Vienna
The doctoral candidate will be sent to the City of Vienna´s Department for Climate, Forestry and Agriculture (MA 49), which is responsible for the maintenance and management of forests, meadows, mountain areas, bodies of water, fields and vineyards, in order to secure a sustainably vital existence for the inhabitants of Vienna.
The site chosen for the landscape laboratory is the „Old Freight Yard Breitenlee” in the Northeastern periphery of Vienna. Once planned and used as a rail terminal linked to the regional and international railway network, the partly abandoned freight yard reveals a technical-industrial facet along with biodiverse landscape structures. As the area is also under pressure of diverse user claims, it requires a planning and design approach based on co-creative engagement and cohabitation to keep a biodiverse and social environment, and understand the effects of Anthropocene activities in relation to the site.
The doctoral candidate will be sent to the City of Vienna´s Department for Climate, Forestry and Agriculture (MA 49), which is responsible for the maintenance and management of forests, meadows, mountain areas, bodies of water, fields and vineyards, in order to secure a sustainably vital existence for the inhabitants of Vienna.
The site chosen for the landscape laboratory is the „Old Freight Yard Breitenlee” in the Northeastern periphery of Vienna. Once planned and used as a rail terminal linked to the regional and international railway network, the partly abandoned freight yard reveals a technical-industrial facet along with biodiverse landscape structures. As the area is also under pressure of diverse user claims, it requires a planning and design approach based on co-creative engagement and cohabitation to keep a biodiverse and social environment, and understand the effects of Anthropocene activities in relation to the site.
