Lecture | Integration of animal needs in the planning and design of cities (Thomas E. Hauck, Berlin)

Name: Lecture | Integration of animal needs in the planning and design of cities (Thomas E. Hauck, Berlin)
Start: 2025-10-16T18:30:00+02:00
Location: LUCA Luxembourg Center for Architecture

Schedule

Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

LUCA Luxembourg Center for Architecture | Luxembourg, LU

🎟️Free, upon registration
🗨️Language : EN
👤Thomas E. Hauck (Landscape Architect and Director of Studio Animal-Aided Design, Berlin)
In his 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 does not treat animals as disruptive elements to be considered post-design 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.
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👤Thomas E. Hauck
Thomas E. Hauck is a landscape architect and managing director of Studio Animal-Aided Design. Together with Susann Ahn, he holds the professorship for landscape architecture and landscape planning at the Institute for Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design at the Vienna University of Technology.
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Organised as part of the "Living Thresholds : Towards Cohabitation in Architectural Design” exhibition, in collaboration with the Musée national d'histoire naturelle.