Dr Hendrik Tieben is an architect and Professor at the School of Architecture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). In his work as an educator, scholar, and designer, he focuses on the creation of more sustainable and inclusive cities. At CUHK, Prof. Tieben founded the MSc in Urban Design programme and co-founded the BSSc in Urban Studies programme. From 2021 to 2024, he served as the Director of the School of Architecture, and currently is the Associate Director of the School and the Associate Director of the BSSc in Urban Studies Programme. Prof. Tieben’s teaching at CUHK ranges from bachelor’s to PhD level, and focuses on urban design, history, and theory. Over the last two decades, Hendrik Tieben developed a series of placemaking and community projects, involving a wide range of stakeholders and students. His design and research projects have been published in international journals and presented at different Biennale exhibitions. In 2023, he co-curated the exhibition “Transformative Hong Kong”, as Hong Kong’s contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale. As part of his engagement with urban design and research, Prof. Hendrik Tieben contributes to different international collaborations and networks. For instance, in 2024, he organised with Prof. Murray Frazer (UCL) and Prof. Andong Lu (Nanjing University) the CEADER Conference “Design Research Expanded”. In the same year, he also organised with Prof. Ian Morley (CUHK) the 20^th Biennial Conference of the International Planning History Society, both at CUHK.
Hendrik Tieben also serves currently as Chairman of the Scientific Board of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), a network of 25 Asian, European, and South American universities. For the network, he coordinated the IFoU Conferences in 2017 and 2024, and the IFoU Winter Schools in 2013 and 2025 in Hong Kong.