Jakob Pesendorfer | Urban Design
– Research – Strategy
“The time has come to approach Architecture urbanistically and Urbanism architectually.” (Alison Smithson. ed. Team 10 Primer Cambridge, MA: MIT 1968)
GRADUATE →
MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences at TU Delft
*Cum laude
*Preselection Archiprix 2025
THESIS →
Re-thinking Steelscapes
KEYWORDS →
Urban
Design, Spatial Design, Research, Regenerative Territories, Circular Societies, Transitional Spaces
Vienna based
Urban Designer and Researcher, currently researching at the Research Unit of Local Planning at TU Wien and practicing in collaborations with Architecture, Urban Planning and Urban Design professionals in Vienna.
Experienced
in collaborations with internationally operating Architecture, Urban Design and Planning offices in Vienna, Zurich, and Munich. Alongside my studies, I worked as a Teaching Assistant at TU Wien and TU Delft and served as Co-Chair of Polis, the student association for Urbanism at TU Delft.
Interested
in the intersection of Urban Design and Spatial Planning, with a focus on systemic thinking and spatial practices that foster Circular Societies and Regenerative Territories, exploring approaches beyond conventional planning models.
Selected Projects
Linz | AT
Masters Thesis
Academia
Hong Kong | CN
Metropolitan Design | Regional Design | UD
Academia
Groningen | NL
Metropolitan Design | Regional Design | UD
Academia
Utrecht | NL
Urban Design | Public Space Design
Academia
Maastricht | NL
Municipal Strategy | Urban Design
Academia
Ebensee | AT
Municipal Strategy | Heritage | Participation
Professional
Collaboration in Professional Projects