Vivien Nowak

Vivien Nowak is an academic staff member at the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at FH Potsdam. She is pursuing doctoral studies at the Institute of Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty of Design, UdK Berlin, focusing on the work of architects Erich Köhn and Paul Mebes in relation to Berlin's cooperative housing system.

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (2015–2018), TU Berlin
• Master's Degree in Architecture and Urban Design (2018–2020), FH Potsdam

Her research interests revolve around Architecture and Urban Design, particularly Housing Reform, Historical Preservation, and Sustainable Urban Planning. She explores the intersection of historical urban reform movements and contemporary sustainable practices, emphasizing the preservation of architecturally valuable designs.

Her recent publications and projects, such as Block.Reform.Berlin and collaborations in Erasmus+ programs, highlight trends in urban heritage, interdisciplinary design, and the application of historical urban forms to modern challenges. She co-supervises seminars on topics like Schwedt/Oder's urban redevelopment and Pompeii's architectural legacy.

Vivien collaborates with institutions including ETH Zurich, TU Dortmund, TU Eindhoven, and Università di Napoli Federico II. She is supervised by Prof. Dr. Silvia Malcovati at FH Potsdam and works with the Beamten-Wohnungs-Verein zu Berlin (BWV) as a practice partner.