TU Berlin and BHRC Tehran
The Young Cities project is strongly linked to the Department of Architecture of Technische Universität Berlin, because its director - Prof. Dr. Schäfer - headed the chair for Building Law and Building Policy at the department for many years.The Building and Housing Research Center has a long-standing relationship with TU Berlin, because its former vice-president and current director of the Young Cities activities in Iran - Dr. Tayebeh Parhizkar - studied and received her PhD from TU Berlin.
Technische Universität Berlin
TU Berlin contributes to the Young Cities project through eight research chairs, most of which belong to the department of Architecture. They include:
Architectural Design and Construction (Department of Architecture), director: Prof. Ute Frank. Young Cities staff: Dipl.- Ing Andrea Böhm
Urban Renewal and Sustainable Development (Department of Urban and Regional Planning). Prof. Elke Pahl-Weber formerly directed the department and is now director of the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development. Young Cities staff: Dipl.- Ing. Sebastian Seelig, Dipl.- Ing. Philipp Wehage, Dipl.- Ing. Annette Wolpert
Structural Engineering and Building Construction (Department of Architecture), director: Prof. Dr. Klaus Rückert. Young Cities staff: Eng. Effat Shahriari, Dipl.-Ing. Sven Boog, Cand.-Ing. Olga Gordaschnik, Cand.-Ing. Xu Lai
Building Service Engineering and Architectural Design (Department of Architecture), director: Prof. Claus Steffan. Young Cities staff: Dr. Farshad Nasrollahi
Center for Technology and Society (Inter-departmental research unit), Young Cities staff: Dr. Wulf-Holger Arndt, Cand.-Ing. Norman Döge, Cand.-Ing. René Kämpfer
Landscape Planning and Development (Department of Landscape Design and Environmental Planning), director: Prof. Dr. Stefan Heiland. Young Cities staff: Dr. Bernd Demuth
Environmental Assessment and Planning Research Group (Department of Landscape Design and Environmental Planning), director: Prof. Dr. Johann Köppel. Young Cities staff: Dipl.- Ing. Holger Ohlenburg
Didactics of Construction, Surveying and Alignment, and Landscape Design, (Department of Vocational Training), director: Prof. Dr. Johannes Meyser. Young Cities staff: Dipl.- Ing. Bernd Mahrin, Cand.- Ing. Nadia Poor-Rahim
Building and Housing Research Center, Tehran
The BHRC is Iran's leading research institute on all aspects of construction and housing. It works under the umbrella of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and is directed by Dr. Fatemi Adgha. All Young Cities research activities in Iran are directed by former vice-president of the BHRC, Dr. Tayebeh Parhizkar.
The BHRC employs architects and engineers, and has contributed to Young Cities research especially in the field of architectural design.
