Study visit of Warsaw University of Technology staff at RWTH Aachen

On 20-22 September 2023, a working group meeting of the ENHANCERIA project and a study visit within the ENHANCE Alliance to the Living Labs Incubator studios took place at the RWTH Aachen, with the participation of five employees of the Warsaw University of Technology.

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Participants in the ENHANCERIA project working group meeting. Photo: RWTH Aachen.

The working group meetings and study visits were attended by dr hab. inż. arch. Krzysztof Koszewski, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, dr Bartłomiej Skowron, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Prof. Robert Olszewski, and dr inż. Agnieszka Wendland from the Department of Cartography at the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography, and Anna Smulska from the International Cooperation Centre.

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Delegation from the Warsaw University of Technology at the Aachen University of Technology. Standing from left: Barłomiej Skowron, Krzysztof Koszewski, Anna Smulska, Agnieszka Wendland, Robert Olszewski. Photo: RWTH Aachen.

The first meeting aimed to discuss the various teaching and research aspects of future cooperation in smart, sustainable cities and communities, particularly concerning creating new study programmes and acquiring funding for these programmes.

On the following two days, the WUT's staff visited, among other things, Germany's first Fab Lab, founded in 2009 by Prof. Jan Borchers in the Department of Computer Science at the RWTH, and the Reallabor Theaterplatz test space, which aimed to initiate a dialogue with residents about the future design of the Theatre Square in Aachen. Participants also had the opportunity to learn more about the Aachen University of Technology's strategy of excellence and its Human Technology Centre, whose spokesperson is Prof. Stefan Böschen.