDF

Schling, Eike; Barthel, Rainer; Ihde, André; Tutsch, Joram; Huth, Sebastian (2015): Bending-Activated Tensegrity. In: Eugenio Oñate, K.-U Bletzinger und B. Kröplin (Hg.): Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures VII. Barcelona: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).

Professional Journals

Medebach, Johannes; Schling, Eike (2023): Asymptotic Geodesic Timber Vault. Gitterschalen mal einfach. Komplexe Strukturen aus einfachen Holzbrettern – ein Forschungs- und Bauprojekt beschäftigt sich mit der Konstruktion von leichten Gitterschalen. (8117275). In: www.baunetz-campus.de/

Schling, Eike (2018): Komplexe Formen einfach bauen: Die Asymptotische Gitterschale der TU München. In: structure-magazine.de, 17.12.2018.

Schling, Eike (2018): Forschung für “freien” Stahlbau. In M&T Metallhandwerk (3.2018), pp. 12–14.

Schling, Eike; Barthel, Rainer (2017): Experimental Studies on the Construction of Doubly Curved Structures. Fachwissen. In: DETAILstructure 10/17 (01), pp. 52–56.

Schling, Eike (2017): Aufwendiges einfacher planen. Ratgeber Produktivität. In: M&T Metallhandwerk (10.2017), pp. 32–34.

Schling, Eike; Barthel, Rainer; Tutsch, Joram (2014): Freie Form – experimentelle Tragstruktur. In: Bautechnik 91 (12), S. 859–868. DOI: 10.1002/bate.201400086

Posters

Kilian, Martin; Wang, Hui; Schling, Eike; Schikore, Jonas; Pottmann, Helmut (2018): Curved Support Structures and Meshes with Spherical Vertex Stars. In – (Ed.): ACM SIGGRAPH 2018. DOI: 10.15488/17095

Schling, Eike; Hitrec, Denis (2016): Asymptotic Gridshell. Using Asymptotic Lines to Construct the Curved Support Structure of a Minimal Surface. Poster. Zurich, 9/9/2016. DOI: 10.15488/17096