Comparative advantages
TFH Berlin – University of Applied Sciences
Strong practice-orientation of university studies and applied research, all projects in a close collaboration with companies/ bureaus and Public Planning departments.
All staff members having a professional background and continuing practice outside the university (planning and architectural bureaus and/or working as advisers for the public authorities).
In Architecture and Building Services an outstanding expertise and special emphasis on Construction, Renovation, re-design of devastated city areas, international Project Management for the Built Environment, technical design of the urban space under conversion, and Facilities Management.
In Urban Planning special focus on Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning and Design of urban space, Environmental Impact Analysis, planning indicators.
In Civil Engineering and Geographical Information Systems a strong experience in Infrastructure Planning and Construction regarding water resources and transportation and in applications of GIS and remote satellite sensing;
More than a decade practical experience of Berlin institutions with coping of political and economic transition from former communist to market oriented systems and its impact and challenges regarding the urban development and integration(re-shaping of the whole city area by integration of West and East Berlin as two cities in one).