ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Jakob Tigges studied architecture and urban design in Aachen, Rome and Berlin. He complemented his architectural education with studies in sociology of communications at ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome and Management at ‘The London School of Economics and Political Science’, supported by generous scholarship-awards of the European Commission and the German National Merit Foundation.

In his academic as in his practical work Jakob pursues to combine knowledge and methods from all the three disciplines.After graduating in the year 2000 with the award-winning thesis ‘Villa Fantozzi’ he worked in different architectural practices in the Netherlands, Spain and Germany before starting to teach urban design at the chair of Prof. ir. Kees Christiaanse / Prof. Dr. Wouter Vanstiphout at ‘Technische Universität Berlin’ in 2003.

He also works on commissions as strategic or creative planner for brand consultancies and advertising agencies.His academic domain is the formation of ‘Strategic Urban Design’, an approach that aims at analysing and experimentally deploying the ‘real forces’ of urban development. With a small English-speaking class of international students he investigates inter-city competition in Europe and transformation in the world’s biggest, culturally most diverse and fastest changing urban societies.In the Competing Cities of Europe project one study group focuses on the distinctiveness of cities, the creation of city brands and the role of urban design as means of competition among European cities.

In the project Transforming Super Societies another group investigates the influence of changing economics, stakeholders and preferences in fast growing urban areas in the BRIC* countries.
Both seminars extensively deal with the consequences which the intensifying global exchange of goods, capital, people and ideas prompts for the studies and the practice of urban design.* The term BRIC is an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India and China and originates from the 2003 study ‘Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050’ of GoldmannSachs, an American investment bank, on the rapidly rising significance of these countries’ economies for the world economyAcademic interestStrategic urban design: _Flexible planning, scenario planning, socio-economicsDistinctiveness of cities: _Characteristics, perception and branding of places Competition among European city-regions Urban transformation in the BRIC* countries

Practical focus Design: _Urban and architectural designPlanning: _Strategic and creative planning for organisations, cities and brands

Consultancy: _Design consultancy, project appraisal

Working Languages
German, English, Spanish, Italian

For further information please contact

Jakob Tigges directly at
jakob.tigges@tu-berlin.de
| Tel +49-30-31421936
| Fax +49-3031421931

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