NEWS
RUPD PARTICIPATED IN COOL ABU DHABI COMPETITION CHALLENG TO MITIGATE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS
RUPD's public space design proposal for an urban area in Abu Dhabi to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect, provide thermal comfort and a pleasant environment for the people
YEAR
12 May 2020
LOCATION
Abu Dhabi
URBAN THINKER CAMPUS EVENT AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 10 ORGANIZED BY UN-HABITAT
Parisa Kloss had the honor to be among the panelist in ''Urban Thinker Campus Event'' at WUF10 organized by UN-Habitat
YEAR
12 February 2020
LOCATION
Abu Dhabi, UAE
RUPD PARTICIPATED AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 10
RUPD participated at WUF10 organized by UN-Habitat
YEAR
07-14 February 2020
LOCATION
Abu Dhabi, UAE
PARTNER MEETING FOR KLUTC2019 ORGANIZATION AT KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL
Meeting partners for the last arrangements and organization of KLUTC2019 at Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)
YEAR
27 November 2019
LOCATION
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PROPOSAL APPROVED BY WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN FOR ORGANIZING KUALA LUMPUR URBAN THINKER CAMPUS
Kuala Lumpur Urban Thinker Campus proposal titled ''Combating the Urban Climate Change in South East Asia: Towards Implementation of New Urban Agenda'' has been approved by World Urban Campaign, UN-Habitat
YEAR
30 March 2019
LOCATION
Kenya, Nairobi
PROJECT MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL
Project meeting with Kuala Lumpur Deputy of Mayor for starting cooperation among RUPD, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, The National University of Malaysia and Veritas Company
YEAR
21 February 2018
LOCATION
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
''STAND-BY MIND HOTEL'' DESIGN ON THE PROCESS
RUPD is designing a hotel called ''Stand-by Mind''
YEAR
12 March 2017
LOCATION
Senja, Norway
RUPD'S TRAINING COURSES AT HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN, SEMINAR FÜR LÄNDLICHE ENTWICKLUNG (SLE)
Parisa Kloss joined SLE at Humboldt University Berlin as external lecturer for series of lectures on “The Urban Heat Island Effects and Mitigation Strategies“
YEAR
06 October 2016- Now
LOCATION
Berlin, Germany
RUPD CONTRIBUTED IN GERF PROJECT
GERMAN-EGYPTIAN JOINT PROJECT
RUPD contributed to German-Egyptian Research Fund (GERF) Project on “Improving Environmental Performance in Informal Areas and Reducing Urban Heat Island Phenomenon''
YEAR
01 September - 01 December 2016
LOCATION
Cairo, Egypt
RUPD'S TRAINING COURSE FOR STUDENTS AT ART UNIVERSITY
RUPD's training course on “Cities and Climate Change“ at Art University, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design
YEAR
22 May 2016
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
RUPD'S TRAINING COURSE FOR MUNICIPALITY OFFICIALS
RUPD's training course on “Cities and Climate Change“ in Tehran Urban Research & Planning Centre at Tehran Municipality
YEAR
02 May 2016
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
RUPD WON FIRST PRIZE AT TEHRAN WORLD AWARD ORGANIZED BY TEHRAN MUNICIPALITY
First prize in Proposal Category titled "A Step Towards Urban Resilience: Development of Planning Principles and Architectural Design with Implementation Guidelines to Improve the Climatic Function of Buildings in Tehran City''
YEAR
14 December 2015
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
RUPD'S PUBLICATION IN DESIGNER MAGAZINE
A paper titled ''From Stability to Dynamic: Urban Resilience and Sustainability'' (in Persian) written by Parisa Kloss published in Designer Magazine, No.11, Summer 2015
YEAR
20 August 2015
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
RUPD PARTICIPATED IN SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
Speech by Parisa Kloss at ''Symposium on Sustainability and Resilience'' organized by Designer Magazine
YEAR
01 October 2014
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
1ST SYMPOSIUM OF RUPD IN COOPERATION WITH MINISTRY OF ROADS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN TEHRAN, IRAN
1st Symposium of RUPD on ''Urban Climate Change Resilience: with Focus on Urban Heat Island Phenomenon'' in cooperation with Ministry of Roads and Urban Development
YEAR
03 September 2014
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
''BRUCKNER 20 VILLA'' DESIGN ON THE PROCESS
RUPD is designing a sustainable villa in Bornheim/Merten
YEAR
09 August 2014
LOCATION
Bornheim, Germany
LECTURE AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN, URBAN MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
Lecture by Parisa Kloss on ''Cities and Climate Change'' for Master students at Technical Universität Berlin, Urban Management Department
YEAR
9 December 2013
LOCATION
Berlin, Germany
VIRTUAL MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN PARTNERS FOR ''KLIMATE'' PROJECT
Virtual meeting with Malaysian partners (UKM, Urbanice and KPKT) for ''KL Integrated and innovative sustainable Measures to mitigAte urban heaT island Effects (KLIMATE)'' project
YEAR
02 April 2020
LOCATION
Online
''LAB CITIES 4.5: ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE SMART CITY'' AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 10
Parisa Kloss had the honor to be among the panelist in ''Lab City 4.5: Accelerating Sustainable Smart City'' at WUF10 organized by Urbanice Malaysia
YEAR
11 February 2020
LOCATION
Abu Dhabi, UAE
KUALA LUMPUR URBAN THINKER CAMPUS 2019 (KLUTC2019) WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN
RUPD had the honor of being one of the main partners and organizer of KLUTC2019 titled ''Combating the Urban Climate Change in South East Asia: Towards Implementation of New Urban Agenda''. Cooperation between RUPD, UKM, DBKL, KPKT, Urbanice Malaysia, GIZ
YEAR
07-09 December 2019
LOCATION
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
''HOVERING ON THE AIR'' DESIGN ON THE PROCESS
RUPD is designing a residential complex called ''Hovering on the Air''
YEAR
17 April 2019
LOCATION
Dubai, UAE
''VILLA ON THE ROCKS'' DESIGN ON THE PROCESS
RUPD PARTICIPATED AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 9
RUPD participated at WUF9 organized by UN-Habitat
YEAR
7-13 February 2018
LOCATION
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
KICK OFF MEETING AT MINISTRY OF URBAN WELLBEING, HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA
Kick off meeting for our project titled ''Optimization of Climatic Performance of Urban Areas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia'' with Secretary General of Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government
YEAR
13 January 2017
LOCATION
Putrajaya, Malaysia
LECTURE AT CAIRO UNIVERSITY, ARCHITECTURAL DEPARTMENT
Lecture by Parisa Kloss on “Impacts of Urban Parameters on Micro-Climate Changes'' at Cairo University, Architectural Department
YEAR
04 September 2016
LOCATION
Cairo, Egypt
RUPD'S PROJECT PROPOSAL AWARDED AT HAFEN UNIVERSITY HAMBURG
Project proposal titled ''Optimization of Climatic Performance of Urban Areas in Hamburg to decrease energy consumption and adapt to climate change'' awarded at Hafencity University for 3 months research project
YEAR
15 August - 15 November 2016
LOCATION
Hamburg, Germany
RUPD'S INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSES FOR ACADEMIA AT TEHRAN UNIVERSITY
RUPD's intensive courses on “Climate Adaptive Architecture and Urban Planning countering Urban Climate Change“ at Tehran University
YEAR
11-12 May 2016
LOCATION
Tehran, Iran
RUPD PARTICIPATED IN IDEA COMPETITION FOR THE BERLIN MUSEUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY
RUPD participated in Ideas Competition for the Berlin Museum of the 20th Century and its urban integration
YEAR
12 February 2016
LOCATION
Berlin, Germany
DEUTSCHE WELLE PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW FROM RUPD'S CEO
Deutsche Welle interviewed Parisa Kloss about ''Urban Resilience Against Earthquake in Tehran, Iran'' (in Persian)
YEAR
03 September 2015
LOCATION
Bonn, Germany
3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COUNTERMEASURES TO URBAN HEAT ISLAND
Speech by Parisa Kloss at ''3rd International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Island''
YEAR
13 October 2014
LOCATION
Venice, Italy
2ND SYMPOSIUM OF RUPD IN COOPERATION WITH
QAZVIN PROVINCE ROAD AND URBANISM OFFICE
2nd Symposium of RUPD on ''Urban Climate Change Resilience: with Focus on Urban Heat Island Phenomenon'' in cooperation with Qazvin Province Road and Urbanism Office
YEAR
04 September 2014
LOCATION
Qazvin, Iran
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND URBAN RESILIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL, BAUHAUS UNVESITÄT WEIMER
Lecture by Parisa Kloss on ''Meaning of Urban Heat Island for Planning''
YEAR
19 August 2014
LOCATION
Weimar, Germany
23RD SRA-E CONFERENCE ON ''RESILIENCE OF REGIONS IN THE FACE OF RISKS''
Speech by Parisa Kloss at 23rd SRA-E Conference
YEAR
17 June 2014
LOCATION
Istanbul, Turkey
RESILIENT URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (RUPD) GBR
RUPD established in Berlin
YEAR
15 August 2013
LOCATION
Berlin, Germany
ABOUT US
PROFILE
Resilient Urban Planning and Development (RUPD) GbR is a company based in Germany founded by Parisa Kloss in 2013 to provide architectural design, urban planning as well as training and capacity building services to local communities, governmental and private sectors, NGOs and academic entities in national and international levels.
OUR GOAL
The main goal of RUPD is to integrate climate change adaptation to extreme weather events into urban planning and design process. RUPD helps to upgrade urban planning strategies and buildings’ performance according to future climate scenarios. It strives to accomplish projects with the best conditions for a resilient and long-lasting development. In order to achieve the goal effectively, an interconnected approach to the unique and dynamic changes is applied.
OUR IDEA
The idea of RUPD is to respect local traditions and their identities as well as long-term partnership, strategic planning, communication, and commitment. According to these ideas, it tries to involve local and international partners equally to not only create answers to the complex and continuous changes of the urban environment, but also benefit each group with “Know-How” transfer. Working together with these partners enables us to create and elaborate innovative and practical solutions in a way that they can be replicated on a broader scale. We try to create an innovative method for effective communication and sustained engagement between local, national and global actors. We develop a common language for different actors and help thereby to improve the internal and external communication professionally. In our collaborations, we are committed to our partners and the communities affected by the problems on a long-term basis.
OUR VISION
The vision of RUPD is to extend its planning and design strategies and become internationally recognized for a comprehensive and integrated approach to utilize its multidisciplinary qualifications to provide a resilient and sustainable urban environment.
OUR MISSION
The mission of RUPD is to create a friendly urban environment and understand the complex urban transformations as opportunities to shift towards a resilient and sustainable future via its services.
SERVICES
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Designing buildings with high climatic performance
URBAN PLANNING
Integrating climate change adaptation into urban planning and development processes
CAPACITY BUILDINGS
Building capacity on resilient urban planning and development
PEOPLE
DR. PARISA KLOSS
Executive Manager
Parisa Kloss is a trained architect and urban designer and planner with more than 15 years experience in Middle East, Asia and Europe. She is Founder and CEO of Resilient Urban Planning and Development (RUPD) GbR in 2013 in Berlin, Germany. She also teaches simultaneously in Germany and abroad universities as an external lecturer.
Parisa was a post-doctoral fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, Institute für Meteorologie from 2011 until 2013 (DAAD scholarship). There, she focused on simulating urban heat island effects. Parisa holds a PhD in urban climate with focus on ''urban heat island'' from The National University of Malaysia (UKM). She studied her Master and Bachelor in architecture in Iran.
In Iran, she also worked in Tehran Ministry of Housing and Urban Development as a researcher for 5 years and has subsequently taught at various universities for 3 years and gained experience in architectural companies.
She has held many presentations and lectures in different conferences, seminars and workshops and published numerous papers.
Right now, she focuses on international interdisciplinary projects with her company.
CONTACT US
The following company is responsible for the content of this website according to § 10 Abs. 3 MDStV:
Resilient Urban Planning + Development GbR
Brucknerstr. 19
53332 Bornheim
Germany
VAT identification number: DE 290627464
Tel: +49 176 739 391 06
eMail: info(at)rupd.de
Represented by its Managing Directors:
Parisa Kloss & Thiemo Kloss
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