Herman Neuckermans

Background

About Herman Neuckermans

Herman NEUCKERMANS (°1943, Brussels) graduated in 1967 at K.U.Leuven (Belgium) as an engineer architect, where he also obtained his PhD on Design Methods and Computers in Architecture in 1976. He has been a practicing self-employed architect from 1967 till 1974. He is a full tenured professor at KU Leuven, department of Architecture, since 1981, where he teaches design methods and theory including CAAD, architectural design studio, traditional construction. He is founder and chair of the CADLAB where a team of 4 to 9 researchers study the use of computers in the early design stages. Publication list from 1986 : He was head of department of architecture, urban design and planning for 13 years and shared the program committee for another 15 years. He was during 23 years a member of the engineering faculty enrolment committee and shared during 6 years the academic engineering staff evaluation committee. He has been sharing educational and research assessment committees internationally. He is actively involved in EAAE (European Association for Architectural Education) since 1996 and acted as president of this association from till 2003. He was a council member of EAAE (1996-2009) and a member of the Joint Working Party between ACE (European Council of Architects) and EAAE and project leader for the EU funded MACE project on behalf of EAAE. He became an emeritus of KU Leuven in 2009 and was teaching till 2012.