Kas Oosterhuis is a Dutch architect, professor and co-founder of the innovation studio ONL together with visual artist Ilona Lenard.
11 Facts About Kas Oosterhuis
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Kas Oosterhuis was a professor at Delft University of Technology from 2000 to 2016 and has been a professor at Qatar University since 2017.
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Kas Oosterhuis studied architecture at Delft University of Technology from 1970 to 1979.
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In 2000 Kas Oosterhuis accepted a 0.4 fte professorship at the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Delft.
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Kas Oosterhuis has become known internationally for his radical digital approach to architecture as from the earliest design stages up to the computer numerical controlled production of the building components, of which process the A2 Cockpit in the Sound Barrier is a prime example.
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Kas Oosterhuis has won and subsequently built two important international competitions: the Balna Budapest and the LIWA tower in Abu Dhabi.
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Between 1990 and now Kas Oosterhuis has delivered hundreds of lectures worldwide at universities and conferences.
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Kas Oosterhuis aims at "changing the building industry from within" by his digital design to manufacturing approach, which was developed with the design of the Waterpavilion.
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Kas Oosterhuis accepted in the year 2000 a 0,4 fte professorship at the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Delft.
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Kas Oosterhuis renamed the chair of Digital Architecture into Hyperbody.
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Kas Oosterhuis is editor in chief of the scientific journal Next Generation Building, and has organized a series of Game Set and Match conferences at the TU Delft.