User:Michael Walczak

Born in Nuremberg / D to a Polish family, Michael an architect, researcher, and lecturer. He studied architecture at the Bern University for Applied Sciences (BFH) in Burgdorf, where he attended a semester at Stanford University and an exchange semester at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences. For his interdisciplinary doctoral studies, Michael graduated with distinction from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, bridging his work with the ETH Zurich Institutes Laboratory for Energy Conversion (LEC) and the ISTP Urbanization Research Incubator. His doctoral dissertation is titled "Digital Urban Imaginaries: Digital models transforming citizen-centered design processes". The research resulted in the co-development of commercialized software for large-scale urban simulations coupled with data-driven analysis. He has been part of ETH Zurich Chair of Architecture and Urban Design since 2017. He is currently a Post-Doctoral researcher leading the Sarajevo Urban Transformation Program and developing the general urban plan for the City of Sarajevo.

Since 2019 Michael is co-directing urbanthinktank_next in Vienna (AT) and Sarajevo (BiH) and is responsible for digital technologies and decision-making processes.

Michael is currently co-curating the "think tank station" in five locations in the City of Vienna, presented from the 27th of May to the 3rd of October 2021 as part of the Biennale for Change at the Museum of Applied Arts / MAK with the Vienna Business Agency.