Lucio Blandini is the new head of the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart Werner Sobek remains active as a provider of ideas.
Lucio Blandini is the new head of the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart Werner Sobek remains active as a provider of ideas. The Italian engineer and architect Lucio Blandini took up the position of Head of the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart in spring 2020. He is succeeding Prof. Werner Sobek, who established ILEK and made it an internationally renowned institute. Mr. Sobek will remain a research professor at the University of Stuttgart and, until the end of 2020, also the spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Center "Adaptive skins and structures for the built environment of tomorrow" (SFB 1244). Evidence of Lucio Blandini's work can be found on the Vaihingen campus of the University of Stuttgart since the researcher, who was born in Catania, Sicily, in 1976, received his doctorate under Prof. Sobek in 2005: a spherically curved glass dome with a span of 8.50 meters, that was the first of its kind to be constructed entirely without metal joints thanks to an innovative glass bonding technique, and thinner than an eggshell in relation to its diameter. Blandini made a name for himself early on with his groundbreaking all-glass structure, and the lightweight construction principles implemented here still characterize his work today. They were reflected in innovative projects such as the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, the House of European History in Brussels, and the Kuwait International Airport.
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