Prof. Henri Achten
Depart of architectural modelling, Czech Technical University in Prague
Professor Henri Achten is a distinguished academic currently teaching at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architectural Modeling. He graduated from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands in 1992, where he was the first graduate to use virtual reality to present his work. His supervisors were Professor Thijs Bax and Professor Robert Oxman. After graduation, Henri Achten worked as a postdoctoral researcher at TU/e, becoming a member of the new design systems group led by Professor Bauke de Vries.
Before 2010, he served as an assistant professor in the field of design theory and computation. In 2005, he joined the Faculty of Architecture at CTU as an assistant professor, leading the MOLAB research project and heading the Achten-Pavlicek and Achten-Nováková design studios. In 2012, he co-organized the 30th International eCAADe Conference in Prague with Dana Matějovská.
Henri Achten has also served as the Vice President and President of the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE). From 2001 to 2009, he was involved with the European Computer Aided Architectural Design (eCAADe) research and currently holds the position of Treasurer for the association. His prolific contributions to the field include publishing 12 books and proceedings, 18 journal articles, and 105 conference papers. He has delivered 30 lectures both internationally and in the Czech Republic, with notable keynote speeches in Beijing, China, and Białystok, Poland.
LINK: https://www.fa.cvut.cz/en/faculty/people/289-henri-hubertus-achten/zivotopis