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Thomas Leerberg Ph.D.

Head of Research and Associate Professor
Cand. Arch. et Ph.D., Architect MAA

Email: thl AT dskd.dk (replace AT with @)

Was born 1968 and educated Architect MAA and Cand. Arch. from Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles in 1995 by Michele Saee, Michael Rotondi, Mike Davis and Kathryn Smith, and Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark in 1996 by Svein Tønsager, Kirsten Birk and Jan W. Hansen. Awarded a doctoral Ph.D. degree of architecture at Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark in 2004. From 2005 associate professor at Designskolen Kolding and from September 2007 Head of Research same place.

Has carried out a two-year research project on North American Suburbs in the national welfare research program and doctoral studies at Center for Integrated Design and Arkitektskolen Aarhus. Has further been editor at Arkitektskolens Forlag (Arkitektskolens Press) and member of the scientific committee at larger international conferences. Lately he has been project manager of the research project Virtual Platform financed by Center for Design Research and has just initiated the research project Immaterial Materials financed by Ministry of Cultural Affairs. He has been guest lecturer in Finland, Russia, Libanon and Dubai, and is currently censor at Copenhagen University. He co-founded PRE Design Forum, now the first official subnetwork of the Cumulus Association of 124 design schools worldwide.

He has a substantial experience from practice through his own design office and in cooperation with others. Since graduation, he has solved more than 175 design projects across scale and media. They have been from graphic design over interieur design and building design to vast urban design projects. He is member of the board at Birk Nielsen, Landscape Architects, Aarhus one of Denmark's three largest design offices in their field. He has received two AIA-awards, won six Danish architectural competitions and has been published in Denmark and abroad.


07 - Head of Research at Designskolen Kolding

06 - Project manager of the research project 'Immaterial Materials'

06 - Member of the board at Birk Nielsen, Landscape Architects, Aarhus

06 - Project manager of the research project 'Virtual Platform'

05 - Associate professor of design-theory and -method at Designskolen Kolding

05 - 06 Senior consultant at Birk Nielsen, Landscape Architects, Aarhus

04 Awarded a doctoral Ph.D. degree of architecture at Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark

04 Research position at Designskolen Kolding

96 - Owner of the design office ‘Leerberg+Leerberg, Architects MAA’

00 – 04 Doctoral studies at Center for Integrated Design and Arkitektskolen Aarhus
Editor at Arkitektskolens Forlag (Arkitektskolens Press)

02 Researcher in residence at California State University, Santa Barbara
Researcher in residence at The Getty Research Institute, Santa Monica
Researcher at Institute for Experimentel Datalogi, Århus Universitet

01 member of the scientific committee at the conference ‘Arkitekturforskning and IT’
Guest editor of Arkitekturnet.dk

97 – 99 Two-year research project on North American Suburbs

98 Field studies in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas

89 – 96 Studies and training in architecture at Arkitektskolen i Aarhus, Department D

95 Studies and training in architecture at Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles


Publications (selected, in Danish)

07 "Den Danske Arkitektur", Anne-Louise Sommer (ed.), Gyldendal (to be published primo 2008)
07 "A Virtual Setting for Design Dialogue", in A Handbook for Dialogue, Designskolen Kolding, 2007 (published ultimo 2007)
07 "DK: Virtual Platform, Afrapportering for Pilotfase Januar 2006 - Oktober 2006" by Thomas Leerberg. Research rapport, Designskolen Kolding, 2006
06 "A Spatial Environment For Design Dialogue" chapter in Higher creativity for virtual teams: Developing platforms for co-creation by S. P. MacGregor and T. Torres-Coronas (Eds.) 2007 (Peer reviewed)
05 "DK: Scenarier for Forskning – Interaktive Medier og Visuel Kommunikation" in cooperation with Trine Brun Petersen. Research rapport, Designskolen Kolding, 2005.
04 "Embedded Spaces – embedding spatial parameters and properties in new products of architecture through an integrated design process," Phd-afhandling 2004, Arkitektskolen Aarhus (Committee reviewed).
02 “Arkitektonisk økologi, Økologisk Arkitektur,” Dansk Arkitektur Årgang 2000, Statens Kunstfond, København, (Peer reviewed)
02 “How to Construct a Space for Space,” Nordisk Arkitekturforskning, No 2/2002 (Peer reviewed)
01 “Ny arkitektonisk praksis,” leder, Arkitekturnet.dk, 01, vol. 06
00 “Den Nye Forstad,” Konkurrence-program
00 “En Visionær Pragmatisme,” Arkitekturnet.dk, 00, vol. 12
00 “Grænsedragning i den nordamerikanske forstad,” i Byplan 00, vol. 02
00 “Den Nordamerikanske Forstad,” Arkitektskolen Aarhus
99 “Suburban Warfare,” paper, Aalborg
99 “Turku Main Library,” ArchiLab, Orleans Frankrig
99 “Re: Michele Saee,” Passepartout, årg. 6, nr. 12 (Peer reviewed)
99 “Med skeen i hånden,” Passepartout, årg. 6, nr. 12 (Peer reviewed)
98 “Los Angeles som bymæssigt fænomen, Gated Communities,” paper, Århus
97 “Global Urbanism – Local Urbanism,” Europan 97, Thessaloniki, Grækenland
96 “What is it like now?,” SCI-arc, Los Angeles, USA
94 “The use of photography in the architectural process,” Prix de L’AEEA 94, Belgien


Scientific references (selected)

07 Head of Research at Designskolen Kolding
07 Chair ‘Real-life, Not politics!', Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
07 Member of the scientific committee of the Cumulus Conference in Kyoto, 2008
07 Keynote speaker, Art & Sceience of Visual Communication Design', Cumulus seminar, University of Lapland, Finland
07 Chair ‘The New Future of Master of Arts (MA) Education', Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
06 Chair på session 'PRE Design Forum', Cumulus Conference, Warszawa
06 Forskningsbevilling fra Kulturministeriet til projektet 'Immaterielle Materialer'
06 Censor ved Københavns Universitet, Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab
06 Chair på session 'PRE Design Forum', Cumulus Conference, Nantes
06 Gæsteforelæser, St Petersburg State University, Rusland
06 Gæsteforelæser, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
06 Gæsteforelæser, American University Sharjah, UAE
06 Leder af forskningsprojektet Virtual Platform
06 Redaktør på PRE Design Forum - netværk for praksis baseret forskning og undervisning
06 Medlem af censorkorpset ved Københavns Universitet
06 Projektvejleder for Ph.D.-studerende Thomas Lagoni
05 Gæsteforelæser, American University Beirut, Libanon
05 Videnskabelig gransker for tidskriftet Nordisk Arkitekturforskning
05 Hovedvejleder for Ph.D.-studerende Kirsten Nissen (Mønsterudvikling i tekstildesign, specielt vævede tekstiler)
05 Chair på session 'Theory in Practice', Cumulus Conference, København
05 ’Videnskabelig praksis’, forelæsning, Forskerskolen, Arkitektskolen Aarhus (AAA)
04 ’Arkitektur som Videnskabelig praksis’, forelæsning, Designskolen Kolding
04 Forskningsansættelse i 2 måneder ved Designskolen Kolding
04 ’IT som design-redskab’, IT-konference, forelæsning, Arkitektskolen Aarhus
04 Tildelt Ph.D.-graden i arkitektur ved Arkitektskolen Aarhus
04 ’Visualization of Sea-based Windmills’, forelæsning, Elsam/Energi2
02 Forskningssamarbejde med ’WorkSpace’, Center for Pervasive Computing, specielt deltagelse i design af applikationen Topos.
02 Forskningasamarbejde med Center for Avanceret Visualisering og Interaktion, Århus Universitet om fremstilling af video-prototyper.
02 International konference ’ArchiLab Orleans 2002’, tema ’Écomomie de la Terre’
02 ’New Tectonic Concepts in Building’, Internationalt CID seminar i Skagen
02 ‘Blue-In’ i ‘WorkSpace’ regi, oplæg om videoprototyping.
01 ‘Pragmatiske Urbane Strategier’, forelæsning for afd. B/L, AAA
01 ‘Suburban Warfare’, forelæsning for afd. B/L, AAA
01 ‘The Virtual Architect’, præsentation af video prototype for E-design, AAA
01 Forskningsudveksling på UCL Computer Science, University College London og Bartlett School of Architecture, London
01 ‘Metode Seminar’, seminar, Forskerskolen AAA
01 Forskningssamarbejde med ’WorkSpace’, Center for Pervasive Computing
01 ’Arkitekturforskning og IT’, NA Konference, Århus (medlem af videnskabelig kommité)
01 Forskningsudveksling på ’Architectural Drawing Collection’, University of California Santa Barbara, specielt kildesøgning i forhold til RM Schindler
01 Forskningsudveksling, Getty Research Institute, Santa Monica
01 Forskningsudveksling, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
01 ‘Proces som produkt’, undervisning, januarkursus, AAA
00 ’Differenz und Intensität – Die poetische Kraft der Architektur’, konference, Hamborg
00 ’Case Study’, seminar, Forskerskolen og Ph.D.-foreningen ved AAA
00 ‘The Virtual House’, forelæsning med paper KD/AAA
00 ‘Virtualitet’, teoriformidling, KD/AAA
00 ‘Diagrams matter’, forelæsning med paper KD/AAA
00 ‘Parametre og Egenskaber’, forelæsning med paper Januarkursus/AAA
00 ‘Schindler i Los Angeles’, forelæsning med paper Afd. G/AAA
99 ‘ANYmore’, international konference, Paris, Frankrig
99 ‘Byen og Velfærd’, seminar Dansk Byplanlaboratorium, Aalborg
99 ‘Landscapes of Association: Patterns of Association’, Kritik/Undervisning, Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Afd. V, Århus
99 ‘Det 20. århundredes museum’, Kritik/Undervisning, Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Afd. V, Århus
99 ‘No Thinking-tank, Aachen 2013’, Workshop/Kritik, RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Tyskland
98 ‘Den nye neighborhood’, seminar Byfornyelse i Forstaden/AAA
98 ‘Den nordamerikanske storby’, seminar, Institut for Litteraturhistorie, Århus
98 ‘Urbanitetsbegrebet og forstaden’, seminar Byfornyelse i forstaden/AAA
98 ‘Neighborboodens aktualitet’, seminar Byfornyelse i Forstaden/AAA
97 Feltstudie (6 måneder): ‘Forstæder i Los Angeles og Phoenix’, ‘Byfornyelse i Forstaden’, Los Angeles
97 Projektansat forsker på projektet Byfornyelse i Forstaden.


Awards (in Danish)

03 Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond
97 AIA Merit Award Distingushed Buildings (Beverly Hills Cosmetic Dental Center, California) I samarbejde med Michele Saee, Los Angeles, USA
97 AIA Next LA Honor Award Competition Entry (Studio for Sculpture D.L., Los Angeles, California) I samarbejde med Michele Saee, Los Angeles, USA
95 Margot og Thorvald Dreyers Fond
94 De Bielkeske Legater
94 Dato B. Bek-Nielsens almennyttige fond
94 Holstebro Byråds Legat til fremme of international samarbejde og forståelse


Exhibitions (in Danish)

99 ”ArchiLab Orleans 1999”, Orleans, Frankrig
98 “Das Faser-stoff Projekt” (Fürstenberg), Århus Kunstmuseum
98 “Børn og Rum”, Arkitektskolen Aarhus
98 “Turku Main Library”, Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles
97 “Århus Ny Kunstmuseum”, Rådhuset, Århus
97 “Europan 97”, Thessaloniki, Grækenland
97 “Københavns Universitet Amager”, KUA, København
92 “Fantastiske Fremtid”, Aalborg Kongres Center


Projects (selected, in Danish)

08/2006 Masterplan for Skjern-Tarm ved krydsningen af Skjern Å
08/2006 Reetablering af barok-have på Engelsholm Slot ved Bredsten
01/2005 Fredericia Midtby, projektering, projektleder
06/2004 Fredericia Helhedsplan, design, projektleder
06/2004 Aalborg Helhedsplan, oplæg
06/2004 471 boliger i Aalborg, landskabelig strategi, projektleder
05/2004 Børnhave for autistiske børn, design og projektering, projektleder
05/2004 OL Stadion, Beijing, landskabelig strategi, projektleder
05/2004 ServiceGruppen, website, grafisk design
05/2004 Varde Midtby, urban strategi
05/2004 Fredericia Midtby, oplæg urban strategi, projektleder
02/2004 ClematisDanmark, identitet, design strategi
09/2003 ServiceGruppen, grafisk design
09/2003 Nordjyllands Trafikselskab Design Manual, design strategi
06/2003 Urban Land, bogprojekt, projektleder
06/2003 Nordjyllands Trafikselskab Busser, design strategi
04/2003 RUC, konkurrenceprojekt, landskabelig strategi
10/2002 ARRIVA Tog/DK, grafisk design
10/2002 Bedre Byrum Thisted, Fase 2, urban strategi, projektleder
09/2002 ServiceGruppen, præsentationsmateriale
08/2002 Bedre Byrum Fredericia, urban strategi
08/2002 Bedre Byrum Aabenraa, urban strategi
08/2002 Bedre Byrum Morsø, urban strategi
08/2002 Bedre Byrum Thisted, urban strategi
07/2002 StoreBucks, identitet, design strategi
07/2002 ARRIVA Tog/DK, interiør, design strategi
10/2001 Bascon Prekvalificationsmateriale, design strategi
03/2001 www.hertzwallherold.dk, design strategi
02/2001 IT-Vest, brochure, grafisk design
02/2001 Bascon, identitet, design strategi
01/2001 ServiceGruppen, portræt annonce, grafisk design
12/2000 Fremtidens Foreningshus, konkurrenceprojekt
12/2000 IT-Vest, profil brochure, grafisk design
11/2000 Søndervold Randers, konkurrenceprojekt
10/2000 Plejecenter Bakkegården, projekt
09/2000 AAB Kolding Skovparken, projekt
08/2000 Malmö Havn Fase 2, præsentationsmateriale
07/2000 ServiceGruppen, Work@home, design strategi
06/2000 Kvarterhus Kolding, konkurrenceprojekt
06/2000 Friluftscenter FDF Søhøjlandet, konkurrenceprojekt
06/2000 Infill Frederiksberg, projekt
06/2000 Riisvangen II, byfornyelse, projekt
06/2000 IT-Business News 6.00, grafisk design
05/2000 Intermedia, infofolder, grafisk design
05/2000 HyperText, identitet, design strategi
05/2000 Nimbusparken, konkurrenceprojekt
04/2000 ‘Et Fremtidens Universitet’, prisopgave, projekt
04/2000 BioTech, Windsløwsparken Odense, landskabelig strategi
04/2000 Global Hosting, identitet, design strategi
04/2000 Beboelsesområde i Kolding, konkurrenceprojekt
03/2000 ServiceAcademy, identitet, design strategi
02/2000 IT-Vest, brochure, grafisk design
02/2000 Alexandra Instituttet, brochure, grafisk design
02/2000 Optisk Affaldssorteringsanlæg, konkurrenceprojekt
01/2000 Design Debut Århus, præsentationsmateriale
01/2000 Den Ny Forstad, konkurrenceprogram,
12/1999 Århus Havn, konkurrenceprojekt
11/1999 Sydhavns Plads, konkurrenceprojekt
10/1999 3 x Nielsen, identitet, design strategi
10/1999 Tuborg Havn, konkurrenceprojekt
06/1999 DARE, identitet, design strategi
06/1999 IT Universitet Vest, identitet, design strategi
06/1999 Nordic Interactive, identitet, design strategi
06/1999 CIT Årsberetning, grafisk design
05/1999 Elektra Website, grafisk design
05/1999 Virtual Reality, identitet, design strategi
05/1999 Alexandra Instituttet, identitet, design strategi
04/1999 Korngrunden Hjørring, konkurrenceprojekt
04/1999 Grønlandsk Familiebolig år 2000, konkurrenceprojekt
03/1999 Elektra Energihandel A/S, identitet, design strategi
02/1999 Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling, landskabelig strategi
12/1998 Boligområde i Sorø, konkurrenceprojekt
11/1998 Boligområde i Svendborg, konkurrenceprojekt
11/1998 Intermedia, identitet, design strategi
10/1998 EUROPAN 5, Reims, konkurrenceprojekt
05/1998 Et område vest for Aalborg Universitet, landskabelig strategi
04/1998 Aalborg Godsbaneterræn, urban strategi
04/1998 Das Faser-stoff Projekt, Fürstenberg, landskabelig strategi
03/1998 Container til Vestforbrænding, design
02/1998 Boliger for Hjemløse, Århus, landskabelig strategi
02/1998 Den Fleksible Bolig, Ørestaden, konkurrenceprojekt
12/1997 Københavns Universitet Amager, konkurrenceprojekt
12/1997 Turku Main Library, konkurrenceprojekt
10/1997 Non-City in the City, Tokyo, konkurrenceprojekt
10/1997 Sculpture Studio for David Lindberg, projekt
09/1997 Beverly Hills Cosmetic Dental Center, projekt
09/1997 IS House, Beverly Hills, projekt
08/1997 Økohus 99, Blangstedgård, konkurrenceprojekt
06/1997 Århus Kunstmuseum, konkurrenceprojekt
06/1997 Århus Ny Idrætspark, konkurrenceprojekt
05/1997 Forstadsrenovering Esbjerg, urban strategi
04/1997 Fremtidens Daginstitution, Herning, konkurrenceprojekt
04/1997 Boligområde, Rønde, landskabelig strategi
04/1997 Stengårdsvej Esbjerg, landskabelig strategi
03/1997 Busgadehuset i Århus, konkurrenceprojekt
03/1997 EUROPAN 97 Thessaloniki, landskabelig strategi
11/1996 CIT, identitet, design strategi
11/1996 ServiceGruppen, identitet, design strategi
11/1996 Skæring Plantecenter, grafisk design
10/1996 DAI, identitet, design strategi
10/1996 Fischer Gardiner, identitet, design strategi
09/1996 Nuuk Nordlandet, landskabelig strategi


© Thomas Leerberg, Designskolen Kolding 2007. Modified: Tue, 16 October 2007