Zabek.ME

Laboratory for Circular
Architecture and Design

Education

Since 2015, Magdalena has been passionate about teaching and inspiring students in both Bachelor and Master programs. Her courses and design studios have covered a wide range of topics, including sustainable design, reuse of materials, and the integration of information design methodologies. She encourages students to think creatively, shifting perspectives between individual materials or building components and the bigger picture of urban and regional contexts.

Beyond academia, Magdalena has also worked with professionals, organizing design workshops during her time at the NGO Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier. Collaborations with other universities have helped her refine her teaching style to connect with diverse audiences.

Currently, Magdalena teaches in the Department of Technology at TU Delft, contributing to courses for both undergraduate students and professionals. She also supervises Master’s theses, guiding students to approach material selection and design holistically. Her teaching emphasizes aligning architectural concepts with practical tools and real-world constraints to create innovative yet feasible solutions.

Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, The Netherlands

2024 Tutor of Academic paper writing course /BSc Architecture ON6

2023 Supervisor of 1 Master theses about Digital Tools in Circular Design MSc Building Technology

Workshop instructor of 2 ON design courses about Circular Design Strategies BSc Architecture

Tutor at online education platform for professionals about Circular Building Products

Tutor of Academic paper writing course BSc Architecture

Faculty of Architecture, Chair Reuse in Architecture, RWTH Aachen, Germany

2020 Lecturer and Tutor Research course Information Delivery Model MSc Architecture

2019 Supervisor of 1 MSc Theses Communication in Circular Design MSc Architecture

Workshop instructor and Study trip supervisor ‘Designing Villagescape Typologies’ to Hong Kong MSc Architecture

2015 – 2019 Tutor, assignment responsible, assessor at main design projects courses Superlocal, Aquaponic MSc Architecture

2015 – 2019 Lecturer and Tutor at Integrated Research course Superlocal, Urban Mining Cataster, Best-Practice Builidngs, Material Circles MSc Architecture

2016 – 2019 Tutor, assessor at Impromptu Design course ‘Ecological Building Material’, Information Design, CycleHouse MSc Architecture

2015 – 2016 Study trip supervisor and organizer to Berlin

Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Sustainable Construction, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie KIT, Germany

2017 Tutor, assignment responsible, assessor at main design projects course Temporary Pavillion for Mercedes Benz MSc Architecture

Other roles Invited lecturer (TU OWL, TU Berlin, FH Aachen)