Raitenhaslach Monastery – Summer School

2026 (70) Lecture series (eight participants) and exhibition under the title and theme “Futures Literacy: Climate and Design”. MH’s contribution: “Climate and Design – From Concept to Realization”. A project of the Art + Architecture Academy for Climate, Environment and Social Affairs. 

University of Nizwa, Oman

2026 (69) Revisiting Biophilia – Biophilic Design has become established as a significant approach in design to strengthen the connection between humans and nature. Conference: Engineering a Greener World International Conference on Creative Engineering & Emerging Technologies Exploring Future Edges.

German Embassy Muscat, Oman

2026 (68) Biophilic Design for Oman 2040. Presentation of art and environmental projects by MH relating to the plans for a sustainable environment with effective and balanced ecosystems and renewable resources (Vision Oman 2021–2040).

Vietnamese-German University (VGU) – Ben Cat City, Vietnam

2025 (67) Presentation of the planning and design by MH of the Green Hydrogen Hub and a tour of the exhibition “MH – Bamboo and Green Hydrogen” (Exhibition Hall). In cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and VGU.

Bavarian Environment Agency – Augsburg, Germany

2024 (66) Recycling centre: communication and collection at the recycling centre. Contribution: “MH – Aesthetics of Crisis – Building with Waste”.

Hochschule Kaiserslautern – University of Applied Sciences – Germany

2023 (65) “MH – Simply Build”. Architecture, Department of Building and Design, Structural Design & Architectural Design.

Städtische Galerie im Kulturforum Traunstein – Germany

2023 (64) Lecture series “Art, Climate, Art” on the occasion of the Climate City Festival. Contribution: “MH – Rethinking Art – Art and Architecture as an Impulse for Ecological and Social Change”.

MOT+++ Contemporary Art Space – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2023 (63) “MH – Works”, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese-German University (VGU) – Ben Cat City, Vietnam

2023 (62) Ben Cat City-Saigon, “MH – Out of Waste”. Lecture in the VGU Library Hall (followed by a multi-day workshop).

Department of Labor and Economic Development, City of Munich – Germany

2022 (61) Hall 6, presentation of the joint art and environmental project in Harare “Bicycle instead of Car” by MH and the artist collective CaliGraph.

University of Tübingen – Germany

2022 (60) “MH – Rethinking Art”. Keynote on the theme of art production. SmP seminar “Aesthetics of Crisis” with German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

natureplus e.V. – Germany

2021 (59) Webinar “Bamboo – A Building Material for the Masses?” Webinar series “Building Materials of the Future”.

Deutscher Werkbund Bayern – Ismaning, Germany

2019 (58) Monday Round at the Kallmann Museum – excursion/guided tour of the exhibition “MH – Species and Elements”.

Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekt:innen (bdla) – Munich, Germany

2019 (57) Public lecture, House of Architecture. “MH – Art and Architecture as an Impulse for Ecological and Social Change”.

Faber-Castell Academy – Stein, Germany

2019 (56) “MH – Installations and Art Structures – On New Forms of Art”. Department of Fine Arts, lecture in the Cultural Hall at Stein Town Hall.

Schloss Blumenthal – Aichach, Germany

2019 (55) “MH – Art and Architecture as an Impulse for Change”, Art and Culture Association of the Blumenthal Cooperative.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Germany

2017 (54) EBB – Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Building Construction and Materials Science. “MH – New Materials – Art and Recycling” (keynote).

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Germany

2017 (53) Auditorium Maximum, “MH – Installations and Structures”. Peter Löscher Chair of Business Ethics.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Germany

2016 (52) Vorhölzer Forum, “MH – Experimental Art – Low Cost Architecture”. Lecture series: New Materials – Low-Cost Building, Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Building Construction and Materials Science.

The University of Tokyo and Kengo Kuma Lab – Japan

2016 (51) “MH – Experimental Art – Low Cost Architecture”, UT Lectures 2016 of the Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, organised by T_ADS.

Kongress Palais – documenta Halle – Kassel, Germany

2015 (50) “MH – Creativity and Innovation, Low Cost and High Tech”. International congress of the German DIY, Building and Garden Trade Association (BHB).

China Building Centre – Anji, Zhejiang Province, China

2015 (49) “MH – Building with Bamboo”, “2nd Forum of Bamboo Architecture – Bamboo Life” (with Kengo Kuma).

Literaturhaus Stuttgart – Germany

2015 (48) “Creative Engagement Between Different Cultures”. Panel discussion with Prof. Dr Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Goethe-Institut, moderated by Frank Kaltenbach, DETAIL magazine, organised by Architektur-Forum Baden-Württemberg Foundation.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Germany

2015 (47) “MH – Installations and Structures”, Chair of Building Technology and Climate-Responsive Design, Prof.-Ing. Thomas Auer.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Germany

2015 (46) “MH – Installations and Structures”, Chair of Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Werner Lang.

University of Johannesburg – South Africa

2015 (45) “MH – Waste and Recycling – Art and Construction”, chair of Prof. Alex Opper, director of the Architectural Technology Programme.

Stellenbosch University – Western Cape, South Africa

2015 (44) “MH – Waste and Recycling – Art and Construction” at the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies on the occasion of the exhibition at the Cape Chamber of Architecture in Cape Town.

University of Stuttgart – Germany

2015 (43) “MH – Low-Cost Structures and Pavilions” for the lecture series “Construction and Material” of the chairs of Prof. Werner Sobek (ILEK) and Prof. Harald Garrecht (MPA).

Allianz Forum – Berlin, Germany

2014 (42) “MH – Mobile Hydro Rotor”, European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA).

Social Entrepreneurship Akademie – Munich, Germany

2014 (41) “MH – Sustainable Low Cost Architecture – Art and Recycling”, summit with 35 student participants giving 35 presentations on the theme of “Waste”. Lecture topic “Construction and Recycling”.

Oskar von Miller Forum – Munich, Germany

2014 (40) World Water Day, “MH – Isarleuchten Installation”.

State Textile and Industry Museum (tim) – Augsburg, Germany

2013 (39) “Textile Architecture – Planning, Concept, Material”, conference of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects. “MH – Use in Temporary Structures”.

Hindustan University – Chennai, India

2013 (38) Guest lecture “Mobile Spaces – Works by Markus Heinsdorff” followed by the workshop “Low-Cost Houses” at the School of Architecture. In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan.

Anna University, School of Architecture and Planning – Chennai, India

2013 (37) “MH – Sustainable Low Cost and Textile Architecture”.

German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) – Hyderabad, India

2013 (36) “MH – Sustainable Low Cost and Textile Architecture”, “The DWIH New Delhi – Excellence on Tour 2013”, an event of the DWIH and the German Research Foundation (DFG).

MARG Institute of Design and Architecture Swarnabhoomi (MIDAS) – Chennai, India

2013 (35) (Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu), “MH – Textile Pavilion on India Tour”.

Association of Designers of India (ADI) – Pune, India

2013 (34) “MH – Pavilion Buildings”, design festival “re·gen·er·ate” | Designwala, Le Méridien, Maharashtra.

Universidad Ricardo Palma and Universidad de San Martín de Porres – Lima, Peru

2012 (33) “MH – Art and Architecture with Bamboo”. Bamboo congress, “Art in Bamboo Architecture in Peru”, on the use of bamboo in Peru, organised by INBAR.

MAEER’s MIT Institute of Design – Pune, Maharashtra, India

2012 (32) (Maharashtra), “MH – Global Bridge and D-Lane Urban Art Project”

School of Planning and Architecture – New Delhi, India

2012 (31) “MH – Global Bridge – Textile Buildings”.

Dayananda Sagar Educational Institutions – Bangalore, India

2012 (30) (Malleshwara Hills, Karnataka Province), Architecture Department. “MH – Mobile Space – Textile Building”.

NIMHANS Convention Centre – Malnad Architecture School Alumni – Bangalore, India

2012 (29) “MH – Mobile Space – Textile Structures”, MASA annual event, international architecture forum.

VDI – The Association of German Engineers – Munich, Germany

2011 (28) “MH – Works”, “Interrelationships Between Art and Technology”, Forum Technik und Kunst.

Labor Entrepreneurship, Freie Universität Berlin – Germany

2011, 2012 (27) “MH – Sustainable Furniture Architecture”, video 2011 and 2012.

Xue Xue Institute and National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute – Taiwan

2011 (26) Taipei and Nantou, “MH – Bamboo Installation and Object”.

Oskar von Miller Forum, TUM – Munich, Germany

2011 (25) “MH – Water Works – Installations and Objects”, in cooperation with the Hydromechanics Laboratory of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Donghua University – Shanghai, China

2011 (24) “3rd International Seminar on China Environmental Art & Design” – “MH – Art and Architecture”.

Nature Design Summit – Shanghai, China

2010 (23) “Green Now – 2010 Nature Design Summit”, “MH – Bamboo – Pavilions and the German-Chinese House – Expo Shanghai”, Woigreen by Dream Home Canada, Pudong New Area.

Shanghai Expo – INBAR – China

2010 (22) Congress on Bamboo and Rattan, “Innovative Constructions” – “MH – Design with Nature – New Architecture with Bamboo”.

Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts – China

2010 (21) “MH – Architecture and Landscape at Shanghai Expo”, “Creative – Tomorrow: International Forum”, Environmental Art Faculty.

Silpakorn University and EU Green Days – Bangkok, Thailand

2009 (20) Central World Plaza and Silpakorn University, Faculty of Architecture. “MH – Bamboo Installations and Objects”.

Domaine de Boisbuchet – Lessac, France

2009 (19) “MH – Installations and Structures”, summer academy.

Technical University of Darmstadt – Germany

2009 (18) “MH – Bamboo, Material of the Future”, Institute of Structural Engineering, Prof. Harald Garrecht.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology – Wuhan, China

2009 (17) “MH – Installations and Structures”, School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts – China

2009 (16) “MH – Recycling Art”, Faculty of Environmental Arts.

Germany in China – Deutschland und China gemeinsam in Bewegung (DuC) – Guangzhou, China

2008 (15) “MH – Urban Visions – Bamboo, Material of the Future, the Bamboo Structures of the Germany Promenade”.

Chongqing University – China

2008 (14) “MH – Accessible Spaces”, Faculty of Architecture.

Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences – Germany

2008 (13) “MH – Skeleton Structures with Gabions”, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Ingrid Scheg.

Southeast University (SEU), School of Architecture – Nanjing, China

2008 (12) “MH – Global Bridge – Mobile Spaces – Object and Design”.

Technical University of Munich (TUM) – Germany

2007 (11) Chair of Structural Design and Membrane Construction, “MH – Global Bridge – Membrane Structures, Pavilion Buildings”.

Southeast University (SEU), School of Architecture – Nanjing, China

2007 (10) “MH – Germany Promenade – Pavilion Buildings”, follow-up discussion with architect Albert Speer Jr.

Chiang Mai University (CMU) – Thailand

2007 (09) “MH – Bamboo Tree House”, Faculty of Architecture.

Goethe-Institut Hanoi – Vietnam

2007 (08) “MH – Experience Bamboo” (exhibition, workshop and lecture).

Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) – Bandung, Indonesia

2007 (07) “MH – Bamboo Installations”, technical university, Chair of Architecture in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut – keynote lecture, see workshop.

Prem Tinsulanonda International School – Mae Rim, Thailand

2006 (06) “MH – Installation and Bamboo”.

Chiang Mai University (CMU) – Thailand

2005 (05) “MH – Art Installation and Spaces”, Faculty of Fine Arts.

RWTH Aachen University – Germany

2005 (04) Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Building Construction, Prof. Wilfried Führer, “MH – Working with Bamboo”

Deutscher Werkbund Bayern – Munich, Germany

1998 (03) “MH – Art in Public Space – Germany, China”

Architekturkreis Regensburg – Germany

1995 (02) “MH – Art and Urban Space”.

University of Applied Arts Vienna – Austria

1993 (01) Lecture series “Global Transfer”, Prof. Elmar Zorn – “MH – Global Bridge”.

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