Dr. Tobias Luthe is Associate Professor for Systemic Regenerative Design at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Senior Research Scientist in Social-Ecological Resilience at ETH Zurich (Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development), he teaches sustainability management and leadership at the University of Freiburg (Germany), and is Visiting Professor at Politecnico Torino (2020).
Tobias is an academic transdisciplinary hybrid, merging sustainability science (natural/social science interface) with forest/environmental/wood engineering, landscape planning, holistic architecture, service and industrial bio design, and sustainability economics. He is specifically interested in nature-based innovation for resilient regenerative systems of multiple types and scales, and how to integrate science, design and practice. Much of his academic research and his publication record is in sustainability science, with foci on resilience of complex social-ecological systems in mountain and Arctic environments, on circular economy, sustainable tourism, regenerative landscapes and bio-regional systems, material science and life-cycle analysis.
Related to Architecture, Tobias’ first Master thesis back in 2001 was on comparative life cycle assessment of engineered wood panels in passive solar timber buildings. On a UC Berkeley stipend, he co-designed the initial part of the Swall Institute, a creative work&play retreat in the Californian High Desert, owned by TED Senior Fellow Dr. Eric Berlow. Tobias is co-founding director of the MonViso Institute (MVI), a real-world laboratory for sustainability transitions and regenerative design in the Italian Alps. Here he designed and built a highly innovative passive net-positive building, full of demonstrated circularity (http://www.monviso-institute.org). MVI received the Italian environmental award by Legambiente for demonstrating and communicating sustainability.
Tobias received three leading industry sport and eco design awards for his eco skis, handmade from hemp fiber composites, part of the Grown Design Lab which Tobias co-founded (http://www.grownskis.com).
He is mountain, ski and bike guide, offering unique human-nature adventures at the interlink of science, nature-inspired creativity, and mental-physical experiences beyond the comfort zone.
Further information and list of publications and projects: tobiasluthe.de
Tobias is an academic transdisciplinary hybrid, merging sustainability science (natural/social science interface) with forest/environmental/wood engineering, landscape planning, holistic architecture, service and industrial bio design, and sustainability economics. He is specifically interested in nature-based innovation for resilient regenerative systems of multiple types and scales, and how to integrate science, design and practice. Much of his academic research and his publication record is in sustainability science, with foci on resilience of complex social-ecological systems in mountain and Arctic environments, on circular economy, sustainable tourism, regenerative landscapes and bio-regional systems, material science and life-cycle analysis.
Related to Architecture, Tobias’ first Master thesis back in 2001 was on comparative life cycle assessment of engineered wood panels in passive solar timber buildings. On a UC Berkeley stipend, he co-designed the initial part of the Swall Institute, a creative work&play retreat in the Californian High Desert, owned by TED Senior Fellow Dr. Eric Berlow. Tobias is co-founding director of the MonViso Institute (MVI), a real-world laboratory for sustainability transitions and regenerative design in the Italian Alps. Here he designed and built a highly innovative passive net-positive building, full of demonstrated circularity (http://www.monviso-institute.org). MVI received the Italian environmental award by Legambiente for demonstrating and communicating sustainability.
Tobias received three leading industry sport and eco design awards for his eco skis, handmade from hemp fiber composites, part of the Grown Design Lab which Tobias co-founded (http://www.grownskis.com).
He is mountain, ski and bike guide, offering unique human-nature adventures at the interlink of science, nature-inspired creativity, and mental-physical experiences beyond the comfort zone.
Further information and list of publications and projects: tobiasluthe.de
Units/fields
- Architecture & Culture
- Architecture and Landscape
- Design in Practise
- Emerging Landscapes and Terretories
- Industrial Design
- Infrastructure and Landscape
- Materials, Structure & Ecology
- Practise
- Service Design
- Systems Oriented Design