UNESCO Chair

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The UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Urbanism is part of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair Program. The Chair's mission is to shape the transformation of cities and neighborhoods in a sustainable way, with a special focus on cultural heritage.

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New Regional Bauhaus

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The ‘New Regional Bauhaus’ (NRB) aims to go back to the idea of community thinking and to focus on a more local scale. Global challenges ask for different solutions, that may differ from place to place. 

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Urban Campus

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Further development of the Aachen inner-city campus area.

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Spatial strategy for the Rhenish mining area

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Elaboration of an integrative spatial development strategy for the Rhenish mining area until 2038 and beyond.

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Urban Design Colloquium

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The event series "Urban Colloquium" at the Faculty of Architecture of RWTH Aachen University aims to stimulate discourse on social, economic and technological changes and their spatial impact on the neighbourhood, the city and the region.

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Urban Conservation

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Graduate Colleges

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The chair and the Institute of Urban Design are currently participating in two research training groups, in which a total of three doctoral theses are being developed. In addition, two associated doctoral candidates are working on the same topics.

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