Biography
As Technical Director at knippershelbig Stuttgart, Dr. Thiemo Fildhuth is in charge of structural glass, bonding and metal/steel construction. After studying architecture and civil engineering and working in international engineering firms, he completed his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart on the topic of curved glass and sensor technology. He joined knippershelbig in 2015 and has since been responsible for numerous complex international projects with a focus on load-bearing glass, steel construction and French-speaking countries.
Since 2019, he is assistant professor (Dozent) in the field of civil engineering / building envelope at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) in Switzerland, where he is also responsible as head of the building envelope study program. Thiemo Fildhuth is a member of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers and represents knippershelbig in the Association for Glass Construction (Fachverband Konstruktiver Glasbau FKG), where he is also responsible for the research group on curved glass.
Professional Experience:
Since 2021 Technical Director at knippershelbig GmbH, Stuttgart | Germany
Since 2023 Head of the study program "Building Envelope" at the HSLU
Since 2022: Head of the working group "curved glass" of the FKG (German Association for Glass Construction)
Since 2019 Assistent Professor (Dozent) at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | Switzerland, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Institute of Civil Engineering
2019 - 2020 Associate with knippershelbig GmbH, Stuttgart | Germany
2015 - 2018 Senior engineer at knippershelbig GmbH, Stuttgart | Germany
2009 – 2015 Research associate and lecturer, University of Stuttgart (ITKE, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers) | Germany
Since 2013: Managing Partner, Rainer Fildhuth Kommanditgesellschaft
2007 – 2009 Project manager, RFR Group, Paris | France
2005 – 2007 Structural engineer, B+G Engineers - Bollinger and Grohmann GmbH, Frankfurt | Germany
Education:
2015 Phd-Thesis (doctorate), topic: “Design and Monitoring of Cold Bent Lamination-Stabilised Glass: Investigated by Applying Fibre Optic Sensors”. Distinction: "summa cum laude" (with highest honors) at the University of Stuttgart (ITKE) | Germany
2002 – 2005 Civil engineering studies, diploma (Dipl.-Ing. (FH), University of Applied Sciences at Mainz | Germany
1993-2001 Studies of architecture, diploma (Dipl.-Ing.), Darmstadt Institute of Technology | Germany and studies of civil engineering ISTG - Grenoble Institute of Science and Technology at the Joseph Fourier University (UJF) | France
Project Participation Highlights:
Free-form glazed grid shell for château, Villers-Cotterêts | France (at knippershelbig)
Train Station Stuttgart 21 – 27 skylights, Stuttgart | Germany (at knippershelbig)
Sagrada Familia – Steel & Glass Cross, Barcelona | Spain (at knippershelbig)
St. Giles Circus, London | UK (at knippershelbig)
Jewel of the Creek Development, Dubai | UAE (at knippershelbig)
Apple Flagship store, Kunming | China (at knippershelbig)
Morland Mixité Capitale, Paris | France (at knippershelbig)
Fondation d’entreprise Louis Vuitton, Paris. Arch. Frank O. Gehry (at RFR)
Nordkettenbahn Innsbruck, funicular train stations. Arch. Zaha Hadid (at Bollinger and Grohmann GmbH)
