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Magdalena Zabek

Professorship:

Resource-efficient Construction, 1 October 2025

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Department:

Architecture and Civil Engineering

Studies and doctorate:

  • 2022: Doctorate in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University
  • 2015: Master of Science in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University
  • 2012: Bachelor of Science in Architecture at RWTH Aachen University
Portrait photo of Prof. Magdalena Zabek: Prof. Zabek wears glasses and dark clothing. She stands in front of a black background. © Marcel Bilow

Stages:

  • 2023-2025: Postdoctoral Researcher at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  • 2020-2022: Project lead ReBAU “Regional Resource transition in the construction sector”, Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier GmbH, Jülich
  • 2019-2021: Doctoral Scholarship of the German Federal Environmental Foundation
  • 2018: Lecturer at the Department of Sustainable Construction at Karlsruher Institute of Technology
  • 2016-2019: Project coordinator “Circular Built Environment – Resource-efficient Urban- and Industrial region”, Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier GmbH, Jülich
  • 2015-2018: Lecturer and researcher at the Chair of Reuse in Architecture, RWTH Aachen University
  • 2015: Project architect at De Zwarte Hond GmbH, Cologne

Focus in research:

  • Circular architecture and design
  • Circular-oriented design planning
  • Resource efficiency assessment strategies
  • Material flow management
  • Information management
  • Resource-efficient façade renovation
  • Life cycle assessment (LCA)