Cities and regions today are undergoing far-reaching changes conditioned by climate change, socio-cultural and demographic changes as well as new economic and technological developments. In the light of this, the research and teaching at the Chair of Urban Design and Urban Development combines knowledge of space and people for the aim of sustainable and livable city development. With interest in spatial qualities and people, the department is committed to integrated scholarship, which crosses disciplinary boundaries, researches theories and practical planning approaches and investigates possible solutions in national as well as international context.
Themes of the current research projects and PhDs
- Educational spaces and urban planning, cities as educational settings
- Built environment education (BEE) for children and youth, participatory urban design
- Future cities and resource-efficient urban design
- Housing: development, processes, stakeholders
- Urban food systems, retail and infrastructure development
- Methods of teaching urban design, visual communication and cartography
current research projects
The Spatial Knowledge of Young Adults: The Constitution of Online, Offline and Hybrid Spaces
2022 – 2025
Young Professionals Shape The Future
2016 – 2022
Global Center on Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability
2020 – 2024
Positionality Reloaded
2019 ‑ 2020
Built Environment Education For Children
2018 – 2020
Vom Gewerbegebiet zum produktiven Stadtquartier
2019 – 2020
School in Community [SinC]
2019 ‑ 2021
Integrated Analysis of Visual & Verbal Data in Qualitative Research
2019
GartenLeistungen
2019 – 2022
Campus as Vision
2019 – 2021
The Spatial Knowledge of Children and Young Adults […] in Planning Contexts
2018 – 2021
closed research projects
Ludantia
2019
Never-never School: Mapping The In-between
2019
DRESDEN COMMONING: Städtebau für kollektive Stadtproduktion
2019 – 2020
Nordic Urban Spaces
2018
Learning in built environment education
2016 – 2019
Value and Making of Hobrecht's Berlin. Growth, change and heritage of the Berlin city expansion
2014 – 2018
BMBF: Eyecatcher! Accompanying Research of a Youth Participation Project
2013 – 2017
DFG: Local Educational Landscapes and Urban Development. Interfaces and Interlacings
2014 – 2017
Report on the quality of the built environment in Germany 2014 (Baukulturbericht)
2013 – 2014
BMBF: Roof Water Farm
2013 – 2017
BBSR: Putting Youth Participation in German Municipalities to the Test
2012 – 2013
Innovation in Teaching: Teaching and Learning as a Counter-Current Process. Testing new methods in urban design and communication of planning.
2012 – 2014
Evaluation of the EU-Project „Fantasy Design – Children in Community (2009-2011)“
2011 – 2012