Neglected Walls Contact Zones of Architectural Matter and Spontaneous Vegetation

Bio

Lucas Oettinger

Before joining the DFG Research Training Group Urban Future-Making, Lucas Oettinger worked in several architectural practices in Stuttgart and at the Hamburg-based office NOTO – Basista Becker Jansen. He also taught first-semester students in sculptural design and freehand drawing at the University of Stuttgart, where he completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture and urban planning. His research lies at the intersection of architectural design and ecology and builds on an artistic research project initiated during a residency at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and continued in his master’s thesis on spontaneously emerging urban ecosystems. His current work investigates how ecological processes and non-human agencies can inform architectural design practices.