{"id":2109,"date":"2020-07-20T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animal-aided-design.de\/about-us"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:01:07","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/animal-aided-design.de\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABOUT US
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A planning office to promote urban biodiversity and urban nature<\/h2><\/span>
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Studio Animal-Aided Design <\/span>is<\/span> a start-up company resulting from research projects on the role of animals for the design of open green spaces. Our aim is to implement the Animal-Aided Design (AAD) method into international planning practice, to promote biodiversity and urban nature within urban development, <\/span>landscape architecture and architectural projects. The central idea of the Animal-Aided Design (AAD) method is to integrally plan the occurrence of animals as part of the design of open spaces. The practical experience of Studio Animal-Aided Design with the planning of animal-human relations in the context of the application of the Animal-Aided Design method shows that a new conception of urban animal-human relations, e.g. under the guiding concept of co-habitation, is socially possible and can find acceptance. Reasons for this include the adaptation of animal species to the environments of urban areas, the increasing acceptance of the occurrence of wild animals by urban residents and the importance of cities as areas of high biodiversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Thomas E. Hauck
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Thomas E. Hauck is a landscape architect and completed vocational training as a gardener at the HBLVA for Horticulture in Vienna-Sch\u00f6nbrunn, followed by higher education in landscape and open space planning at the University of Hanover and the Edinburgh Collage of Art. He did his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich. He worked as assistant professor at the TU Munich at the department of landscape architecture and public space and as a research assistant at the University of Kassel at the Department of Open Space Planning. With the urban planner Cordelia Polinna he founded the planning office Polinna Hauck Landscape+Urbanism. 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wolfgang W. Weisser<\/h2><\/span>
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Prof. Wolfgang W. Weisser, D.Phil (Oxon), is a biologist and holds the Chair in Terrestrial Ecology at TUM. He completed his D.Phil. in Zoology at Oxford University and worked as a postdoc at Imperial College London and the University of Basel, Switzerland. From 1999 to 2011 he worked as Professor of Terrestrial Ecology at the University of Jena, Germany. He has worked extensively on land use effects on biodiversity and insect ecology. With Thomas Hauck, he developed the method Animal-Aided Design to bridge the gap between conservation and landscape architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wolfgang W. Weisser<\/h2><\/span>
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Prof. Wolfgang W. Weisser, D.Phil (Oxon), is a biologist and holds the Chair in Terrestrial Ecology at TUM. He completed his D.Phil. in Zoology at Oxford University and worked as a postdoc at Imperial College London and the University of Basel, Switzerland. From 1999 to 2011 he worked as Professor of Terrestrial Ecology at the University of Jena, Germany. He has worked extensively on land use effects on biodiversity and insect ecology. With Thomas Hauck, he developed the method Animal-Aided Design to bridge the gap between conservation and landscape architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Christine Jakoby<\/h2><\/span>
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Christine Jakoby graduated as Diplom Ingenieur in landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich in 2009. From 2010 – 2016 she was working and living in London, where she obtained the status Chartered Landscape Architect of the British Landscape Institute in 2015. Since 2016 she has been working at PolinnaHauck, Landscape+Urbanism in Berlin. From 2017 – 2019 she worked as research assistant at the University of Kassel on the state funded research project “Animal-Aided Design in the residential environment”.<\/p>\n

Christine Jakoby is a certified DGNB Biodiversity Manager. She is an expert in the reliable application of the DGNB System for Biodiversity-Promoting Outdoor Spaces. She supports the entire DGNB certification process as well as the biodiversity-oriented planning and implementation of outdoor areas related to buildings or neighborhoods \u2013 including fa\u00e7ades and roof surfaces. DGNB Biodiversity Managers are exclusively authorized to submit certification projects for biodiversity-promoting outdoor spaces to the DGNB.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Qingyu Liang<\/h2><\/span>
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Qingyu Liang is a landscape architect and successfully completed a four-year degree in landscape architecture at Nanjing Forestry University in 2014. During this time, she worked at the office U.K. AREARFEI in Shenzhen. In 2017, she graduated with a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kassel. Since 2018, Qingyu has been working as an employee at the planning office Polinna Hauck Landscape+Urbanism, and since 2022 she has been working for Studio Animal-Aided Design. She has also been registered as a landscape architect with the Berlin Chamber of Architects since June 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ariane Mutzel<\/h2><\/span>
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Dr. Ariane Mutzel studied Biology at the LMU Munich and Lund University focusing on Behavioral Ecology and Zoology. She wrote her PhD thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen and worked for 4 years as a post-doctoral researcher for the University of Kentucky in the United States. Her research focuses on the behavioral ecology and parental behavior in song birds. In 2021 she started working for the Studio Animal-Aided Design.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Beate Piecha<\/h2><\/span>
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Beate Piecha is a biologist. She completed her studies at the University of Bayreuth and as an Erasmus student at the University of York in Great Britain, with a focus on botany. Before her studies, she did a vocational training as a gardener, specialising in ornamental plants\/shrubs in Heilbronn. After her studies, she worked at the CABI Fungal Research Institute in Egham, Surrey in the UK and at the Botanical Institute of the University of Basel, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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June 19, 2025: SWR Das Wissen: Biodiversit\u00e4t in St\u00e4dten \u2013 Ungeahnte Vielfalt in Parks und Mauerritzen, <\/strong>Broadcast by Stephanie Eichler. Listen to the programme<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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April 22, 2024: Hochparterre: Das Arche-Noah-Update <\/strong>by Gaby Baldinger. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Februar 03, 2024: Bayerischer Rundfunk: WG mit Wildtier \u2013 Neues Bauen in der Stadt, <\/strong>Television documentary by Angela Grass.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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November 23, 2023: G\u00e4rten: Wie plant man Animal-Aided Design? <\/strong>by Anke Schmitz. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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October 20, 2023: CRADLE: Animal-Aided Design: Wie Tiere die Architektur beeinflussen <\/strong>by Christian Mascheck. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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April, 2023: TASPO: Unter einem Dach \u2013 Bauen f\u00fcr Mensch und Tier <\/strong>by Katja Richter. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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October 25, 2022: F.A.Z.: Mitbewohner der anderen Art <\/strong>by Petra Ahne. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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May 28, 2022: S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung: Natur auf dem Dach <\/strong>by Gabriela Beck.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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May, 2022: ARTE: Europa. Kontinent im Umbruch, Folge 5, Die Natur und wir \u2013 Ein Verlorenes Paradies?, <\/strong>Television documentary by Joakim Demmer, Interview with Thomas E. Hauck.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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May, 2022: Podcast Gesunde Gestaltung #6: Carl Friedrich Then zur Rolle der \u00c4sthetik, spekulativem Design und Animal-aided Design<\/strong>. Listen to the programme<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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April, 2022: ARCH+ 247: Cohabitation \u2013 Stadtnatur verhandelbar machen, <\/strong>Interview by Marion von Osten with Thomas E. Hauck. Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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January 17, 2021: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung: Zur\u00fcck zum Stadtdschungel <\/strong>by Anna-Lena Niemann. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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October 09, 2020: S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung: Dachs dahoam <\/strong>by Jochen Bettzieche. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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July 31, 2020: MDR Wissen, Podcast Meine Challenge: Animal-Aided Design, Wilde Tiere und Stadt – das geht, <\/strong>Podcast by Daniela Schmidt.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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June 4, 2020: Das Haus: Artenvielfalt in der Stadt, <\/strong>Interview with Wolfgang W. Weisser and T. E. Hauck by Louis Saul.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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October 24, 2019: Baunetzwoche: Spinne, Spatz und Fledermaus \u2013 Mehr Wildnis in der Stadt (in German), <\/strong>Interview with T. E. Hauck by Adeline Seidel. read Baunetzwoche, Issue #544<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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2019: Landscape Journal: The Shifting Position of Animals in Landscape Theory <\/strong>by Kevan Klosterwill. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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September 25, 2019: Fluter \u2013 Magazin der Bundeszentrale f\u00fcr politische Bildung: Mut zur L\u00fccke (in German), <\/strong>Report on Animal-Aided Design by Natascha Roshani. read the report<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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July 5, 2019: Frankfurter Rundschau: Wohnraum-Mangel: Schafft Platz f\u00fcr den Spatz,<\/strong> Report on Animal-Aided Design by Markus Wanzeck.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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June 11, 2019: Landscape Architecture Magazine \u2013 The Magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects: Creature Comforts \u2013 A landscape architect and a biologist team up to counter urban biodiversity loss, <\/strong>Report on Animal-Aided Design and Interview with Thomas E. Hauck and Wolfgang W. Weisser by Nate Berg.\u00a0read the report and interview<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mai 29, 2019: der freitag: Rettet den Braunbrustigel<\/strong> by Sinan Re\u00e7ber. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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May, 2019: Natur: Platz f\u00fcr den Spatz<\/strong> by Markus Wanzeck. Read article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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February 11, 2016: form Design Magazine 264: St\u00e4dte der Zukunft \u2013 Animal-Aided Design<\/strong> by Carl Friedrich Then. read the online magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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May 16, 2015: Der Spiegel: Neubau mit Staubbad<\/strong> by Julia Koch. read the article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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