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New impulse for Hamburg: Lecture by Professor Gess on urban planning!
On April 23, 2025, Prof. Alessandro Gess will give a lecture on urban challenges at the HCU Hamburg.
New impulse for Hamburg: Lecture by Professor Gess on urban planning!
On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU) will invite you to an important lecture at 6:00 p.m. The speaker, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Alessandro Gess will speak about current topics in architecture and urban planning under the title “urban after all”. Gess, who will take up a professorship for design, spatial and building science at the HCU on November 1, 2024, brings an impressive background to the audience, having already worked at various renowned institutions.
His academic training includes studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich and at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles. He also received further training in urban planning at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Professionally, Gess was a partner in the l’AUC office in Paris, where he worked as an architect and urban planner and implemented numerous projects. He was awarded the Patrick Abercrombie Prize for Urban Planning and Design, an award presented by the International Union of Architects.
Research focus and teaching activities
Alessandro Gess's areas of expertise include design, spatial and building theory, where he deals with situational and metropolitan tasks. His research places a critical focus on social, environmental and economic challenges arising in urbanization and city planning. Gess follows a transversal and multiscalar methodology to examine the interplay between context, society and space.
Before his engagement at HCU, he was a visiting professor at the Wüstenrot Foundation in the Architecture Department of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he worked from 2023 to 2024. He also held positions at the Université Gustave Eiffel | EIVP in Paris and at the Institut Méditerranéen de la Ville et des Territoires (IMVT) in Marseille.
The relevance of architecture and urban planning
In the context of urban planning and architecture, it is important to understand the current challenges. The Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, which Gess will attack, offers specific master's programs that deal with the deepening of topics and specializations in various disciplines. Additional information provided by the University of Stuttgart illustrates the variety of training options. For example, master's degrees are offered in three areas: Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Architecture, Integrated Technologies and Architectural Design Research, and Industrial Real Estate Management.
A master's degree in architecture not only enables access to the chambers of architects, but also opens up a wide range of fields of activity. Graduates can work in architecture, urban planning, construction management or even journalism, building biology and architectural photography. This diversity and interdisciplinary studies are crucial in order to meet the complex requirements of urbanization.
Considering all these aspects, the upcoming lecture by Alessandro Gess can be seen as a valuable contribution to the current discussion about the future of urban planning and architecture. The event promises to provide new insights and inspiration for both students and professionals. The HafenCity University Hamburg is looking forward to numerous interested guests who would like to deal with these central topics.
Furthermore, the meaning of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Stuttgart, which contributes significantly to university education in the areas of urban planning and architecture and prepares students for the challenges in these areas.
The information about the different Master's degree programs illustrate the structure and opportunities offered to aspiring architects in order to establish themselves in a dynamic and constantly growing discipline.