Design Studio

Date: 7 September – 18 September 2015

BIO BERLIN – Visions for non-anthropocentric cohabitation of humans, flora and fauna

Technische Universität Braunschweig & Politecnico di Milano

How can we build cities that place the survival of the planet in the center of their becoming? Envisioning the cities of tomorrow from a „non-anthropocentric“ perspective means to bring down man from the pedestal of life and putting him at the same level with other vegetative and animal species that share the same urban realm.

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How can we build cities that place the survival of the planet in the center of their becoming? Envisioning the cities of tomorrow from a „non-anthropocentric“ perspective means to bring down man from the pedestal of life and putting him at the same level with other vegetative and animal species that share the same urban realm. The workshop aims at examining the Berlin of Tomorrow by imagining spaces of non-hierarchical coexistence between different species. Based on the spaces identified and imagined during the workshop, students will develop inviting spaces of co-existence that serve as a learning and observation center in the metropolitan area. This mix of wild life habitat and learning center aims at an „Hortitecture“ project, where plants and animals become an integrative part of the building.

What if..

we can build cities that place the survival of the planet in the center of their becoming?

Studio Coordinators

Almut Grüntuch-Ernst

Stefano Boeri

André Schmidt

Ana Zatezalo Schenk

Saverio Pesapane

Azzurra Muzzonigro

Francesca Benedetto