Projects

The city takes shape through practice.

A selection spanning research, teaching and practice: urban gardens, public space, participation and neighbourhood transformation.

Participatory redesign of Berezovyi Hai Park in Chernihiv, Ukraine
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Participatory redesign of Berezovyi Hai Park in Chernihiv, Ukraine

A collaborative redesign process for Berezovyi Hai Park in Chernihiv.

Urban gardening: multiple uses, competition for land and environmental justice in central Wedding
Foto: Niklas Kretschmar
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Urban gardening: multiple uses, competition for land and environmental justice in central Wedding

Studio project involving participatory workshops and concept development (2017–2018).

New urban agriculture
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New urban agriculture

A theoretical framework and stakeholder analysis of the Himmelbeet initiative in Berlin-Wedding. Monograph, 2015.

Action research in urban agriculture
Foto: Clara Römhild
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Action research in urban agriculture

Research seminar with TU Berlin students in the Himmelbeet community garden (2016).

Growing on
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Growing on

Supporting the process around the contested site of the Himmelbeet community garden (since 2015).

LIEBER FREIRAUM
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LIEBER FREIRAUM

An installation about open-space development in Berlin, created collaboratively with students.

Warszawa Wschodnia – design for a new station district
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Warszawa Wschodnia – design for a new station district

Studio project for the careful development of a new urban district around Warszawa Wschodnia station (summer 2017, with Prof. Gzell and Prof. Pahl-Weber).

Cultural heritage, urban development and architecture
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Cultural heritage, urban development and architecture

A synchronous discourse analysis of transformations in historic industrial sites. Research contribution to the DFG project led by Heike Oevermann and Harald A. Mieg.

Tbilisi urban living lab
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Tbilisi urban living lab

Urban renewal in Georgia: establishing cooperation between civil-society actors in Georgia and Berlin.

Freespace Venice
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Freespace Venice

The discourse around public space in architecture and urban development. Seminar and field trip.

Democratic Universities in Egypt
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Democratic Universities in Egypt

Student participation workshops in Berlin and Cairo. Organisation of a student exchange, 2012.

Urban and regional planning curriculum committee
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Urban and regional planning curriculum committee

Further development of the degree programme at TU Berlin.

European Capital of Culture Marseille
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European Capital of Culture Marseille

Public spaces and urban renewal. Field trip.

Olympic urban development
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Olympic urban development

Study of the potential impacts of the Olympic Games in Hamburg. Seminar and field trip.

Archive

Further projects & teaching

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Inner-city Periphery: The Future of the Ploetzensee Area

Urban design project.

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Introduction to spatial planning

Foundational course in urban and regional planning at TU Berlin.

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Off the square, into the niche!

A public-space studio combining theoretical, experimental and planning-practice perspectives (winter 2016/17 and summer 2017 at TU Berlin).

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Social and technical infrastructure in the city of the future

Seminar at TU Berlin.

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Frunze35, Kyiv

Collaborative development of a transformation concept for an abandoned malt factory.

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Innovations for urban neighbourhoods of the future

Research contribution to the BMVBS project led by Prof. Elke Pahl-Weber.

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Self-Organized Urban Spaces in Brazil

Transdisciplinary research into self-organised urban spaces.

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Planning communication

Lecture and practical course in Urban and Regional Planning at TU Berlin (summer terms 2015 and 2016).