Incorporating wildlife into architecture and open-space and urban planning

"Animal-Aided Design" is an approach that incorporates wildlife into architecture and open-space and urban planning. In Neuperlach, we develop as a ‪@neweuropeanbauhaus‬ Lighthouse project solutions to promote urban biodiversity in existing and planned green spaces as well as on residential and commercial buildings, both in new construction and in energetic renovations. We focus especially on developing synergies with climate-friendly urban design.

"Animal-Aided Design" is creating a toolbox for Neuperlach that can be used to plan and implement measures for selected target species. In a participatory step, we select suitable target species from the existing regional wildlife pool and creating a catalogue of measures to meet their species-specific habitat requirements within the city district. The spatial locations of the possible measures are described in a master plan. One or more measures are implemented using a demonstrator as a real-life prototype. In the future, Neuperlach buildings and open spaces created using Animal-Aided Design will be climate-friendly places where all city dwellers can experience nature and where humans and animals can encounter one another.

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