Hendrik TIEBEN is Professor of the School of Architecture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He has been the Director of the School from 2022-24. Before, he was the Director of the MSc in Urban Design program and Associate Director of the BSSc in Urban Studies program at CUHK. Prof. Tieben received his architectural education in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. At CUHK, he teaches studios and courses related to urban design, history and theory.
Hendrik's research and teaching is devoted to the creation of sustainable and healthy communities. Over the last years, he developed a series of public space and placemaking projects to empower local communities. The projects have been featured in international publications and biennale exhibitions. In his Worldwide Universities Network project Hendrik Tieben focuses on the relationships between urban forms, health and wellbeing. In this context, he initiated with Luisa Bravo, founder of the Journal of Public Space, the project “2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID19 Pandemic” which included a series of 20 webinars with over 100 international speakers from 6 continents. In 2023, he co-curated with Sarah Lee and Yutaka Yano the exhibition "Transformative Hong Kong" representing Hong Kong at the 18th International Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Since October 2023, he serves as the Chairman of the International Forum on Urbanism, a network of 26 universities, research institutes and knowledge centres with the task to strengthen the international collaboration in the field of Urbanism. He also is a Council Board member of the NGO City Space Architecture and Strategic Board Member of the Journal of Public Space.
Hendrik Tieben is also a Founding Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design, International Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects in Hong Kong and Registered Architect in Germany (AKNW).
