Lecture | Integration of animal needs in the planning and design of cities (Thomas E. Hauck, Berlin)
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🎯Free, upon registration.
🗨️Language: EN
👤Thomas E. Hauck (Landscape Architect and Director of Studio Animal-Aided Design, Berlin)
In this lecture, Thomas E. Hauck presents the concept of Animal-Aided Design (AAD) – an innovative planning approach that systematically integrates animals into urban design processes. Unlike traditional conservation measures, AAD treats animals not as disruptive elements but as co-designers of urban spaces.
The process begins with the early selection of target species, whose specific life requirements – such as food sources, breeding sites, and shelter – are incorporated into the design on equal footing with human needs. Hauck demonstrates how this integrative practice can generate new aesthetic, functional, and social qualities in the built environment. The lecture will explore both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of AAD in landscape architecture and urban development. Hauck also addresses the challenges, opportunities, and cultural shifts that accompany this reorientation of design – towards a post-anthropocentric approach to shaping urban habitats.
Good to know
Lecture organized as part of the "Living Thresholds: Towards Cohabitation in Architectural Design" exhibition, in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History.
Source linkWhere does it take place?
Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History
1
rue de la Tour Jacob Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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