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Ernst Alexander Dengg studied architecture at the Technical University of Graz. He specialises in sustainable planning strategies at the interface of architecture, timber construction and sustainability – in particular timber construction, deconstruction and recyclability as well as circular planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As co-founder of Circulate ZT GmbH he develops together with Bettina Gossak-Kowalski material-friendly and resource-saving projects. He researches and teaches at the Chair of Architecture and Timber Construction at the Graz University of Technology and is also a lecturer in the part-time university course ‘Timber Construction and Technical Building’ (LifeLongLearning, Graz University of Technology).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several years of teaching and research in Hong Kong as well as stays in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Liverpool and Valencia have deepened his understanding of sustainable urban development and the circular economy. He sees architecture not as a completed work, but as a dynamic conglomerate of different resources and building materials with different life spans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his dissertation “Integrity-Focussed Timber Construction: Component-centered Tectonics – Safeguarding Interactness, Circularity, and Value,” he contributes to the further development of circular construction approaches in timber construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/td>Completion of Doctoral Studies \u2013 Dr. techn. at TU Graz<\/td><\/tr>
since 2025<\/td>Co-founder and Co-owner of Circulate ZT GmbH<\/td><\/tr>
since 2025<\/td>Lecturer in the university course \u201cTimber Construction and Interior Finishing,\u201d Graz University of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
since 2023<\/td>Principal at 4A Consistent Design GmbH, with a focus on urban development and resource management<\/td><\/tr>
since 2021<\/td>University Assistant at the Chair of Architecture and Timber Construction, Graz University of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
2017\u20132021<\/td>Project Lead at Luggin ZT GmbH, Gro\u00df St. Florian \/ Vienna<\/td><\/tr>
2017\u20132019<\/td>Research projects for Joanneum Research on urban development, data analysis and demographic change<\/td><\/tr>
2013\u20132015<\/td>Teaching and research at CUHK in Hong Kong in the field of sustainable urban development \/ smart city development and housing innovation<\/td><\/tr>
2013-2017<\/td>Architectural projects at Studio Kada and Studio Moosbrugger & Jartschitsch, Graz<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/td>Diploma in Architecture, Graz University of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
2007\u20132012<\/td>Architecture studies at Graz University of Technology<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ernst Alexander Dengg studied architecture at the Technical University of Graz. He specialises in sustainable planning strategies at the interface of architecture, timber construction and sustainability – in particular timber construction, deconstruction and recyclability as well as circular planning. As co-founder of Circulate ZT GmbH he develops together with Bettina Gossak-Kowalski material-friendly and resource-saving projects. 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