TU Berlin
Faculty VI – Planning, Building, Environment
Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
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Entwerfen von Landschaften im Anthropozän
Designing Landscapes in the Anthropocene
Head of Chair: Prof. Dr. Lisa Babette Diedrich
At the Chair ‘Designing Landscapes in the Anthropocene’ we believe that landscape architecture has a role to play in an epoch often referred to as the Anthropocene, a term that points at the profound changes that human activity has wrought on all things planetary. Rather than seeing the Anthropocene as a prelude to apocalypse, we propose education, research and civic engagement to mobilise our designerly willpower and creativity to initiate change for the better and more beautiful. We believe that landscape design at all scales is an activity that supports life and its inherent beauty; that the design of space makes a difference in shaping social, environmental and economic realities; and that its aesthetics can inspire concern, critique, engagement, collaboration and change.
The Chair offers teaching and research along the following lines: