Poliksen Qorri-Dragaj studied architecture with a specialization in urban planning at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2014. After graduating in 2014, she worked as an urban planner at the planning office berchtoldkrass space&options in Karlsruhe. The scope of her work ranges from classic framework planning, feasibility studies and development concepts to the development of guiding principles, interdisciplinary urban climate adaptation planning and overarching spatial analyses.

She has been working as a research assistant at the chair since the summer semester 2020. Her teaching focus is on urban design with the topics of urban climate adaptation, public space and mobility transition. In research, she is currently involved in the project "Strengthen Urban Resilience in Ukraine (SUR) - Knowledge Transfer for Resilient Reconstruction in Ukraine", which is funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Vocational training

2006-2014

Studied architecture with a specialization in urban planning at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, graduating with a degree in engineering

Professional career

Since 2020
Research assistant at the Chair of Urban Planning at RPTU Kaiserslautern

2023

Curator of the Kosovan pavilion "rks² | transcendent locality" at the 18th Architecture Biennale in Venice

2014-2022

Urban planner at berchtoldkrass space&options in Karlsruhe

Fields of activity Urban planning and strategic development projects, master plan projects and feasibility studies as well as digital and analogue visualization

Selected reference projects:

KLAK Climate adaptation concept Freiburg i. Br.

REP 2040 Spatial development perspective Winterthur

Urban development framework plan for climate adaptation Karlsruhe

Leitbild Unterdorf Baiersbronn

Research activities

2024

"Strengthen Urban Resilience in Ukraine" (SUR) - Knowledge transfer for resilient reconstruction in Ukraine

2023

Drohobych common spaces "Co-design" of the public space in Drohobych (UA)

Concepts for integrating cycling into future urban transport structures with autonomous vehicles - RAD-AUTO-NOM

2022

ReConstruction Modules and Integrated Urban Development Ukraine / ReConstructionModules and Integrated Urban Development Ukraine

Teaching activity

Since 2020

Teaching as a research assistant in the Bachelor's degree programs "Spatial Planning" and in the Master's degree programs "Urban and Regional Development" and "Urban Planning" at the Chair of Urban Planning at RPTU Kaiserslautern