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Dr. Haris Piplas is author and collaborator of several urban, landscape and architectural projects in Europe, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America and other regions ,among others Climate Adaptation Strategy for the city of Mannheim, Smart City and Urban Innovation Strategy for Jakarta, Spatial Development of Basel, Neighbourhood Transformation Concepts in Berlin Lichtenberg, Sustainable Urban Development in India, author of the Reactivate Sarajevo Urban Transformation Project.

He figures as Leading Consultant is the ´Integrated Urban Solutions´ innovation sector of Drees&Sommer, one of the leading planning, real estate, architecture, engineering and consultancy offices.

Dr. Piplas holds a Master of Urban Design from the Technical University of Berlin and a Dr.sc. in Architecture from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). He figures as Lecturer in practice at ETH Zurich in Spatial Transformations and worked as a researcher at Politecnico di Milano and Guest Lecturer at University of Geneva (Master Program in Innovation, Human Development and Sustainability) and Stuttgart Technical University (Master Program in Smart City Solutions).

He is co-author of the book "Global Urban Toolbox" and “City Action Lab”, which highlight spatial and infrastructural challenges under the influence of economic, social, and ecological aspects in cities. Dr. Piplas was the editor-in-chief of two issues of the Journal of the European Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), entitled "Adaptive Capacity of Cities".

He figured as pavilion curator of the 15th Architecture Biennale in Venice. He is the former Young Leader Chairman of the Urban Land Institute Switzerland, nominator of the Aga Khan Prize for Architecture, Juror of the New European Bauhaus Award and the ULI European Leadership Award. He figured as an expert adviser and consultant for various international organizations such as IPBES, GIZ and UN-Habitat. He is part of the Advisory Board of the Kyiv-based CANactions School of Urban Studies and Reconstruction Expert at the National Union of Architects (NSAU) of Ukraine.