Urban resilience: between tradition, crisis response, and global change

Prof. Christa Reicher is Head of the Chair of Urban Design, the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Heritage and Urbanism, and the Institute for Urban Design and European Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany. Prior to this, she was Professor for Urban Design and Land Use Planning at the Faculty of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University and for Urban Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. Christa Reicher is founder of the architecture and urban planning office “RHA REICHER HAASE” in Aachen and in Dortmund. Most recent publications: City building block living (2022); Urban Design (2022); Transformation and Mixing: Urban planning in transition (2021); Handbook of energy efficiency in the neighbourhood: Supply, convert, activate in a clever way (2021); City under Pressure! Climate change and cultural heritage (2021).

Architect (2017) by Seville University. Master in Architecture and Historical Heritage (2018) and Master in Urbanism, Planning and Urban Design (2020) by Seville University. Doctor in Architecture by Seville University and Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften by RWTH Aachen University (2024). Joint Thesis Agreement between the University of Seville and the RWTH Aachen University.

(Dr.-Ing.) Fabio Bayro Kaiser is a research associate at the Chair and Institute of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University and an Associate at RHA Reicher Haase.