Regenerative urbanism
rejects additional land take and
works within the existing city: it
strengthens microclimate, water
cycles, and biodiversity through
precise, spatially effective inter
ventions—not by designating new
quarters. In the face of the clima
te crisis, resource scarcity, and
planetary boundaries, urbanism
shifts from a growth-oriented di
scipline to a transformative prac
tice of sufficiency. In this studio,
existing buildings are retained,
upgraded, and adapted—func
tionally and climatically; open
spaces are de-sealed, shaded,
made water-retentive, and evol
ved into co-habitats that consider
more-than-human actors.
The project area is the Ge
richtsviertel with a spatial focus
on the museum campus of the
Museum of Nature and Mankind,
its outdoor grounds, and inter
faces to the Schlossgarten as
well as the water bodies (Haus
bäke/Mühlenhunte). Here we will
develop in-situ transformation
processes that deliver climate ad
aptation and mitigation, conserve
resources, enable short material
and energy loops, and create
shared ecologies between human
and non-human actors.
We address the following
questions how can the mu
seum campus be organized as
a sponge oasis to dampen heat
and manage cloudbursts while
achieving net de-sealing? Which
low-tech levers measurably
improve the microclimate? How
are biodiversity stepping-stones
and co-habitats (layered vegeta
tion, deadwood, nesting/roosting
offers, riparian biotopes) linked
with path and water corridors—
and how does this integrate into
the Klimaoasen network? How
can existing buildings be retrofit
technically and functionally, and
how can operations (care and
water management) be organized
so that mitigation and adaptation
reinforce one another?
We work across scales—
from spatial strategy to building
and landscape details—suppor
ted by mapping (heat, impervi
ousness, paths, biotope con
nectivity), axonometric system
diagrams, and model making.
Projects are developed in teams
of three and in cooperation with
the Museum of Nature and Man
kind.