Jun. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Polívka

Chair and Institute of Sustainable Housing Development | Faculty of Architecture | RWTH Aachen University

jan.polivka@ils-forschung.de



Studied urban and regional planning at the TU Berlin and Japanese studies at the Charles University in Prague and Humboldt University in Berlin. Doctorate at the Faculty of Spatial Planning at the TU Dortmund University. Studies and research stays at Tôkai University Tôkyô, New York City University, Columbia University and Ȏsaka University.


Main topics

  • Planning processes in urban development
  • Housing stock development in the physical and social context
  • settlement morphology and resilience of settlement structure
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