Hans Bruun Nissen - architect / consultant

Aalborg Portland White, Aalborg, Danmark


Born 1965 in Denmark.
Building engineer
Architect B A

His main professional experience is in the link between engineering and architecture and with specific focus on the material concrete.
In the concrete industry he has extensive experience and has worked as a consultant for architects, designers, consulting engineers, prefab manufacturers and contractors on in-situ concrete jobs.
This gives him an special knowledge of the communication in the value chain of the construction industry and of all the various perceptions of what is good or bad concrete quality both in a structural and an aesthetical respect. He believes that improving the communication and understanding between all the actors in the industry is one of the keys to unleash the great undiscovered potentials of concrete.

Since 2002 he has been employed at Aalborg Portland White – manufacturer and exporter of white cement.

Teaching experience:
He has arranged many concrete workshops for architectural students and lectures for architects in Finland, Norway, Denmark, Island, Germany, Poland, Italy, England, Egypt, Malaysia oa.
Workshops, seminars and lectures have all been under the general headline "Challenging the Potentials of Concrete" - in a historical, tectonic, conceptual and aesthetical perspective.