Wolf H. Hilbertz, M. Arch.
 
WebSite: www.WolfHilbertz.com
 

Prof. Wolf Hilbertz is a principal of Biorock Inc., Seascape Architect, and Environmental Designer. In 1974, he invented the mineral accretion process to create structures in seawater, which resulted in numerous U.S. and International Patents, including Biorock™, "A METHOD OF ENHANCING THE GROWTH OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, AND STRUCTURES CREATED THEREBY".
 
Wolf Hilbertz studied at The Hochschule fur Kuenste in Berlin, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and M.I.T., Cambridge. His academic affiliations as an educator and researcher have included McGill University, Montreal; the Hochschule fur Kuenste Bremen; and The University of Texas at Austin where he taught and researched in Architecture and Planning, as well as in Marine Science. Working at Southern University, Baton Rouge, he founded the Responsive Environment Laboratory (1967) and the Symbiotic Processes Laboratory (1970) at The University of Texas at Austin.  
 
His current interests center around R & D of Biorock™, Mineral Accretion Technology applications, and simultaneous hydrogen production, building with sun, sea, and organisms, housing in less developed regions, sustainable evolutionary environments, coastal defense structures, solar-generated building materials, marine protected areas, artificial islands, and mineral accretion enhanced coral reef restoration and mariculture. 
 

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / REFERENCE:
     
  • Third Generation Artificial Reefs
    Ocean Realm Publication,1996
    Wolf Hilbertz and Thomas Goreau 
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,1996

    • 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City
    (Reef Restoration using Sea-water Electrolysis in Jamaica)
    Dr.T.J.Goreau, Prof.W.H.Hilbertz
     
  • IL41,Intelligent Bauen,Stuttgart,1995

    • Building with Intelligence, Aspects of a Different Building Culture
    (Autopia Ampere-Building with Sun and Sea)
    Hilbertz,Wilson,Fallis
     
  • Universitat Stuttgart und Universitat Tubingen,1991

    • Natural Structures Principles,Strategies,
    and Models inn Architecture and Nature
    W.H.Hilbertz
     
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,1991

    • AMBIO,A Journal of the Human Environment
    (Solar-generated Building Material from Sea Water as a Sink for Carbon)
    Dr.T.J.Goreau,Prof.W.H.Hilbertz
     
  • Forida Sea Grant College,1981

    • ARTIFICIAL REEFS:Conference Proceedings
    (Construction and Maintainance of Artificial Reefs)
    W.H.Hilbertz
     
  • IEEE,Journal of Oceanic Engineering,1979

    • (Electrodeposition of Minerals in Sea Water:Experiments and Applications)
    Hilbertz, Wolf H., Fletcher, D., Krausse, C., 
     
  • IF,1977

    • Building with the Oceans
    (Mineral Accretion Technology:Applications for Architecture and Aquaculture)
      
  • 1976. Autochthonous sea architecture: preliminary experiments.
    Man - Environment Systems 1, 60 - 62.
  • 1976. Electrodeposition of minerals in solution and its enhancement of biological growth for structural applications. Mar. Sci. Inst., U. of Texas (Austin), rep. Seagrant  # 04-6-158-44111.
  • Hilbertz, W.H., 1975. Meeresarchitektur: Eine grundsätzliche Alternative. Submarin 6, 40 - 41.
  • IL14,ADAPTABLE ARCHITECTURE,1975

    • Evolutionary Environmental Systems
    W.H.Hilbertz
     
  • Progressive Architecture,1970

    • TOWARD CYBERTECTURE
    ( Form / Space Manipulation )
    W.H.Hilbertz