STUDIO

The studio develops computational methods for translating mathematical principles into physical form. Research focuses on polyhedral systems, optical geometries, parametric structures, and scanning methodologies. Projects include both theoretical research and experimental prototypes.

Work includes mathematical art exhibitions, public installations, and collaborations with artists, institutions, and researchers.

Available for collaborations.

ABOUT

Phillip C. Reiner (b. 1981, Salzburg, Austria) is a german researcher, artist, and architect. He studied at Technical University Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), and completed his architecture degree at University of Applied Arts Vienna under Studio Prix.

From 2010 to 2022, he worked at Studio Olafur Eliasson, where he established and led the Advanced Geometries Department (AID). He developed concepts from mathematical and natural phenomena and translated them into physical models and installations for large-scale projects exhibited worldwide. In 2015, he taught algorithmic design at the Department of Textil- and Surface-Design of Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin.

In 2023, he founded protoCtrl in Berlin, an independent research platform for geometric, physical, and natural phenomena. The platform is an interdisciplinary space combining computational methods, material research, and artistic practice.

His work includes geometric fundamentals, algorithmic spatial formations, perceptual phenomena, alongside experimental acquisition and fabrication methods. Through collaborations with artists, scientists, and institutions, he develops projects ranging from research studies to site-specific installations.

His projects have been exhibited internationally.

Man in dark sweater stands in room with shelves and curtains.
Photography: Ecaterina Rusu

WORK

PUBLICATIONS
• The SuperCube: A Modular System for Periodic and Bounded Assemblies (2026) – Nexus Network Journal, Springer | Open Access | [DOI]( https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-025-00859-3 )
EXHIBITIONS​
• Festival of Future Nows (2025) – Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin | with Jeewi Lee
• Intersections (2025) – Seattle Universal Math Museum, Dandelion Sphere No.15 |
• Bridges Conference Eindhoven (2025) – Porouhedron #6 and #141
• Sea Art Festival Busan (2025) – Dadaepo Beach, South Korea | with Jeewi Lee
• Sand – Fragments – Motion (2024) – Sexauer Gallery Showroom, Berlin | with Jeewi Lee
• Field of Fragments (2024) – Sexauer Gallery, Berlin | with Jeewi Lee
• Bridges Conference Sydney (2024) – A‐QuantaMill, Triakaleidocycloid
• Bridges Conference Helsinki (2022) – Aperiodic Gradient, Sea Stellation | with Stefano Arrighi
• Bridges Conference (Virtual) (2021) – Aperiodic Subgrouping, Dandelion Sphere | with Stefano Arrighi
• Bridges Conference (Virtual) (2020) – Kaleidosphere
• Bridges Conference Waterloo (2017) – SuperCubeSphere, InvertedSuperCubeSphere
• Levitation (2014) – Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria | with Thilo Frank
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS​
• Journey of Circumference (2025) – Woodhub, Odense, Denmark | with Thilo Frank
• Sonic (2019) – Dansekapellet, Copenhagen, Denmark | with Thilo Frank
• Crystal Loop (2017) – Rødovre Center, Copenhagen, Denmark | with Thilo Frank
• You and I, Wandering on the Snake’s Tail (2016) – ARKEN Museum, Ishøj, Denmark | with Thilo Frank
• Circumpolar Lantern (2014) – Bildmuseet Umeå, Sweden | with Thilo Frank
• Ekko (2012) – Hjallerup, Denmark | with Thilo Frank

CONTACT

protoCtrl – advanced geometries

Eisenbahnstr. 5
10997 Berlin

hello@protoCtrl.com
+49 30 239 839 85