Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Wackerl

2012 // Independent office for urban planning and strategic project development in Cologne

2011 Doctorate completed parallel to work at the Regionale 2010 Agency on the topic “The Emergence and Development of Conflicts in Mixed-Use Neighborhoods,” doctorate at the Faculty of Architecture at RWTH Aachen under Prof. Dr. Selle, Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, successful completion of the doctoral examination: November 2011

2005-2011 // Project development for the qualification of the urban landscape of the Cologne/Bonn region as project manager at the Regionale 2010 Agency [www.regionale2010.de], focus: project management of the so-called :gärten der technik, innovative further development and opening up of active research and production landscapes in the region [www.gaerten-der-technik.de]since

2002-2004 // Land-use planning and legal planning support for urban development projects as a government planning trainee at the Urban Planning Office of the City of Düsseldorf

2002 // Project management as part of the urban development measure “Frankfurt-Riedberg” at the Research and Development Company of Hesse (trustee and development agency of the City of Frankfurt)

2001-2002 // Urban development advancement of the large housing estates Leipzig-Grünau and Cottbus-Sachsendorf, collaboration with the Office for Urban Renewal and Housing Promotion Leipzig and the Neighborhood Management WK8 Leipzig-Grünau, as well as with the district office Cottbus Sachsendorf-Madlow of IBA Fürst-Pückler-Land

2000 // Participation in several research projects on the topic “City and Public Space” at the Research and Development Company of Hesse (FEH) mbH

2000 // Project management as part of the urban development measure “Frankfurt-Riedberg” at the Research and Development Company of Hesse (trustee and development agency of the City of Frankfurt)

2000 // Neighborhood management and project development as part of the urban development measure “Südstadt-Tübingen” (French Quarter, Loretto Area), Urban Renewal Office Tübingen

1998 // Open space planning and project management as part of the urban reconstruction project of the airport settlement Dobrinja in Sarajevo, International Planning Group of the aid organization Help e.V.

1999-2002 // Postgraduate master’s program (advanced urban studies) in European Urbanism at Bauhaus University Weimar, awarded the Peter Schumacher Scholarship in European Urbanism for achievements and the evaluation of the model projects (Tübingen, Frankfurt-Riedberg) at the Mühl Forum 2000, study project: Urban Design of Transurban Spaces – The Manchester Project, master’s thesis: Large Housing Estates between City and Countryside – Differentiation and Qualification of the “Neither-Nor” of Large Housing Estates

1994-1999 // Diploma studies in Landscape Architecture at TU Munich-Weihenstephan, diploma thesis: Further Development of an In-Between City – Urban Development Planning for Hebertshausen on the Periphery of Munich

1992-1994 // Apprenticeship in gardening and landscaping, Wiedeburg company in Munich-Moosach

Regional spatial development, public welfare-oriented project development, sustainable neighborhood development

Since 2018 // Strategic project development for the landfill site “Pohlsche Heide” toward a “Smart Recycling Factory” in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the context of REGIONALE 2022 in East Westphalia-Lippe

Since 2017 // Support for the preparation and launch phase of REGIONALE 2025 “Bergisches Rheinland”

2016_2017 // Concept development and support for the application of the “Bergisches Rheinland” to host REGIONALE 2025

2015 – 2017 // External support and consulting for REGIONALE 2016 “ZukunftsLAND” in the western Münsterland

Since 2014 // Spatial development concept and strategic project development for the Innovation Region Rheinisches Revier

Since 2014 // Spatial and content-related development concept “Zukunftslabor Geseke” in the vicinity of several active cement industry sites

Since 2012 // :tera nova – Future Energy Landscape
Framework planning process for the development of an intermunicipal competence area in the context of the Rhenish mining region 

Since 2012 // bio innovation park Rheinland
Concept development and strategic project development for an intermunicipal science and business park for “green technologies”

2005 – 2011 // :gärten der technik
Strategic project development and network management of a regional network of innovative research and production sites and their opening up

2005 – 2011 // :metabolon – from waste to recyclable material
Strategic project management for the further development of the Leppe landfill into a regional competence site for environmental technology

2005 – 2011 // Participation in the development of the master plan :grün as a cultural landscape network in the context of REGIONALE 2010

2017 // Wackerl, W., Bäuml C., Schley, E. et al.: Innovationsregion Rheinisches Revier – Status of project qualification in autumn 2017, Jülich

2017 // Wackerl, W., Bäuml C., Schley, E. et al.: Regional Open Space System Rheinisches Revier – Analysis and initial approach, Jülich

2017 // Wackerl, W., Glimm-Lükewille, D., Thielemann, V., Stein, U., Schultz, H.: ZukunftsLAND Regionale 2016, Münsterland Park Landscape 2.0 Dynamic.Cultivated.Beautiful, Velen

2017 // Wackerl, W. in: ZukunftsLAND REGIONALE 2016, Velen

2017 // Wackerl, W., Glimm-Lükewille, D., Thielemann, V.: Münsterland Park Landscape 2.0 in Planerin members’ magazine for urban, regional and landscape planning, Berlin, ISSN 0936-9465

2016/2017 // Wackerl, W. et al.: The Bergisches Rheinland, application for REGIONALE 2022/2025, Cologne

2016 // Wackerl, W., Schley, E. et al.: Innovationsregion Rheinisches Revier, status of project qualification in autumn 2016, Jülich

2015 // Wackerl, W., Hölzer, C.: Making change visible TODAY and shaping it with foresight for TOMORROW – Mission statement – development and project portfolio of the Innovation Region Rheinisches Revier, Jülich

2014 // Wackerl ,W., Hölzer, C., Schley, E.: Zukunftslabor Geseke, documentation of student workshops for young planners, Cologne

2012 // Wackerl, W. et al. as project manager: REGIONALE 2010, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-940263-09-4

2011 // Wackerl, W., Göddertz, A.: :gärten der technik –  Future Landscapes and Innovation Sites, Engelskirchen/Lindlar, www.gaerten – der – technik.de

2008 // Wackerl, W. as project advisor in: REGIONALE 2010, River Landscapes, Basel, ISBN 978-3-7643-8829-4

2006 // Wackerl, W. et al.: :terra nova Landscape in Motion – Showcasing Energy Landscapes, Cologne/Bergheim, ISBN 978-3-940263-00-1

2006 // Wackerl, W. as project advisor: REGIONALE 2010, Urban Spaces on the Rhine, Bonn, www.urban-spaces-am-rhine.de