Oliver David (OD) Krieg is an expert in parametric design and robotic manufacturing in the AEC industry. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Intelligent City in Vancouver, Canada, he is leading the development of their mass timber technology platform for high-rise construction, combining building systems, manufacturing, and software development. This is part of the company’s effort to provide urban housing as a sustainable, affordable, and livable product solution. This work is characterized by a highly integrative approach towards engineering, design, manufacturing, and sustainability.
Prior to joining Intelligent City, Oliver was a doctoral candidate at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. There, he led and participated in several international research and built projects that explore architectural potentials in timber construction. Working with wood as a natural but highly performative building material has enabled novel potentials that allow for exceedingly individualized and complex building elements and construction systems. In order to unlock this potential, an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted approach was followed. The resulting material systems and prototypes evaluated the structural and spatial possibilities, ultimately pushing the boundaries of today’s architectural design research.
Oliver has taught workshops at the University of Sydney, UBC Vancouver, and Tongji University Shanghai, and he has given lectures at several national and international conferences in architectural design and timber construction. He has been teaching seminars and studios at the University of Stuttgart in the context of his research. Between 2014 and 2017, Oliver was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation for his dissertation. His projects at the ICD have won many national and international awards and have been published in numerous magazines worldwide.
In 2018, Oliver founded the design label and explorative platform odk.design to continue his research in the dynamic relationship between manufacturing technology and contemporary wood design.
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Project Awards
Work Experience
| 04/2020 – present | Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Intelligent City |
| 04/2018 – 03/2020 | Director of Technology Intelligent City |
| 03/2018 – present | Founder and Principal odk.design |
| 10/2012 – 12/2022 | Doctoral Candidate Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) |
| 08/2013 – 03/2018 | Research Associate Computational Wood Architecture Group Leader Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) |
| 03/2010 – 10/2012 | Graduate Assistant RoboLab, University of Stuttgart |
| 10/2011 – 03/2012 | Assistant Architect Barkow Leibinger Architekten, Berlin |
| 10/2008 – 04/2009 | Assistant Architect Foster+Partners, London |
| 06/2005 – 10/2008 | Editor for game modifications Krawall Gaming Network |
Achievements
| 01/2014 – 12/2016 | PhD Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation |
| 06/2009 – 10/2012 | Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation |
| 04/2012 – 10/2012 | Diploma project “Connecting Intelligence” wins Diploma Price |
| 10/2008 – 10/2009 | Elected student member of the board of the School of Architecture |
Education and Qualification
| 10/2012 – 12/2022 | PhD (Dr.-Ing.), summa cum laude, University of Stuttgart, Faculty for Architecture, Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) |
| 10/2006 – 10/2012 | Dipl.-Ing. (MSc equiv.) University of Stuttgart, Faculty for Architecture |
| 04/2007 – 10/2009 | Member of the faculty’s student council |
| 09/2009 – 02/2010 | Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst, Sint-Lucas, Belgium |