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Vanessa Miriam Carlow studied architecture and urban design at TU Berlin, DE, and TU Delft, NL. She holds an MA in Urban Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL, Copenhagen University, DK, Ca’ Fosçari Venice, IT, Antwerp University, BE, Autonomous University Barcelona, ESP and a PhD in Strategic Planning from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
She is a licensed architect and planner, and co-founder of COBE in Copenhagen (2005) and COBE Berlin (2012), currently working under her own name (vanessacarlow.de). Her practice focuses urban design and architecture and has garnered prestigious prizes, including the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale for the Best National Pavilion (DK, 2006).
Since 2012 Vanessa Miriam Carlow has been heading the ISU - Institute for Sustainable Urbanism at TU Braunschweig. Based on mainly public research funding, the institute grew from four to almost 30 researchers, educators, PhD students and student assistants, today. Carlow’s research with the ISU - Institute for Sustainable Urbanism at Technische Universität Braunschweig explores strategies and tools for sustainable urban development. The team has recently opened the Spatial Analytics and Cross-disciplinary Experimentation Lab (SPaCE Lab at ISU) – a dedicated team and infrastructure for multidisciplinary postdigital urban research.
Carlow has lectured and taught at universities worldwide, including Penn State and Cornell University. In 2022 Carlow has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of VolkswagenFoundation, one of the largest private science foundations in Europe.
Since 2022 Appointment to the Board of Trustees, VolkswagenFoundation, Hannover, DE
Since 2012 Full Professor (W3), Head of ISU – Institute for Sustainable Urbanism (ISU) and SpACE Lab at ISU, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, DE
2018 Appointment to the Chair of Urban Design, TU Munich, Munich, DE (declined)
2017 Visiting Professor, Cornell University, College of Architecture Art Planning, Ithaca, USA
Since 2015 Co-speaker of the core research area “Future City“ of TU Braunschweig
2013 Visiting Professor, Stuckeman School of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, USA
2012 Guest Professor, ”Fundamentals of Architectural Design“, RISEBA Riga, LV
2009 - 2011 Assistant Professor, Chair for Architecture & Urban Design, TU Berlin
2011 Guest Critic, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Ithaca, USA
2009 Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, USA
2007 Instructor, Rotterdam Academy for Architecture Summer School, NL
2006 - 2010 Lectures at Tsinghua University, Beijing, Tongji University Shanghai, Chongqing University, CN; Münster School of Architecture and others
Since 2022 Founder/Owner, Vanessa Miriam Carlow – Urbanism Research Architecture, Berlin, DE
2012 - 2021 Founder/Owner, COBE Berlin GmbH (www.cobe.de), Berlin, DE
2005 Co-Founder, COBE, Copenhagen, DK, since then independent architect
2003 Architect, KCAP Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners, Rotterdam, NL
2000 Internship, MVRDV; Rotterdam, NL
2005 - 2012
PhD: ”LIMITS. Space as a resource“, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen, DK, Supervisor Prof. Jens Kvorning DK Centre for Planning, Supervisor: Prof. Jens Kvorning
2003 - 2004
MA Urban Management (Management of the European Metropolitan Region): ”The Future of Ports and Port Cities in the Baltic Sea Region“, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL, Copenhagen University, DK, Ca’ Fosçari Venice, IT, Antwerp University, BE, Autonomous University Barcelona, ESP. Supervisor MA thesis: Prof. Dr. Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, Copenhagen University, DK
2002
Diploma (Arch) TU Berlin: “London_Paris_Berlin: metropolitan.” Supervisors: Prof. Kees Christiaanse and Prof. Nathalie de Vries (graduated with distinction).
1995 - 2002
Studies of Architecture and Urban Design at TU Berlin, DE and TU Delft, NL
1995
Abitur (university entrance diploma), Humboldt-Gymnasium Potsdam, DE, with specialization in old languages (valedictorian)
2013 - 2020 Deputy Member Faculty Council, TU Braunschweig, DE
2013 - 2016 Member of the Internationalization Committee, Department of Architecture, TU Braunschweig, DE
Since 2015 Co-speaker of the core research area “Future City“ of TU Braunschweig
Since 2013 Member of Search Committees for several professorships (selection): Public Transport (TU Braunschweig), Gender.Ing (TU Braunschweig), Urban Design (TU Vienna, AUT), Urban Design (University Kassel), Urban Design (University Cottbus), Urban Design (Dortmund University), Architectural Theory & Theory of Urbanization (TU Braunschweig, DE), Urban Design (Leibniz University Hannover), Urban Design (Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, DE), Public Buildings (University of Stuttgart, DE)
Since 2022 Member of the scientific advisory board of TU Graz Center for Sustainable Construction
Since 2021 Member of the scientific advisory board of International Building and technology Exhibition of the Rhineland mining region
Since 2019 Member of Steering Committee of Leibniz Science Campus “Postdigital Participation”
Since 2019 Member of Scientific Committee ”Tourism“ Berlin, DE
2017 - 2021 Member of Scientific Committee ”Housing“ of Berlin
2016 - 2019 Member of Scientific Committee ”100% Climate Neutral Region Braunschweig“
2016 - 2021 Member of the Scientific Council to the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller
2015 - 2016 Member of Scientific Committee ”Social Quarters“ Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
2012 - 2014 Member of the Scientific Council Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Senator Michael Müller
Other Memberships
Since 2014 Auditor German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Since 2013 Appointed Member Association of German Architects (BDA)
Since 2012 Member of the Danish Architects‘ Association, DK (Akademisk Arkitektforening, MAA), Member of the Berlin Chamber of Architects, DE (AKB)
2017 - 2022 Member of the Design Committee City of the City of Stuttgart (Gestaltungsbeirat)
2012 - 2020 Member of the Tenants‘ Council of Public Housing Corporation WBM, Berlin
2012 - 2016 Head of the Design Committee of the City of Braunschweig (Gestaltungsbeirat)
2019 LehrLEO-Award 2019, Award for good teaching practice awarded by TU Braunschweig for the interdisciplinary seminar "Designing with nature: tools for interdisciplinary collaboration with permaculture"
2018 LehrLEO-Award 2018, Award for Innovation in teaching awarded by TU Braunschweig for the research based seminar ”iSCOR – Interdisciplinary Studio for Communicational and Observational Research”
2017 Nominated for LehrLEO-Award 2017, Award for good teaching practice awarded by TU Braunschweig for the MOOC ”MAKING CITIES. bsmoocs”
2014 - 2015 Fellow Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation
2012 MIPIM Award - Best Public Building in Copenhagen (Library Copenhagen Nordvest)
2011 ”Hovestadens Forskønnelses Pris“, Award for the Best Public Building in the City of Copenhagen (Library Copenhagen Nordvest)
2010 Visiting Architect, Travel Scholarship of the Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond)
2008 Designpulje: Award for ”considerable contributions to Danish Architecture“, awarded by the Danish Minister for Culture (Statens Kunstfond)
2006 Golden Lion Architecture Biennale 2006 as part of the Danish Pavilion
2022 - 2025 COABS – Climate Change Adaptation through Co-Creation in the City Braunschweig
ISU (PI). In cooperation with the City of Braunschweig, Department of Climate Protection and Strategic Environmental Planning (lead) and the Institute of Geoecology (TU Braunschweig). Funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (BMUV) within the framework of “Measures for adaptation to climate change”. (Total: 135,700.- € / ISU: 35,500.- €).
2022 - 2024 Caucasus – Urban Development in Uncertain Futures.
ISU (lead) with Department of Architecture, Ilia State University Tbilisi (co-lead). Funded by the European Union’s ERASMUS program ”KA171“, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). (Total, ISU: 20,000.- €).
2022 - 2023 IUDeCS – International Urban Design Competition Studio
ISU (PI, lead) and College of Architecture and Urban Planning – Tongji University (co-lead). Funded by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education through TU Braunschweig within the framework of “Promoting Digital education through Global Interconnection - ProDiGI”. (Total, ISU: 22,500.- €).
2022 - 2023 CogniSCITIES – Towards Cognitive Science Approach to Active Mobility in CITIES
ISU (lead). In cooperation with Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL – University College London, UK (co-lead) and School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, SE (co-lead). In collaboration with Département des Sciences Géomatiques, Université Laval Québec, CA; Institute of Transportation and Urban Engineering, TU Braunschweig; IRT SystemX, LGI, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, F; Laboratoire Psychologie et Ergonomie Appliquées, Université Gustave Eiffel, F; IRIT-ELIPSE, University Paul Sabatier, F; and Department of Experimental Psychology, UCL – University College London, UK. Funded by the core research area TU Braunschweig within the framework of “Seed Money”. (Total, ISU: 28,500.- €), full EU proposal envisioned.
2022 - 2023 A2P – Access to Participation
ISU (lead). In cooperation with the House of Science Braunschweig GmbH (co-lead), the Institute of Transportation, Railway Construction and Operation, Institute of Transportation and Urban Engineering, and Chair of Social Structure Analysis and Empirical Social Research (all TU Braunschweig), Institute of Information Engineering (Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences) and the City of Braunschweig – Department of Climate Protection and Strategic Environmental Planning. Funded by the core research area TU Braunschweig within the framework of “Seed Money”. (Total, ISU: 28,500.- €).
2022 Low Carbon Communities – China and Germany
ISU (co-lead) in cooperation with College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University Shanghai (lead). Funded by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in the framework of the program ”Overseas Expert Remote Teaching and Scientific Research”. (Total, ISU: 20,000.- €)
2021 - 2023 Urban Digital Lab
ISU (lead). Funded by the program for Innovative Teaching Formats by the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK) within the framework of “Innovative teaching and learning concepts: Innovation plus”. (Total, ISU: 49,200.- €).
2020 - 2025 SpACE Lab at ISU – Spatial Analytics and Cross-disciplinary Experimentation Lab,
ISU (lead). Funded by VolkswagenFoundation within the framework of „Momentum – Promotion of First Appointed Professors”, Grant No. 94957 (Total: 999,900.- €). [spacelab-isu.org]
2020 - 2025 BAUdigital – Specialised Information Services for Civil Engineering. Architecture and Urbanism digital.
ISU (scientific partner). University and State Library TU Darmstadt (lead), TiB Hannover (co-lead), University Library TU Braunschweig (co-lead), Fraunhofer-Informationszentrum Raum und Bau, and others. Funded within the framework of the Scientific Library Services and Information Systems programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG). (Total: 5.5 Mio. €). [fid-bau.de]
2019 - 2026 EIT Urban Mobility – Mobility for Liveable Urban Spaces
ISU (member) with Automotive Research Centre Niedersachsen (NFF, lead partner) and other partner institutes at TU Braunschweig. The so-called KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is a Europe-wide research network and consists of a consortium of 48 full members and 33 associate members in 15 countries. Co-funded by the European Union through the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). (Total: 400 Mio. €). [www.eiturbanmobility.eu]
2019 - 2023 LSC PdP – Leibniz ScienceCampus ”Postdigital Participation“.
ISU (PI, member of steering committee) with Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research Braunschweig – Member of the Leibniz Association (lead), German Maritime Museum and Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Bremerhaven, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, House of Science Braunschweig GmbH, Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media Research Tübingen. Funded by Leibniz Association and the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK). (Total: 3.9 Mio. € / ISU: 195,500.- €). [postdigitalparticipation.org]
2017 - 2024 SINGAPORE ISUrF-Hub – Establishing a joined Industrial Symbiosis and Urban Factories-hub in Singapore.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (co-lead) in cooperation with Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology and regional partners. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the frame-work of „Conceptual and preparatory measures for the establishment of joint research presences“, Grant No. 01DP17049 (Total: 654,000.- € / ISU: 274,500.- €). [isurf-hub.org]
2021 - 2022 Soziale Ungleichheit [en. Social Inequality]
ISU (PI). In cooperation with Institute for Educational Science (lead), Institute for Sociology (co-lead), Institute for English and American Studies, and Institute of Machine Tools and Production Engineering (all TU Braunschweig). Funded by the core research area TU Braunschweig within the framework of “Seed Money”. (Total, ISU: 28,500.- €), full proposal submitted (Total: 1.7 Mio. € / ISU: 310,000.- €).
2020 - 2021 LSC PdP: ACCESS – New Methods for better Access to Participation Processes in Formal Urban Planning
ISU (PI, lead) with House of Science Braunschweig GmbH (co-lead). In cooperation with Institute for Sociology (TU Braunschweig) and Institute of Information Engineering (Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences) In partnership with City of Braunschweig. Funded by Leibniz Association within the framework of "Leibniz ScienceCampus – Postdigital Participation – Seed Funding“. (Total: 28,000.- € / ISU: 16,500,- €), full proposal submitted (Total: 695,900.- € / ISU: 170,000,- €).
2019 - 2021 EAST-Cities – Establishing and Achieving Sustainability Targets in Eastern Chinese Cities.
ISU (PI, lead) and College of Architecture and Urban Planning – Tongji University (co-lead) in cooperation with Institute for Building Services and Energy Design, Institute for Engineering Design, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Institute of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Transport, Railway Construction and Operation (all TU Braunschweig), L3S Research Center (Leibniz University Hannover), GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences; UNEP Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Department of Comprehensive Transportation Information, Department of Transportation Management Engineering (all Tongji University Shanghai). In partnership with City of Qingdao, Sino-German Eco Park, Energydesign Shanghai, Qingdao Surveying and Mapping Institute, Sino-German-University-College (CDHK), Xiamen Rail Transit Group, Qingdao Urban Planning and Design Institute, German Council for Sustainable Development, Qingdao Metro group. Funded by Federal Ministry for Education and Research Germany (BMBF) within the framework „Sustainable Urban Regions“, Grant No. 01LE1806A (Total: 617,500.- € / ISU: 253,500.- €). [eastcities.org]
2016 - 2021 OPEN CITY – Theories, Perspectives, Instruments.
ISU (lead) with the German Institute for Urban Research Berlin (DiFU) and TU Dortmund. In partnership with the Senate Chancellery of Berlin (Department for Strategic Planning) and Senate for Urban Development and Housing Berlin. Funded by Robert Bosch Foundation within the framework „Spielraum. Urbane Transformation gestalten“, Grant No. 32.5.F070.0017.0 (Total: 500,000.- € / ISU: 227,500.- €). [offene-stadt.org]
2016 - 2021 METAPOLIS – An inter- and transdisciplinary Platform for the Sustainable Development of Lower Saxony.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Institute of Geoecology (co-lead), Institute for Social Sciences, Institute of Transport, Railway Construction and Operation, Institute for Building Services and Energy Design, Institute for Business Sciences, Chair for Information Systems (all TU Braunschweig), Institute for Hydromechanics (Leibniz University Hannover). In partnership with municipalities and cities in Lower Saxony, Alliance for the Region, Citizen Bus Associations Lower Saxony, Federal Foundation for Building Culture [de: Bundesstiftung Baukultur], German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) and the Association of the Larger Braunschweig Region. Funded by VolkswagenFoundation and the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK) within the framework of "Niedersächsisches Vorab: Science for Sustainable Development“, Grant No. ZN3121 (Total: 2.3 Mio. € / ISU: 559,000.- €). [metapolis.sustainableurbanism.org]
2019 - 2020 Urban Analytics
ISU (co-lead) with Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry (co-lead), TU Braunschweig. Funded by the program for Innovative Teaching Formats by the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK) within the framework of “Innovative teaching and learning concepts: Innovation plus”. (Total: 50,000.- € / ISU: 25,000.- €).
2017 - 2020 Data4UrbanMobility – Data-based Mobility Services for the Future City.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with L3S Research Center / Leibniz University Hannover (lead), Momatec GmbH, Hannoversche Informationstechnologien AöR, Projektionisten GmbH and Wolfsburg AG. In partnership with Region Hannover and City of Braunschweig. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research BMBF within the framework of "Smart Service City: Service innovations for the city of tomorrow“, Grant No. 02K15A044 (Total: 1.8 Mio. € / ISU: 288,500.- €). [data4urbanmobility.l3s.uni-hannover.de]
2017 - 2018 Designing with Nature – Tools for Interdisciplinary Design with Permaculture.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Institute of Geoecology (co-lead). In partnership with city of Braunschweig. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“ and ”Transfer program for innovative teaching concepts“ of TU Braunschweig. (Total: 60,000.- € / ISU: 30,000.- €).
2015 - 2018 iSCOR – Eye-tracking Spatial Experience - Interdisciplinary Studio for Communicational and Observational Research.
ISU (lead) with Institute for Psychology, TU Braunschweig (co-lead). Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“ and ”Transfer program for innovative teaching concepts“ of TU Braunschweig. (Total: 80,000.- € / ISU: 40,000,- €).
2017 - 2018 RELease from coastal squEEZE.
ISU (co-lead) with Institute of Geoecology (co-lead), TU Braunschweig, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Understanding and preventing critical tipping points under future sea level rise (RELEEZE). Funded as prototyping phase for submitting full proposal by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of BioTip/Fona3. (Total, IGÖ: 165,336.- €).
2017 - 2018 AgroEcoSOS – AGROECOlogical solutions for Safe and fair Operating Spaces of agricultural systems in the urban-rural transition zone.
ISU (co-lead) with Institute of Geoecology (co-lead), TU Braunschweig, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Thünen Institut (TI), UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig. Funded as prototyping phase for submitting full proposal by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of „Agrarian Systems of the Future“. (Total, IGÖ: 74,512.- €).
2017 - 2018 TBILISI – Urban laboratory for a post-socialist city II.
ISU (lead) with Department of Architecture, Ilia State University Tbilisi (co-lead). Funded by the ERASMUS program ”KA107“, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). (ISU: 30,000.- €).
2015 - 2017 MAKING CITY – bsMOOC.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Chair for Urban Design and Urbanization (co-lead), TU Berlin, Prof. Jörg Stollmann. Massive Open Online Course (TU9-Alliance). bsMOOC project group with Institute of Jet propulsion and Turbomachinery, Institute for Engineering Design. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“. (Total: 124,500.- € / ISU: 32,000.- €).
2016 TBILISI AVLABARI – Urban laboratory for a post-socialist city.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Department of Architecture, Ilia State University Tbilisi (co-lead), CAMPUS Tbilisi (Georgia), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Regional Office Southern Caucasus) and Goethe-Institut Georgia. An inter- and transdisciplinary project. Funded by the program ”Strengthening cooperation with civil society in the Eastern partnership“, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). (ISU: 40,000.- €).
2016 URBAN TOOLBOX – An interactive platform for teaching urban design.
ISU (PI). Funded by the program ”in medias res“ within the framework of teach4TU of TU Braunschweig funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and TU Braunschweig. (ISU: 25,000.- €).
2015 - 2016 Eye Tracking Spatial Experiences
ISU (PI). Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“ of TU Braunschweig. (ISU: 31,500.- €).
2015 - 2016 Data Mining – Data Mapping. An inter- and transdisciplinary design studio.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with the Institute of Geoecology (co-lead). In partnership with the city of Braunschweig. Funded by ”Transfer program for innovative teaching concepts“ within the framework of teach4TU of TU Braunschweig funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and TU Braunschweig (Total: 65,000.- € / ISU: 36,000.- €).
2015 - 2016 SCG – Sustainable City Game. A digital platform for sustainability scenarios in Lower Saxony.
ISU (PI). Funded by the program ”In medias res“ within the framework of teach4TU of TU Braunschweig funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and TU Braunschweig. (ISU: 25.000,- €).
2014 - 2015 Academy of Rural Spaces. A Transdisciplinary Design studio.
ISU (PI). In partnership with municipalities in Lower Saxony. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“ of TU Braunschweig. (ISU: 31,500.- €).
2019 Masterplanning of Sustainable Industrial Sites in India.
ISU (lead). Development and implementation of training course for experts from municipalities, academia and economy in India within the framework of “Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production” (SEIP) project of the Indo German Development Cooperation. Commissioned by German Agency for International Cooperation GmbH (GIZ). (Total, ISU: 25.000,- €).
2017 Waldhaus Asse.
ISU (lead). Organization of a cooperative workshop for a barrier free event and recreational venue. In partnership with Wolfenbüttel municipality. Commissioned by: Wolfenbüttel municipality. (Total, ISU:10.000,- €).
2014 - 2016 Campus Remlingen.
ISU (lead). Organization of a cooperative urban design competition for a competence and innovation center for the retrieval of atomic waste in the municipality Elm-Asse. In partnership with Wolfenbüttel municipality. Commissioned by: Wolfenbüttel municipality. (Total, ISU: 35.000,- €).
2023 - 2027 LSC PdP – Leibniz ScienceCampus ”Postdigital Participation“ II.
ISU (PI, member of steering committee) with Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research Braunschweig – Member of the Leibniz Association (lead), German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Bremerhaven, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, House of Science Braunschweig GmbH, Leibniz-Institute for Knowledge Media Research Tübingen. Funded by Leibniz Association and the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK). (Total: 4,56 Mio. € / ISU: 250,000.- €). [postdigitalparticipation.org]. Pending.
2023 - 2027 RESTART! Next generation data, models, metrics and coherent scenarios
for responsible mobility
ISU (PI). In partnership with Chair of Traffic Engineering (lead) and four other partners at TU Munich, Chair of Integrated Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering (co-lead), and six other partners at TU Dresden, Chair of Transport Systems’ Planning and Transport Telematics, TU Berlin and the Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing. Submitted for consideration at German Research Foundation (DFG) within the framework of “Collaborative Research Centres (including CRC/Transregio)”. TRR 385 (Total: 11.5 Mio. € / ISU: 1.0 Mio. €). Pending.
2023 - 2027 ReFIT – Resilient Factories in Importune Topographies - Opportunities and Risks for Tomorrow's Industry
ISU (PI). In partnership with Chair of International Production Engineering and Management (lead), Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (TU Braunschweig) and eight partners at University Siegen, RWTH Aachen and University of Applied Sciences Erfurt. Submitted for consideration at German Research Foundation (DFG) within the framework of “Research Unit”. (Total: 3.42 Mio. € / ISU: 355,000,- €). Pending.
2020 - 2021 ACCESS – New methods for better access to participation processes in formal urban planning
ISU (PI, lead) with House of Science Braunschweig GmbH (co-lead). In cooperation with the Institute for Sociology (TU Braunschweig) and the Institute of Information Engineering (Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences); in partnership with City of Braunschweig. Funding application submitted to the innovation programme Zukunft Bau by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). (Total: 695,900.- € / ISU: 170,000,- €). Pending.
2017 (5 years) Digital Transformation. Concept for the German Internet Institute (DII).
ISU (co-lead) with L3S Hannover (lead), Leibniz University Hannover, SOFI Göttingen, TU Braunschweig, University Göttingen, University Kassel, University Koblenz-Landau. Program by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). (Total: 50 Mio. €).
Carlow, V. M., Abou Jaoude, G., Karadag, C., Mumm, O., Scheer, M., Schöning, K., & Zeringue, R. (2022). METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony. Jovis.
Anselm, A., Brüggebusch, C., Carlow, V. M., Demidova, E., Hagedorn, A., Kirschfink, H., Kleintje, L., Lishchuk, I., Löhdefink, M., Mumm, O., Murad, M., Peters, J., Rose, R., Sander, A., Schestakov, S., Schrödel, G., & Tempelmeier, N. (2020). Data4UrbanMobility : datenbasierte Mobilitätdienstleistungen für die Stadt der Zukunft : Projektabschlussbericht. doi.org/10.2314/KXP:1758991364.
Carlow, V. M., Demidova, E., Mumm, O., Murad, M., & Tempelmeier, N. (Eds.). (2020). Intelligente Mobilität Symposium 2020. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202005081620-0.
Appelhans, N., Abou Jaoude, G., Carlow, V. M., Mumm, O., Murad, M., Schröder, B., & Trapp, J. H. (Eds.). (2020). Open City (Vol. 1/2019). Trialog e.V.
Jacob, D., Kessel, T., & Carlow, V. M. (Eds.). (2020). Tagungsband des 13. EU-Symposiums am 21.05.2019 in Berlin URBAN.DIGITAL.MOBIL - Bauen in komplexen und vernetzten Strukturen (Vol. D 251). Technische Universität Bergakademie.
Carlow, V. M., Schröder, B., Sedrez, M., Neumann, D., & Mumm, O. (Eds.). (2018). METAPOLIS: eine inter- und transdisziplinäre Plattform für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der Stadt-Land-Beziehungen in Niedersachsen; Issue #1. METAPOLIS Research Group. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202104131430-0.
Carlow, V. M., & ISU, Institute for Sustainable Urbanism (Eds.). (2016). Ruralism – The Future of Villages and Small Towns in an Urbanizing World. Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202031115-0.
Bormann, R., Carlow, V. M., Christmann, A., Dangschat, J., Faber, W., Grandt, B., Gross, M., Hahn, C., Heuser, T., Kort-Weiher, G., Nestler, N., Pätzold, R., Pfundt, K., Siebel, M., Sternberg, M., Trömmer, M., Walz, S., Weeber, R., Wehinger, F., & Weis, P. (2016). Das Soziale Quartier – Quartierspolitik für Teilhabe, Zusammenhalt und Lebensqualität. Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation. library.fes.de/pdf-files/wiso/12366.pdf
Carlow, V. M. (2016). Limits – Space as Resource. Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202204260752-0
Abou Jaoude, G., Murad, M., Mumm, O., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). Operationalizing the Open City: A case study in Berlin. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. (under review).
Chen, H.-H., Mumm, O., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). A machine learning approach to categorize street segments based on their structural and topological properties in urban street networks. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. (under review).
Abou Jaoude, G., Mumm, O., Karch, A., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). Understanding land take in small and medium-sized cities through scenarios of shrinkage and growth using autoregressive models. Front. Built Environ. Sec. Urban Science. doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.908698
Zhu, P., Mumm, O., Zeringue, R., Endres, E., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). Building-related resource use in Chinese eastern cities – Qingdao building stock as a case study. Applied Energy, 313, 118697. doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118697
Abou Jaoude, G., Mumm, O., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). An Overview of Scenario Approaches: A Guide for Urban Design and Planning. Journal of Planning Literature. doi.org/10.1177/08854122221083546
Carlow, V. M., Mumm, O., Neumann, D., Schneider, A.-K., Schröder, B., Sedrez, M., & Zeringue, R. (2022). TOPOI – A method for analysing settlement units and their linkages in an urban–rural fabric. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(6), 1663-1681. doi.org/10.1177/23998083211043882
Verma, D., Mumm, O., & Carlow, V. M. (2021). Identifying Streetscape Features Using VHR Imagery and Deep Learning Applications. Remote Sensing, 13(17). doi.org/10.3390/rs13173363
Stasewitsch, E., Handke, L., Kauffeld, S., Mumm, O., Thomidou, A., & Carlow, V. M. (2021). Architektur trifft auf Psychologie: vom Potenzial eines besonderen Spannungsfeldes. die hochschullehre, 7/2021(25). doi.org/10.3278/HSL2125W
Mühlbach, A.-K., Mumm, O., Zeringue, R., Redbergs, O., Endres, E., & Carlow, V. M. (2021). TOPOI RESOURCES: Quantification and Assessment of Global Warming Potential and Land-Uptake of Residential Buildings in Settlement Types along the Urban–Rural Gradient—Opportunities for Sustainable Development. Sustainability, 13(8), 4099. doi.org/10.3390/su13084099
Carlow, V. M., Mumm, O., Neumann, D., Schmidt, N., & Siefer, T. (2021). TOPOI Mobility: Accessibility and settlement types in the urban rural gradient of Lower Saxony – opportunities for sustainable mobility. Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 9(1), 207-232. doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2021.1901603
Abou Jaoude, G., Mumm, O., Murad, M., & Carlow, V. M. (2021). Possible futures of Berlin. The Urban Transcripts Journal, 4(2). journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/possible-futures-of-berlin
Zhu, P., Wilken, T., Carlow, V. M., & Endres, E. (2020). A preliminary research on the benchmark of building resource consumption and sustainable strategies in Chinese eastern cities – Qingdao as a case study. In J. Yan, Energy Proceedings Applied Energy Symposium: Low carbon cities and urban energy systems, Tokyo.
Giebels, D., Carus, J., Paul, M., Kleyer, M., Siebenhüner, B., Arns, A., Bartholomä, A., Carlow, V. M., Jensen, J., Tietjen, B., Wehrmann, A., & Schröder, B. (2020). Transdisciplinary knowledge management: A key but underdeveloped skill in EBM decision-making. Marine Policy, 119, 104020. doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104020
Carlow, V. M., Mumm, O., Neumann, D., & Zeringue, R. (2020). TOPOI – Eine neue Typisierung von Stadt-Land Siedlungstypen. MobilEr 2020: Mobilität - Erreichbarkeit - Ländliche Räume, Braunschweig.
Tempelmeier, N., Rietz, Y., Lishchuk, I., Kruegel, T., Mumm, O., Carlow, V. M., Dietze, S., & Demidova, E. (2019). Data4UrbanMobility: Towards Holistic Data Analytics for Mobility Applications in Urban Regions Companion Proceedings of The 2019 World Wide Web Conference, San Francisco, USA. doi.org/10.1145/3308560.3317055
Carlow, V. M., & Hong, Y. W. (2015). Growing a City for 1,000,000: Master Plan for the City between the Forest and the Ocean (Senegal). Urban Ecologies, Toronto.
Carlow, V. M., & 5. International Symposium "Re-Water Braunschweig" 02. - 03.11., B. (2015). Growing a City for 1,000,000: Master Plan for the City between the Forest and the Ocean, Senegal. In (Vol. 87, pp. 1-11). Braunschweig: Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft. dx.doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202103230748-0.
Carlow, V. M. (2015). Space as a resource: West Berlin’s impossible sites. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Sustainable Development and Planning VII, Istanbul. doi.org/10.2495/SDP150211.
Carlow, V. M. (2014). Limits—Urban Density and Mobility Networks in West Berlin during the Period of Containment. Sustainability, 6(10), 7452-7465. doi.org/10.3390/su6107452
Carlow, V. M. (2022). The Lower Saxony Metapolis – From an Open Call for Cooperation to a Fundamental Understanding of Urban-Rural Relations. In V. M. Carlow, G. Abou Jaoude, C. Karadag, O. Mumm, M. Scheer, K. Schöning, & R. Zeringue (Eds.), METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony (pp. 8-10). Jovis.
Carlow, V. M., & Mumm, O. (2022). TOPOI – A Scientific Approach for Understanding Urban-Rural Linkages. In V. M. Carlow, G. Abou Jaoude, C. Karadag, O. Mumm, M. Scheer, K. Schöning, & R. Zeringue (Eds.), METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony (pp. 14-25). Jovis.
Abou Jaoude, G., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). Four Scenarios for Lower Saxony 2050. In V. M. Carlow, G. Abou Jaoude, C. Karadag, O. Mumm, M. Scheer, K. Schöning, & R. Zeringue (Eds.), METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony (pp. 26-41). Jovis.
Carlow, V. M., Karadag, C., Mumm, O., Scheer, M., Schöning, K., & Zeringue, R. (2022). Case Studies (Four Scenarios for Lower Saxony 2050). In V. M. Carlow, G. Abou Jaoude, C. Karadag, O. Mumm, M. Scheer, K. Schöning, & R. Zeringue (Eds.), METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony (pp. 43-221). Jovis.
Carlow, V. M., Karadag, C., Mumm, O., Scheer, M., & Schöning, K. (2022). Urban-Rural Intervention Catalog. In V. M. Carlow, G. Abou Jaoude, C. Karadag, O. Mumm, M. Scheer, K. Schöning, & R. Zeringue (Eds.), METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony (pp. 224-236). Jovis.
Mumm, O., Zeringue, R., & Carlow, V. M. (2022). From Local Measures to Regional Sustainability – An Attempt of Upscaling. In V. M. Carlow, G. Abou Jaoude, C. Karadag, O. Mumm, M. Scheer, K. Schöning, & R. Zeringue (Eds.), METAPOLIS. TOPOI. SCENARIOS for urban-rural sustainability in Lower for Urban-Rural Sustainability in Lower Saxony (pp. 240-251). Jovis.
Carlow, V. M., Gräser, Y., Hagedorn, A., Löhdefink, M., & Mumm, O. (2022). Move in the City – Ansätze datengetriebener Analyse von Stadträumen und die Umkehr des Assistenz-Gedankens in partizipativer Stadtentwicklung. In E.-W. Luthe, S. V. Müller, & I. Schiering (Eds.), Assistive Technologien im Sozial- und Gesundheitssektor (pp. 821-842). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34027-8_33
Carlow, V. M. (2020). Preface. In M. Hemmerling & B. Bähre (Eds.), Informierte Architektur: Building Information Modelling für die Architekturpraxis (pp. 6-7). Birkhäuser.
Abou Jaoude, G., Appelhans, N., Carlow, V. M., Mumm, O., Murad, M., Schröder, B., & Trapp, J. H. (2020). An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Open City. Trialog, 1/2019(136), 41-46.
Carlow, V. M., Schmidt, V., Neumann, D., & Mumm, O. (2019). Projektakademie Ländlicher Raum. In S. Kauffeld & J. Othmer (Eds.), Handbuch Innovative Lehre (pp. 339-355). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22797-5_25
Carlow, V. M., Christiansen, D., Rothfuchs, K., & Scheler, C. (2018). Zukunftsbilder für die Neue Vahr. In K.-A. Pahl, I. Reuther, P. Stubbe, & J. Tietz (Eds.), Potenzial Großsiedlung – Zukunftsbilder für die Neue Vahr (pp. 80-83). Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202091220-0.
Carlow, V. M. (2018). Stadt für Alle. In K.-A. Pahl, I. Reuther, P. Stubbe, & J. Tietz (Eds.), Potenzial Großsiedlung – Zukunftsbilder für die Neue Vahr (pp. 80-83). Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202091522-0.
Carlow, V. M. (2018). The transformation of the London Green Belt - from Sanitary Scenery, Global City Infrastructure to Sustainable Landscape. In M. Pietrzak-Franger, N. Pleflke, & E. Voigts (Eds.), Transforming Cities : Discourses of Urban Change (pp. 27-42). Universitätsverlag Winter.
Carlow, V. M. (2018). Alternatives Leben im Ländlichen Raum? In A. Herbote, M. Peschken, C. v. Wissel, & gtas, Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur und Stadt (Eds.), Fund-Stücke: Reflexionen über Objekte der Sammlung für Architektur und Ingenieurbau der TU Braunschweig (saib) (Vol. 19, pp. 122-123). Universitätsbibliothek. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-201809041305-0
Neumann, D., Sedrez, M., & Carlow, V. (2016). Scenarios for sustainable development of the Lower Saxony Metapolis. In J. Schröder, M. Carta, M. Ferretti, & B. Lino (Eds.), Territories. Rural-Urban Strategies (pp. 258-265). Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202071447-0.
Carlow, V. M., Sedrez, M., Neumann, D., & Mumm, O. (2017). Exo Village, Peri Urb, and Meta Town: TOPOI of Settlement Types in the Metapolis. Ruralgeo: New Rural Geographies in Europe, Braunschweig.
Carlow, V. M. (2017). Perspektiven einer wissensbasierten, kooperativen und offenen Stadtentwicklungspolitik. In BBSR, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development in the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) (Ed.), Stadt im Fokus – Perspektiven der Nationalen Stadtentwicklungspolitik (pp. 152-153). BBSR, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development in the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR).
Schmidt, V., Neumann, D., Mumm, O., Hong, Y. W., Bruun Yde, M., & Carlow, V. M. (2016). Academy of Future Rural Spaces in Lower Saxony. In V. M. Carlow & ISU – Institute for Sustainable Urbanism (Eds.), Ruralism – The Future of Villages and Small Towns in an Urbanizing World (pp. 191-211). Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202031138-0
Carlow, V. M., & Hong, Y. W. (2016). Generic Design Tools to Produce Site-Specific Solutions: Three Projects. In F. Wang & M. Prominski (Eds.), Urbanization and Locality: Strengthening Identity and Sustainability by Site-Specific Planning and Design (pp. 359-384). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48494-4_21
Carlow, V. M. (2016). The relevance of thinking rural. In V. M. Carlow & ISU, Institute for Sustainable Urbanism (Eds.), Ruralism: The Future of Villages and Small Towns in an Urbanizing World (pp. 6-7). Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202031150-0
Carlow, V. M. (2014). Zukunft Gestalten – Perspektiven der Stadt im 21. Jahrhundert. In J. Wékel (Ed.), Beiträge zu einer ökologisch orientierten Moderne Auf der Suche nach einer sozial gerechten, offenen und Ressourcen schonenden Gesellschaft (pp. 446-459). Deutsche Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung.
Carlow, V. M. (2013). From greenbelt to infrabelt—London’s green belt as model for a sustainable landscape? In C. Sörensen & K. Liedtke (Eds.), Specifics – Discussing Landscape Architecture (pp. 212-215). Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202071150-0
Carlow, V., & Larsen, S. (2014). P10. Arcostraße. In K. Ring (Ed.), Urban Living Berlin (pp. 48-49). Senat für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt.
Carlow, V. M. (2012). Climate Chan(g)ce! In A. Seidel & H. Drexler (Eds.), Building the future : Masstäbe des nachhaltigen Bauens. Jovis. doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202202071140-0
Carlow, V. M., & Gutge, J. (2011). Das Raumstadt-Modell. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin.
Bader, M., Beeck, S., Carlow, V. M., Dorsch, P., Heller, M., Lang, T., & Reusswig, F. (2011). IBA Berlin 2020 – Koncept. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin.
Carlow, V. M. & Stubbergaard, D. (2007). Co-Evolution. Danish-Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China. In: EPI. Architectural Biennale Beijing.
Carlow, V. M., & Stubbegard, D. (2006). Magic Mountains – How to build a sustainable city. In H. Valeur (Ed.), Co-Evolution. Danish-Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China. Biennale di Venezia, Settore Architettura. (pp. 96–121). Danish Architecture Centre.
2019. Berlin: Arrival City Ostbahnhof. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2018. ISU Talks #6: Open City Forum. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2018. Magdeburg: Nachbarschaften von Morgen. ISU – TU Braunschweig
2017. ISU Talks #5: Future Cities. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2017. Between cotton, platte and smoke. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2017. Impossible Sites: Westkreuz Berlin. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2016. Mittenmang. (De)Coding Hamburg in Brandshof. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2016. TU Campus: barrierefrei. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2016. Urbane Potentialräume: 6.000 Wohnungen für Berlin. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2016. Data Mining. Data Mapping. Ökosystemleistungen kartieren. ISU/IGÖ – TU Braunschweig
2015. Vom Sperrgebiet zur Neuen Mitte. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2015. Arbeitstreffen Projektakademie Ländlicher Raum. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2015. ISUTalks #02: Mobile Cities. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2014. Erstes Arbeitstreffen zur Erforschung von Stadt-Land-Beziehungen in Niedersachsen. ISU – TU Braunschweig. Ein Unmögliches Grundstück (100% Gun Free). ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2014. ISU Talks #01: The Housing Question. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2014. Nibelungenplatz – Design to Build. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2014. Of Betongold and Schrottimmobilien: Goethestrasse, Bremerhaven. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2014. WOB 4.0 – Thinking the Un-thought. ISU – TU Braunschweig.
2013. LIBE Berlin Lichtenberg - Strategien für die Peripherie. ISU – TU Braunschweig
2022 LCC22: Sino-German Symposium Low Carbon Communities Shanghai 2022
SpACE Lab at ISU jointly with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University. With financial support by DAAD and Sino-German Campus, online.
2020 SIM2020: Symposium Intelligent Mobility
SpACE Lab at ISU jointly with the L3S research center at Leibniz University Hannover. Under the patronage of the Minister President of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil. With financial support by Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the interdisciplinary research project Data4UrbanMobility.
2019 EAST-Cities: Qingdao Symposium on spatial big data
In partnership with the Qingdao Surveying and Mapping Institute. With financial support by Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the international, interdisciplinary research project EAST-Cities.
2018 OPEN CITY FORUM – Exploring challenges and opportunities of openness and its implications for theories, perspectives and instruments of the Open City.
A contribution to the sixth international symposium of the annual ISU Talks series in the scope of the Berlin Science Week. With financial support by Robert Bosch Foundation and TU Braunschweig. (12,000.- €).
2017 ISU Talks #05: FUTURE CITIES. Urbanism in a digitalizing world.
With financial support by Alfred Herrhausen Foundation, TU Braunschweig, Spanish Embassy and BS|Energy. (10,000.- €).
2016 ISU Talks #04: URBAN AFRICA.
Funded by Alfred Herrhausen Foundation, Association for Promoting the Art of Building Lower Saxony, TU Braunschweig, and TU Braunschweig Student Association. (7,000.- €).
2015 ISU Talks #03: RURALISM. The Future of Villages and Small Towns in an Urbanizing World.
With financial support by the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK), Alfred Herrhausen Foundation, Association for Promoting the Art of Building Lower Saxony, TU Braunschweig, and TU Braunschweig Student Association. (14.340,- €).
2014 ISU Talks #02: MOBILE CITIES. How Mobility improves People‘s Lifes.
ISU (PI). Funded by the Alfred Herrhausen Foundation, Wüstenrot Foundation, Wolfsburg AG, Metropolitan Region HannoverBraunschweigGöttingenWolfsburg, TU Braunschweig, (8.000,- €).
2013 ISU Talks #01: THE HOUSING QUESTION.
Funded by TU Braunschweig. (3,000,- €).
2022 IBTA – EXPO Rheinisches Revier (Rhineland mining area)
Urban Design studio for MA students to develop spatial architectural solutions for an Expo site and the IBTA exhibition at Rheinische Revier (RR) – an industrial landscape shaped by open-cast lignite mines and power plants.
2021 - 2022 Trilogy for Dortmund
An urban design studio for MA students within the framework of the Schlaun Urban Design Competition.
2021 - 2022 Lehmbau für die Eifel
An interdisciplinary aid project to support the rehabilitation of a half-timbered house after a flood disaster. With financial support by TU Braunschweig and Potsdam hilft der Eifel e.V.
2021 - 2022 Urban Data Lab
A research-based seminar exploring the development of low-cost sensor systems for urban data collection and processing.
2021 - 2022 Participatory Spatial Virtuality
A research-based seminar focusing the development and application of Virtual Reality in spatial research.
2021 - 2022 WOB on Track
Cooperative urban design studio for BA (1st year) students developing spatial visions and strategies for the transformation of large parking areas in the City of Wolfsburg.
2021 Low Carbon Community Shanghai
An international urban design studio for MA students in collaboration with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University Shanghai.
2021 DUST2CLOUD+
An interdisciplinary student’s research lab focusing urban data and digital tools. ISU in cooperation with the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry. Funded by the program for Innovative Teaching Formats from the Ministry for Science and Culture Lower Saxony (MWK) within the framework of “Innovative teaching and learning concepts: Innovation plus”. (Total: 50,000.- € / ISU: 25,000.- €).
2021 URBAN LAB WESTSTADT
Urban design studio for MA students focusing the transformation and densification of large housing estates in the City of Braunschweig, Germany.
2020 - 2021 Creative Campus.
Bachelor thesis studio focusing on mixed-use architecture densification in the central campus of TU Braunschweig.
2020 - 2021 Open Campus.
Cooperative urban design studio for BA (1st year) students focusing on multidimensional structural diversity and contemporary educational campus design.
2020 Sustainable Urbanism: A Critical Discussion of Theory, Visions and Design visions.
Seminar focusing on the physical and non-physical elements of sustainable urban form.
2020 Urban Disaster Studio.
Seminar focusing on disaster preparedness, resilience and reduction as well as design strategies and methods to reconstruct the built environment in preparation for future disasters.
2020 Vitapolis.
Workshop on tactical urban design interventions in collaboration with the architecture collective Octagon.
2019 - 2020 World=City=Vision. Eine Visionäre Stadt- Utopie.
Cooperative urban design studio for BA (1st year) students and Master Studio focusing on sustainable future urban design visions and designing liveable, inclusive, environmentally conscious and socio-economically just cities.
2019 - 2020 Westland. Sustainable Alternatives for the Glass City.
Master thesis studio exploring transformative solutions that integrate and synthesize horticultural production with residential and recreational premises.
2019 - 2020 URBAN ANALYTICS+. Computational Tools to Decipher Space.
Seminar on tools for data collection, processing and analysis and how to use these findings for the design process in collaboration with the Barcelona-based office 300.000km/s.
2019 UR*. Urban Reconfiguration – Müllerstraße: 3.5km Berlin
Urban Design studio for MA students.
2019 Der Wedding kommt.
Bachelor Thesis focusing on Berlins district Wedding, and its spatial complexity under increasing development pressure and growing population numbers.
2018 - 2019 Berlin. Arrival City Ostbahnhof.
Cooperative urban design studio for BA focusing on urban development in a dense mixed, lively, community-oriented, ecologically compatible urban district.
2018 Design with Nature.
Interdiscipliary research based seminar focusing tools for interdisciplinary design with permaculture. ISU with Institute of Geoecology. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”Transfer program for innovative teaching concepts“ of TU Braunschweig. (60,000.- € / ISU: 30,000.- €).
2017 - 2018 Magdeburg, Nachbarschaften von Morgen.
Cooperative urban design studio for BA (1st year) students in cooperation with the city of Magdeburg.
2017 - 2019 iSCOR – Eye-tracking Spatial Experience - Interdisciplinary Studio for Communicational and Observational Research.
An inter- and transdisciplinary teaching and research studio. ISU in cooperation with Institute for Psychology, TU Braunschweig. Awarded with LehrLEO-Award 2018, Award for good teaching practice by TU Braunschweig. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“ and ”Transfer program for innovative teaching concepts“ of TU Braunschweig. (Total: 109,000.- € / ISU: 71,000.- €).
2017 Building Better Cities.
Cornell University, MA class as guest Professor at Cornell University.
2017 Urban Transformation, São Paulo.
International urban design studio in cooperation with UNICAMP, Prof. Gabriela Celani. With financial support by DAAD and TU Braunschweig. (Total, ISU: 10,000.- €).
2017 Braunschweig Nonfiction.
Urban Participation and Intervention Workshop, in cooperation with BüroHallo Dessau.
2015 - 2017 MAKING CITY – bsMOOC.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Chair for Urban Design and Urbanization (co-lead), TU Berlin, Prof. Jörg Stollmann. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of ”teach4TU“. (Total: 124,500.- € / ISU: 32,000.- €).
2016 - 2017 Between Cotton, Platte and Smoke.
Cooperative urban design studio for BA (1st year) in cooperation with the city of Leipzig.
2016 Impossible Sites.
International Summer School at AEDES Campus with IDAS (Prof. Almut Grüntuch-Ernst and Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Prof. Dr. Victor Andrade. With financial support by DAAD. (Total, ISU: 17,500.- €).
2016 TBILISI AVLABARI – Urban laboratory for a post-socialist city.
ISU (PI, co-lead) with Department of Architecture, Ilia State University Tbilisi (co-lead), CAMPUS Tbilisi (Georgia), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Regional Office Southern Caucasus) and Goethe-Institut Georgia. An inter- and transdisciplinary project. Funded by the program ”Strengthening cooperation with civil society in the Eastern partnership“, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Berlin through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Total, ISU: 40,000.- €).
2015 - 2016 Mittenmang. (De)Coding Hamburg in Brandshof.
Urban design studio for BA students (1st/2nd year) in cooperation with the Authority for Urban Development and Habitation (BSW) of the City of Hamburg, supported by HafenCity University (HCU) and HafenCity GmbH. (Total, ISU: 2,000.- €)
2015 - 2016 Pupils. Eye Tracking Spatial Experiences.
Research based seminar. Funded in the framework of the program teach4TU of TU Braunschweig by Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). (Total, ISU: 33,000.- €).
2015 - 2016 Data Mining – Data Mapping. An inter- and transdisciplinary design studio.
ISU with the Institute of Geoecology. Funded by ”Transfer program for innovative teaching concepts“ within the framework of teach4TU of TU Braunschweig funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and TU Braunschweig. (Total: 65,000.- € / ISU: 36,000.- €).
2015 MLK: 100 Kilometer. 1.000.000 People.
A research-based urban design studio for BA students (Thesis, 3rd year). In cooperation with the Association of German Architects (BDA) and Leibniz University Hannover, Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski.
2015 - 2016 Sustainable City Tools.
Design seminar introducing new instruments and methods for integrated urban development and design. In cooperation with German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB).
2014 - 2015 Academy of Rural Spaces.
Rural-urban design studio in cooperation with five Lower Saxon municipalities. Funded in the framework of the program teach4TU of TU Braunschweig by Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). (Total, ISU: 31,500.- €).
2014 - 2015 6.000 Apartments for Berlin.
Cooperative urban design project for BA (Thesis, 3rd year) with the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment. With financial support by Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development. (Total, ISU: 1,000.- €).
2014 - 2015 From Restricted Area to New Center.
Cooperative urban design project for BA (2nd year) with the city of Rostock.
2014 The Gowanus Challenge: Brooklyn, New York.
Cooperative urban design studio for MA-level students with David Briggs of Gowanus by Design, EPA New York. Excursion funded by DAAD (Total, ISU: 1,350.- €).
2014 Design to Build: Bookcase at Nibelungenplatz.
Design to built workshop with students in cooperation with public housing corporation Nibelungen Wohnbau GmbH, Nibelungen School, Lebenshilfe Braunschweig GmbH, and Pro Siegfried e.V. With financial support by Nibelungen Wohnbau. (Total, ISU: 1.000,- €).
2014 The 10th condition of Riga.
Upgrading the city’s microrayons. Cooperative urban project for master-level students with the Office of the City Architect, Riga, and the RISEBA University Riga.
2013 - 2014 Of Betongold and Schrottimmobilien.
ISU (lead) cooperative urban design studio (Master thesis) with the Department of Urban Planning in Bremerhaven. Assessing the impact of global markets on a northern German town. With financial support by the City of Bremerhaven. (Total, ISU: 1,000.- €).
2013 - 2014 An Impossible Site – 100% gun free.
ISU (lead) cooperative urban design studio for BA (3rd year) with the City Architect, Senator for Environment, Building and Transport Bremen. With financial support by City of Bremen. (Total, ISU: 2.000,- €).
2013 Paris Peripherique
Excursion. With financial support by DAAD. (Total, ISU: 1,920.- €).
2013 WOB 4.0 – Thinking the Un-thought. Scenario planning for the City of Wolfsburg.
A cooperative urban design studio (Bachelor thesis) in cooperation with the city of Wolfsburg.
2012 - 2013 LIBE – Berlin Lichtenberg. 5000 Apartments for the City of Berlin.
ISU (lead) a cooperative urban design project for BA (3rd year) students with the public housing corporation HOWOGE and the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment. With financial support by HOWOGOE. (Total, ISU: 1,000.- €).
Since 2012 MAKING CITY – Fundamentals of Urban Design
Lecture for 1st year BA students
Since 2021 WARSAW GATE BERLIN
Study for a mixed-use high-rise development, including metro station and mobility hub at Warschauer Platz, Berlin
2021 CHARITÉ CAMPUS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BERLIN, DE.
Invited for the international competition for a masterplan for the campus area. In cooperation with MVRDV, Dr. Wolfgang Sunder, EGM, Bohn Zierlewagen, Sarah Friese.
NEW RAW BERLIN
Invited competition for a masterplan for the former railway area in Berlin Friedrichshain (RAW). In cooperation with MVRDV, Bohn Zierlewagen, IB Hausladen.
2020 SPatial Analytics + Crossdisciplinary Experimentation Lab, TU Braunschweig.
TU Braunschweig / Sabine Jaspers GB3 Building Management (awarding authority); Andreas Ostermann (execution planning and construction supervision); Vanessa Miriam Carlow, Chantal Karadag und Olaf Mumm, ISU (preliminary design, supervision and users)
MASTERPLAN FOR MÄRKISCHES VIERTEL, BERLIN, DE.
Urban development concept for the upgrading and densification of the Märkisches Viertel district in Berlin (approx. 680 ha); commissioned by GESOBAU Berlin; status: ongoing, under implementation.
2018 HIGHRISE GUIDELINES BERLIN
Development of guidelines for new highrises in Berlin
SMART CITY STATION BERLIN CHARLOTTENBURG
Refurbishment of the historic train station within the Smart City Program of German Bahn.
SMART LOCKER BERLIN
Refurbishment of 20 railway stations in Berlin. On behalf of DB.
BIKE PARKING FACILITIES DÜSSELDORF
Restructuring of the vicinity of 8 railway stations in Düsseldorf. On behalf of the Rheinbahn.
2017 DENSIFICATION STRATEGY FOR MÄRKISCHES VIERTEL - Berlin Urban development strategy for Märkisches Viertel Berlin, commissioned by GESOBAU Berlin Densification, ongoing
NEUE VAHR, BREMEN - Urban development strategy for Neue Vahr Bremen, commissioned by GEWOBA Bremen.
NEU MARX VIENNA - 2nd prize in the competition for a mixed use quarter. In cooperation with Studio Vlay Vienna and Müller Wehberg.
2016 NEW GARTENFELD, BERLIN - 1st prize in the competition for a new urban housing district in Berlin (72 ha). In cooperation with Man Made Land, Hoffmann Leichter, Ingenieurbüro Kraft, under construction.
URBAN! GREENER! DENSER! MORE EQUITABLE! BREMISH! - Masterplan and participatory process for the station area in Bremen. In cooperation with Hoffmann Leichter, Transsolar, Christiane Sörensen Landschape Architecture and Raumscript, implemented plan.
2015 URBANE MITTE GLEISDREIECK, BERLIN - 1st prize in the international competition for the new Gleisdreick area in Berlin. In cooperation with Knippers Helbig, Marc Feustel, Man Made Land, and Transsolar.
CITY BETWEEN FOREST AND THE OCEAN - Masterplan for a city for 1 million people near Dakar, Senegal. In cooperation with Transsolar, Gesswein Landschaftsarchitekten, Mobility in Chain, IQ, Research Institute for Sustainble Urbanism. Direct commission.
PROTOTYPES FOR AFFORDABLE FAST-BUILT HOUSES FOR SENEGAL. In cooperation with Transsolar, IQ. Direct commission
2014 ADIDAS MEET & EAT HERZOGENAURACH - 1st prize in the international competition, in cooperation with Transsolar, Knippers Helbig, realized.
URBAN LIVING BERLIN - Study for the densification of Berlin. In cooperation with ARUP
EDUCATIONAL QUARTER BERLIN TEMPELHOF - Master plan for a housing quarter for 8.500 inhabitants. In cooperation with Man Made Land
BAYERNKASERNE MÜNCHEN - Finalist in the international competition for a new housing quarter for 12.000 inhabitants. In cooperation with Transsolar, Hoffmann Leichter, Man Made Land.
2013 DANISH EXPO PAVILLON 2012 IN YEOSU, KOREA - 1st prize, realized
LUND SCIENCE VILLAGE - 1st prize in the international competition. In cooperation with Henning Larsen Architects, Transsolar, Rambøl, under construction.
LINDEN COURTYARDS LICHTENBERG - 2nd prize in the housing competition, in cooperation with Man Made Land.
2012 HOUSE FOR DANCE, BORDEAUX, FRANCE - 1st prize in the international competition
PORSGRUNN MUSEUM, NORWAY - 1st prize in the international competition, in cooperation with Transform, realized.
NØRREPORT STATION COPENHAGEN - 1st prize in the international competition, in cooperation with Public Arkitekter, Grontmij, realized.
2011 VESTERVOLDGADE COPENHAGEN - 1st prize in the competition, in cooperation with GHB Landskab, realized.
KRØYERS PLADS COPENHAGEN - Housing project, in cooperation with Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects and GHB Landskab, realized.
DANTES SQUARE COPENHAGEN - 1st prize in the competition, in cooperation with GHB Landskab, realized.
ROSKILDE ROCK MUSEUM - 1st prize in the competition, in cooperation with MVRDV, Transsolar, Rambøl, realized.
MASTERPLAN DOWNTOWN HØJE-TAASTRUP, Copenhagen, DK - 1st prize in the competition, realized
2010 NORTH CAMPUS COPENHAGEN - 1st prize in the competition, realized
LIBRARY NORDVEST - 1st prize in the competition, in cooperation with Transform, realized and awarded “Best Public Building Award” in 2010.
2009 NORTH HARBOUR COPENHAGEN - 1st prize in the international competition for a new urban district for 40.000 inhabitants with 40.000 work places, competition in cooperation with Rambøll, under construction.
2008 METROPOLZONE COPENHAGEN - Masterplan for the revitalization of the Copenhagen City Centre, in collaboration with MVRDV, partially realized.
2007 TAASTRUP THEATER - 1st prize in the competition for the energetic upgrade, realized
ISRAEL SQUARE COPENHAGEN - 1st prize in the competition, in cooperation with Vitras, Prof. Morten Stræde, realized.
2006 OPENING OF THE RIVER SØNDERÅ - 1st prize in the competition, in cooperation with Prof. Morten Stræde, realized.
2005 MASTERPLAN FOR DENMARK’S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - 2nd prize in the international competition.
Vanessa Miriam Carlow participated in more than 50 juries since 2009.
Her work as practicing architect has been widely published in more than 30 books, journals and numerous exhibitions until today.
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