CURRICULUM VITAE // DR. CORDELIA POLINNA

CURRICULUM VITAE // DR. CORDELIA POLINNA
Center for Metropolitan Studies, TU Berlin, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, TEL 3-0, 10587 Berlin // E-mail: [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Urban regeneration in European cities, esp. London and Berlin // delivery of urban design quality //
socially, aesthetically, economically and ecologically sustainable urban development
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
since 05/2010
Junior Professor at the Center for Metropolitan Studies
Berlin University of Technology
(full-time, maternity cover)
11/2009 – 05/2010
Assistant Professor at the Department for Landscape Architecture and
Public Space
Prof. Regine Keller, Munich University of Technology
(part-time)
03 – 05/2009
Visiting Scholar New York University
Professor Neil Brenner, Department of Sociology
01/2008 -12/2009
DFG Post Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Metropolitan Studies
Transatlantic Graduate Research Program Berlin – New York
»History and Culture of the Metropolis in the 20th century«, Center for Metropolitan
Studies, Berlin University of Technology, funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation)
02/2002 - 01/2003
Assistant Professor/Reseracher
with the DFG-funded research project »Postmodern urban design since the 1980ies:
Remaking the ‘European City’ in Berlin and London« led by Professor Dr. Harald
Bodenschatz, Berlin University of Technology
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2007
Doctoral Degree (Dr. Ing.)
Honors: »mit Auszeichnung/with distinction«
Title: »Towards a London Renaissance: A Shift in the Urban Design Paradigm in London:
Projects and Plans for the Regeneration of the City Centre« // published 2009
School of Planning, Building, Environment, Department of Urban and Regional Planning,
Berlin University of Technology
Supervisors: Professor Dr. Harald Bodenschatz (Berlin University of Technology),
Professor Wolfgang Christ (Bauhaus Universität Weimar),
Professor Dr. Dietrich Henckel (Berlin University of Technology)
2001
Diploma (equivalent of Master’s Degree) Urban and Regional Planning
Supervisors: Professor Dr. Dietrich Henckel, Professor Dr. Michael Koch
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Berlin University of Technology
09/1997 - 06/1998
Urban Design und Town and Country Planning
Edinburgh College of Art as an ERASMUS/SOCRATES Fellow
1996
Pre-Diploma Urban and Regional Planning
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Berlin University of Technology
AWARDS // GRANTS
04/2010
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) travel grant to Mexico
participant in the »6°Seminario Urbanismo Internacional – Urbanismo para una ciudad
sustenable« // Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana // Mexico City
2009 - 2010
Training Programme: ProFiL Professionalisierung für Frauen in
Forschung und Lehre
Selected participant in executive career development programme for female researchers
and faculty conducted by the Berlin University of Technology, Humboldt University, Free
University and Potsdam University.
12/2008
German Research Foundation sponsors publication of my dissertation
»Towards A London Renaissance«
2008-2009
Post Doc Fellowship DFG (German Research Foundation)
2007
First Prize at BilfingerBergerAward for the case study »Promoting
disadvantaged urban districts: The Idea Stores in Tower Hamlets,
London as a pilot project«
04/2003 bis 03/2006
Dissertation Fellowship Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
09/1997 bis 06/1998
ERASMUS/SOCRATES
SOCRATES Scholarship of the EU to study at the Edinburgh College of Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Summer 2010
Urban Design Visions and City Images in European Cities
(seminar // MA Historical Urban Studies // as Assistant Professor at the Center for
Metropolitan Studies)
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften // »Science Night«
(student project preparing the CMS contribution to the »science night«, major public event
organized by Berlin universities and research institutions // MA Historical Urban Studies //
as Assistant Professor at the Center for Metropolitan Studies)
2008-2009
Advisor to PhD students of graduate research programme,
preparation of PhD colloquia and workshops on questions regarding
writing a PhD thesis
(as Post Doc at the Center for Metropolitan Studies)
Winter 2008/2009
Destination Banglatown
Ethnic enclaves as tourist destinations and creative industries clusters
(seminar, mapping, impromptu design studio // BA Architecture // as Lecturer at the
Department for Architectural and Planning Sociology)
Winter 2007/2008
Middle Class City
Urban Regeneration in European Cities
(graduate seminar // as Lecturer at the Department for Architectural and Planning
Sociology)
Summer 2007
Social Foundations of Urban Design II
(seminar // dual MA Urban Design, Co-operation between TU Berlin and Tongji
University/Shanghai // taught in English // as Lecturer at the Department for Architectural
and Planning Sociology)
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Winter 2005/2006
London Calling
Urban Regeneration in the British Capital
(graduate seminar // as Lecturer at the Department for Architectural and Planning
Sociology)
10/1999 bis 09/2001
Student Teaching Assistant
Department of Architectural and Planning Sociology, Professor Dr. Harald Bodenschatz
Berlin University of Technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since 05/2009
think berl!n
Founding member of initiative for a fresh debate on urban design and strategic planning in
Berlin // together with Aljoscha Hofmann, Jana Richter und Johanna Schlaack //
organisation of workshops in cooperation with e.g. the Berlin Senate Department for Urban
Development and Design for London.
since 03/2009
Exhibition »Stadtvisionen – City Visions 1910 I 2010
Berlin I Paris I London I Chicago«
joint preparation of a major urban design exhibition to be held in Berlin in autumn 2010
lead by Prof. Harald Bodenschatz // curation of the London 2010 section in cooperation
with Design for London // authorship of numerous articles in the catalogue // preparation
of joint workshop in 10/2010 with Design for London as part of the supporting programme
for the exhibition.
since 05/2008
Polinna Hauck Consultants – Berater für urbane Qualität
Mürzzuschlag/Austria: public space strategy for town square (implementation under way)
Mürzzuschlag/Austria: public space strategy and concept to strengthen competitiveness of
retail for high street »Wiener Strasse« (to be implemented 2010/11)
Kapfenberg/Austria: regeneration strategy for historic town square in collaboration with
Rudischer Panzenböck gewerbl. Architekten (implementation under way)
Consulting charity organisations of the German Protestant Church (Berliner Stadtmission
and Diakonisches Werk) regarding location search and concept design for community
meting places, cafés etc.
02/1996 - 08/1997
08/1998 - 09/1999
Beratungsgesellschaft für Stadterneuerung & Modernisierung mbH
Student assistant with Berlin-based urban design and regeneration consultants working on
various regeneration schemes in the former »east« of Berlin.
ACADEMIC SERVICE & MEMBERSHIPS
2007
since 2002
Peer Reviewer
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung (SRL)
(German equivalent of RTPI // www.srl.de)
since 2008
Research Committee 21 on Sociology of Urban and Regional
Development of the International Sociological Association
since 2009
AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning)
Young Academics
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PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS
»Towards a London Renaissance. Projekte und Planwerke für den städtebaulichen Paradigmenwechsel im
Londoner Zentrum.«
Dortmund 2009 // Verlag Dorothea Rohn
REVIEWED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
»London: Strategien für die Renaissance der britischen Metropole.«
In: Berlin plant. Plädoyer für ein Planwerk Innenstadt Berlin 2.0. Bodenschatz; Harald/Flierl; Thomas
(eds.)
Berlin 2010 // forthcoming
»Beyond Planwerk Innenstadt.. Neue Ideen – Strategische Entwicklung weiter denken! Ein Workshop zur
städtebaulichen Entwicklung Berlins der Initiative Think Berl!n.«
In: Berlin plant. Plädoyer für ein Planwerk Innenstadt Berlin 2.0. Bodenschatz; Harald/Flierl; Thomas
(eds.)
Berlin 2010 // joint authorship with Aljoscha Hofmann, Jana Richter und Johanna Schlaack // forthcoming
»Standort Zentrum. Ambivalenzen der Reurbanisierung in Barcelona, London und Chicago.«
In: Auf dem Weg zu einer „Reurbanisierung“? Aktuelle Tendenzen in Deutschland. Brake, Klaus/
Herfert, Günter (eds.)
2010 // joint authorship with mit Laura Calbet i Elias und Barbara Schöning // forthcoming
»London 2010« (catalogue texts of 15 urban design projects in London)
»London 2010: Searching for a sustainable and well-designed city«
»Kult des strategischen Plans«
»Alte Arbeiterquartiere: Brennpunkte des Wandels«
In: STADT-VISIONEN 1910|2010 Berlin Paris London Chicago. 100 Jahre „Allgemeine StädtebauAusstellung in Berlin“. Bodenschatz, Harald/Gräwe, Christina/Kegler, Harald, Nägelke, Hans-Dieter/Sonne
Wolfgang (eds.)
Exhibition catalogue // London 2010: joint authorship with Tobias Goevert // DOM Publishers // Berlin 2010 // forthcoming
»Zwischennutzung des Spitalfields Market/London.«
In: Urban Catalyst: Strategies for Temporary Use. Oswalt, Philipp et al. (eds.)
Actar // Barcelona/New York // forthcoming
»Culture at the Heart of Regeneration. Neue Projekte der sozialen und kulturellen Infrastruktur zur
Aufwertung benachteiligter Stadtteile in London.«
In: Jahrbuch Stadterneuerung 2010. Altrock, Uwe/Kunze, Ronald/Pahl-Weber, Elke/von Petz,
Ursula/Schubert, Dirk (eds.)
Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin // Arbeitskreis Stadterneuerung an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen Arbeitskreis // Berlin 2010,
p. 79-92
»London. Die Renaissance des Südufers der Themse – eine Paradebeispiel des nachmodernen Stadtumbaus.«
In: New Urbanity. Die europäische Stadt im 21. Jahrhundert. Becker, Annette et al. (eds.)
Verlag Anton Pustet // catalogue for the exhibition »New Urbanity« in the Deutsches Architekturmuseum Frankfurt am Main.
Salzburg 2008, p. 180-189
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»Regeneration der Stadt I Stadtumbau. Learning from London.«
In: Multiple City. Stadtkonzepte 1908 I 2008. Wolfrum, Sophie/Nerdinger, Winfried (eds.)
Jovis Verlag // catalogue for the exhibition »Multiple City« in the Architekturmuseum of the TU München. Berlin 2008, p. 94-97
»Stadtbaukultur anderswo: Richard Rogers als Vorreiter einer neuen englischen Städtebaupolitik.«
In: Städtebau als Chefsache? Die Debatte um die Nachfolge von Hans Stimmann. Altrock, Uwe/Güntner,
Simon/Huning, Sandra/Kuder, Thomas/Nuisssel, Henning/Peters, Deike (eds.): Reihe Planungsrundschau
No. 14, Berlin 2007, p. 41-58
»London Reborn. Stadtumbau im Zentrum der britischen Hauptstadt.«
In: Großstädte von morgen. Internationale Strategien des Stadtumbaus. Bodenschatz, Harald/
Laible, Ulrike (eds.)
Verlagshaus Braun // Berlin 2008, p. 108-127
»Förderung benachteiligter Stadtbezirke: Die Idea Stores in Tower Hamlets, London, als Modellprojekt.«
In: Ideenimport – Experten aus aller Welt geben Impulse. Die Ergebnisse des Bilfinger Berger Awards
2007. Töpfer, Klaus/Bodner, Herbert (eds)
Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag // Stuttgart 2007, p. 159-170
»Von der Hafennutzung zur Flaniermeile: Die ,Urban Renaissance’ am Südufer der Themse in London.«
In: Jahrbuch Stadterneuerung 2006/07. Altrock, Uwe/Kunze, Ronald/Pahl-Weber, Elke/von Petz,
Ursula/Schubert, Dirk (eds.)
co-author: Dirk Schubert // Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin // Arbeitskreis Stadterneuerung an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen //
Berlin 2007, p. 295-312
»Das Zentrum von London.«
In: Renaissance der Mitte – Zentrumsumbau in London und Berlin. Bodenschatz, Harald (eds.)
contributions from Laura Calbet i Elias, Friedhelm Fischer and Benjamin Herkommer // Verlagshaus Braun // Berlin 2005, p. 15-165
»Stadtumbau am Südufer der Themse in London // Urban Renewal on the South Bank of the Thames.«
In: Stadtumbau/Urban Conversion – Recent International Examples. Boeckl, Matthias (eds.)
Springer Verlag // Wien, New York 2003, p. 25-40
ARTICLES IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
»Tempelhof geöffnet, Zukunft offen«
In: German Architects Magazin.
19.05.2010, Nr. 20 // http://german.magazin-world-architects.com/de_10_20_onlinemagazin_tempelhof_de.html
»Für ein Planwerk beyond Planwerk.«
In: Stadtbauwelt 185
No. 12/2010, p. 4
»London. Culture Shop.«
In: Young House Magazin II. Wustlich, Reinhart (eds.)
Nicolai Verlag // Berlin 2009, p. 100-107
»London. Idea Stores in Tower Hamlets.«
In: Young House Magazin 2008. Wustlich, Reinhart (eds.):
Nicolai Verlag // Berlin 2008, p. 44-53
»Stadtumbau am Südufer der Themse in London.«
In: architektur aktuell
06/2003, p. 73-88
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»Berlin City Attack: Die Marketingstrategie des Sportartikelherstellers Nike in Berlin.«
In: derive
No. 04/2003, p. 6-8
»Berlin City Attack: Die Marketingstrategie des Sportartikelherstellers Nike in Berlin.«
In: Planerin – Fachzeitschrift für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung
No. 01/2003, p. 67-69
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
»En búsqueda de un ciudad sustenable. La regeneración de los barrios de Spialfields y Whitechapel en
Londres.«
»6°Seminario Urbanismo Internacional – Urbanismo papa una ciudad sustenable«
12.-16.04.2010 // Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana // Mexico City
»Regenerating Immigrant Neighbourhoods through Strategies of Touristification: Examples from London,
New York, Berlin«,
»Migration in Cities«
06.11.2009 // organised by the Finnland Institut Berlin, Finland Institut London and the Finish Embassy Dublin // Dublin, Irland
»Liverpool Street Station/Broadgate in London: A trailblazer for the post-industrial restructuring of innercity railway sites«,
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»Railways, Real Estate & the Re-Making of Cities in the 21 Century”«
International Symposium of the DFG Emmy Noether Group on Urban Mega-Projects Deike Peters PhD //15.–16. 10. 2009 // Berlin
»Broadgate, Paternoster Square, Bishops Square: The real estate sector as a pioneer for quality in urban
design in London.«,
»AESOP 2009 Why can't the future be more like the past?«
15.-18.07.2009 // Track 9: Urban Design and Physical Form // 23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning //
Liverpool, UK
»Culture at the Heart of Regeneration. Neue Projekte der sozialen und kulturellen Infrastruktur zur
Aufwertung benachteiligter Stadtteile in London«
»Weniger, mehr oder anders? Infrastrukturen in der Stadterneuerung«
28.-29.05.2009 // organised by Arbeitskreis Stadterneuerung and Universität Kassel // Kassel
»Modell London«
4. Hermann-Henselmann-Kolloquium »Strategien für Berlin – Planwerk Innenstadt Berlin 2.0«
13.02.2009 // Neues Stadthaus Berlin
»Destination Banglatown. The Transformation of an Ethnic Enclave in London in the Context of PostModern Urban Regeneration Strategies«
ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference »Landscapes of Global Urbanism: Power, Marginality, and Creativity«
17.-21.12.2008 // organised by Research Committee 21 on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development of the International
Sociological Association // panel »Landscapes of Tourism«
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»Urban Renaissance London: A New Urban Design Paradigm for the City Center«
4. Annual Conference of the TGK Berlin-New York »In Search of the Postfordist City: Concepts and the
Meaning of Urban Space and Society«
25.-27.09.2008 // Panel »Architecture and the Spatiality of Late 20th- Century Urbanism: How has the Appearance of Cities Changed
Since the 1970s? // «Fordham University New York
»Towards a London Renaissance. Stadtumbau in der britischen Hauptstadt«
Bauhaus Universität Weimar
29.05.2007 // Chair Städtebau I // Professor Wolfgang Christ
»Housing for a Compact City: Strategien für den Wohnungsbau in London«
architektur centrum Hamburg
12./13.10.2006 // conference on housing in Hamburg
»Stadtbaukultur anderswo - Richard Rogers und das Architecture and Urbanism Unit der Greater London
Authority«
»Baukultur in Berlin – Wird ein Senatsbaudirektor künftig noch gebraucht?«
18.07.2006 // Symposium organised by Universität Kassel and the Center for Metropolitan Studies // TU Berlin
»London. Zentrumsumbau am Südufer der Themse«
Deutsches Architektur Museum
06.04.2006 // Frankfurt am Main
»Urban Renaissance par excellence – Zentrumsumbau am Südufer der Themse«
Conference »Renaissance der Mitte - Zentrumsumbau in London und Berlin«
25.11.2005 // organised by Schinkelzentrum, TU Berlin // sponsored by the British Council
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