CV: Ao. Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. ERICH LEHNER

·       born 1955

·       1974 - 1982: studies on architecture at the Vienna University of Technology;
studies on art history and science of music at the Vienna University

·       1982: diploma in Architecture

·       1985: conferment of doctorate in Architecture

·       1996: university habilitation (postdoctoral lecturing qualification). Venia docendi for "Architecture of Non-Western Traditions"

·       1982 - 1996: university assistant at the Institute for History of Architecture and Historic Building Survey

·       Apr. 1996 - Dec. 1996: assistant professor

·       Dec. 1996 - Sept. 1997: university docent

·       since Oct. 1997: associate university professor

·       Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2003: head of the Institute for History of Architecture and Historic Building Survey at the Vienna University of Technology

·       since 2002: president of the Institute for Comparative Research in Architecture

RESEARCH TOPICS:

·       architecture of non-Western traditions

·       comparative history of architecture

·       elementary building forms and methods

·       contexts of function, form, construction and symbolism in architecture

·       principles of evolution in architecture, based on the environment of technology, society, and art

·       research areas: Indigenous architecture of Asia, America, Oceania, Africa and prehistoric Europe

TEACHING TOPICS (extract):

·       architecture of non-Western traditions

·       elementary building forms

·       ideas and concepts of architecture

·       comparative history of architecture

·       history of architecture seminar

·       field excursions in Asia, America, Oceania and Africa

PROJECTS IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING since 2001 (extract):

·       "Cultures of Living" (2004-2005):
Supervisor of the EU Programme in Indonesia. Main cooperation: Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta /Indonesia.

·       "City Culture in Motion" (2005-2006):
Scientific supervisor of the EU Programme in Thailand. Main cooperation: Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok /Thailand. 

·       further projects:

- "Architectural Heritages of Samoa and Fiji Islands" (2002-2004), in cooperation with Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Hermann Mückler (cultural anthropology) and DI Dr. Ulrike Herbig (survey and photogrammetry)

- "The Architectural Heritage of Indonesia: Part 1: North Sumatra" (since 2003)

- "Traditional Building Types on New Caledonia" (since 2003)

- "Solar Town Ladakh" / India (2001), project with students, together with DI Dr. Andrea Rieger-Jandl)

- "Titicaca" – Gentle Tourism on the Isla del Sol / Bolivia (2002), project with students, together with DI Dr. Andrea Rieger-Jandl (ethnology) and DI Dr. Karin Stieldorf (building physics)

- "Aceh: After the Tsunami" (2005/06), design project with students, together with DI Dr. Andrea Rieger-Jandl (architecture /ethnology), Ao.Univ.Prof. DI Dr. Christa Illera (building theory) and DI Dr. Yoshiaki Amino (structural design).

FIELD RESEARCHES:

·       Indonesia and Oceania: Sumatra (2003); Nias (2003); Bali (1996, 2004); Java (1992, 2005); New Caledonia (2003); Samoa (1988, 2002); Fiji (1988, 2002); Tonga (1988); New Zealand (1988); Hawai'i (1987, 1998).

·       Asia: Thailand (1994, 2000, 2005); Cambodia (2005); India (2001); Malaysia (1988); Beijing /China (2004); Iraq (1995); Jordan (1994, 1996); Armenia (2002)

·       Africa: Egypt (1990); Tunisia (1999); Morocco (1997); Mali (2001)

·       America: Mexico (1991); Guatemala and Honduras (1993); Bolivia (2002); Peru (2002); south-western USA and northern Mexico (1987, 2003); north-western USA (2001); Ohio /USA (1994)