Opening the Field: Shaping an Urban Biodiversity

The perspective of this paper is to showcase the synergy that lies within a new urban-nature ecology framework. The aim is two-sided - on one side it is an exploration of how to work with landscape ecology in urban- and landscape design with a special emphasis on biodiver-sity. It is my claim, that an increased biodiversity within the urban realm can lead to a larger degree of diversity of usage and of tactile & visual experiences within the architectural plan-ning-realm, and at the same time act as a significant ecological benefactor. Different architec-tural strategies will be showcased, both as case-readings and as more generic recommenda-tions that attempt to bridge the gap between landscape ecology and urban planning.