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LICHT FÜR VIELFALT (Light for Biodiversity)

Our contribution to the Klima Biennale Wien 2026 explores a dimension of the city that often remains unseen: the biodiversity of the night.

From 9.4.–10.5.2026, Licht für Vielfalt transforms Jutta-Steier-Park into a temporary observation site for nocturnal urban life. Developed by Dusts Institute, the project investigates how artificial light affects insects and other night-active species.

By adding specially designed optical filters to existing park lighting, we subtly shift the light spectrum to reduce disturbance for nocturnal insects—while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors. The park becomes a space to experience light differently and to reflect on how urban environments are shared across species.

Join us for three public evening workshops, where we explore the night together with scientists and observe insects through light-based methods:

📍 17.4.2026 9PM
📍 26.4.2026 9PM
📍 9.5.2026 9PM

Licht für Vielfalt
Project by Dusts Institute
Project team: Adam Hudec, Natalia Štundová @nataliastundova , Antonia Autischer @antonia.autischer.drawings , Mario Oswald
Supported by SozialBau AG, WUK

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien 2026

@biennale.wien
#KlimaBiennaleWien

WEISSER FLECK EXHIBITED AT BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION

Opening on 28.03.2026

I’m excited to share that Weisser Fleck is part of Algen | Schutt | CO₂ at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation group exhibition inside the former Kaufhaus Zeeck in Dessau.

“Within the framework of the exhibition, so-called time windows at the stairs, floors, pillars, and ceiling of Kaufhaus Zeeck provide views of the material history of the building. “Algae | Debris | CO2” is a “model exhibition” for sustainable design intended to produce as little CO2 as possible. It is a space for display, use, and events all at once. It presents cross-disciplinary approaches to research and collaborative work in which human and non-human actors, economies, technologies, and material streams come together.”

Weisser Fleck is one of the "time windows”; by removing a fragment of biopatina from a building surfacr, the work exposes the layered life of the surface, questioning regimes of cleanliness and revealing what is usually erased through facade maintenance.

📍 28.03 – 27.09.2026

WEISSER FLECK EXHIBITED AT BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION

Opening on 28.03.2026

I’m excited to share that Weisser Fleck is part of Algen | Schutt | CO₂ at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation group exhibition inside the former Kaufhaus Zeeck in Dessau.

“Within the framework of the exhibition, so-called time windows at the stairs, floors, pillars, and ceiling of Kaufhaus Zeeck provide views of the material history of the building. “Algae | Debris | CO2” is a “model exhibition” for sustainable design intended to produce as little CO2 as possible. It is a space for display, use, and events all at once. It presents cross-disciplinary approaches to research and collaborative work in which human and non-human actors, economies, technologies, and material streams come together.”

Weisser Fleck is one of the "time windows”; by removing a fragment of biopatina from a building surfacr, the work exposes the layered life of the surface, questioning regimes of cleanliness and revealing what is usually erased through facade maintenance.

📍 28.03 – 27.09.2026

WEISSER FLECK EXHIBITED AT BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION

Opening on 28.03.2026

I’m excited to share that Weisser Fleck is part of Algen | Schutt | CO₂ at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation group exhibition inside the former Kaufhaus Zeeck in Dessau.

“Within the framework of the exhibition, so-called time windows at the stairs, floors, pillars, and ceiling of Kaufhaus Zeeck provide views of the material history of the building. “Algae | Debris | CO2” is a “model exhibition” for sustainable design intended to produce as little CO2 as possible. It is a space for display, use, and events all at once. It presents cross-disciplinary approaches to research and collaborative work in which human and non-human actors, economies, technologies, and material streams come together.”

Weisser Fleck is one of the "time windows”; by removing a fragment of biopatina from a building surfacr, the work exposes the layered life of the surface, questioning regimes of cleanliness and revealing what is usually erased through facade maintenance.

📍 28.03 – 27.09.2026

WEISSER FLECK EXHIBITED AT BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION

Opening on 28.03.2026

I’m excited to share that Weisser Fleck is part of Algen | Schutt | CO₂ at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation group exhibition inside the former Kaufhaus Zeeck in Dessau.

“Within the framework of the exhibition, so-called time windows at the stairs, floors, pillars, and ceiling of Kaufhaus Zeeck provide views of the material history of the building. “Algae | Debris | CO2” is a “model exhibition” for sustainable design intended to produce as little CO2 as possible. It is a space for display, use, and events all at once. It presents cross-disciplinary approaches to research and collaborative work in which human and non-human actors, economies, technologies, and material streams come together.”

Weisser Fleck is one of the "time windows”; by removing a fragment of biopatina from a building surfacr, the work exposes the layered life of the surface, questioning regimes of cleanliness and revealing what is usually erased through facade maintenance.

📍 28.03 – 27.09.2026

WEISSER FLECK EXHIBITED AT BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION

Opening on 28.03.2026

I’m excited to share that Weisser Fleck is part of Algen | Schutt | CO₂ at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation group exhibition inside the former Kaufhaus Zeeck in Dessau.

“Within the framework of the exhibition, so-called time windows at the stairs, floors, pillars, and ceiling of Kaufhaus Zeeck provide views of the material history of the building. “Algae | Debris | CO2” is a “model exhibition” for sustainable design intended to produce as little CO2 as possible. It is a space for display, use, and events all at once. It presents cross-disciplinary approaches to research and collaborative work in which human and non-human actors, economies, technologies, and material streams come together.”

Weisser Fleck is one of the "time windows”; by removing a fragment of biopatina from a building surfacr, the work exposes the layered life of the surface, questioning regimes of cleanliness and revealing what is usually erased through facade maintenance.

📍 28.03 – 27.09.2026

WEISSER FLECK EXHIBITED AT BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION

Opening on 28.03.2026

I’m excited to share that Weisser Fleck is part of Algen | Schutt | CO₂ at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation group exhibition inside the former Kaufhaus Zeeck in Dessau.

“Within the framework of the exhibition, so-called time windows at the stairs, floors, pillars, and ceiling of Kaufhaus Zeeck provide views of the material history of the building. “Algae | Debris | CO2” is a “model exhibition” for sustainable design intended to produce as little CO2 as possible. It is a space for display, use, and events all at once. It presents cross-disciplinary approaches to research and collaborative work in which human and non-human actors, economies, technologies, and material streams come together.”

Weisser Fleck is one of the "time windows”; by removing a fragment of biopatina from a building surfacr, the work exposes the layered life of the surface, questioning regimes of cleanliness and revealing what is usually erased through facade maintenance.

📍 28.03 – 27.09.2026

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHTCATCHING WORKSHOP The evening workshops invited participants to experience the park after dark differently, not only as a human space, but as a shared habitat shaped by many forms of life. Guided by the light intervention, we slowed down and tuned into nocturnal biodiversity, noticing how small changes in light can shift what becomes visible.

A key moment was observing insects through a simple light-trapping setup. As the UV light hit the white fabric, insects began to appear slowly, one by one. Not in large numbers, but in quiet, fragile encounters.

This absence of abundance made each appearance more noticeable. It became less about counting species and more about recognising how delicate these ecosystems are, and how strongly light influences them.

Together, we reflected on how everyday urban lighting shapes nocturnal life and how it is unfolding directly in front of us.

Photos: Wirtschaftsagentur Wien Esel.at Joanna Pianka
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien
Part of @biennale.wien

Workshop leaders: @antonia.autischer.drawings @mario_osw

LIGHT RECLAIMED

The intervention in Jutta-Steier Park works directly with the existing street lamp.

Each of the 14 lamps is fitted with a system of two custom filters and info board.
Together, they shift the light spectrum while carrying a second layer of meaning: Every filter contains an engraved pattern which symbolises
a unique flight path of a different moth species.

These patterns follow the design language of the project:
movement translated into geometry, non-human trajectories becoming visible gesture.

During the day, the engravings appear as quiet drawings on the surface of the filters.
But at night, they begin to emerge When you look into the light (while eyes slightly narrowed) the patterns reveal themselves within the glow.

A trace of movement inside the light itself.

Each lamp becomes both a functional object and a carrier of a specific story;
14 lights, 14 site-specific species, 14 trajectories of attraction.

A reminder that even the most ordinary infrastructure
can hold invisible relationships to the all beings that lives around it.

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightDesign #Moths #UrbanBiodiversity DesignResearch MoreThanHuman Vienna

LIGHT RECLAIMED

The intervention in Jutta-Steier Park works directly with the existing street lamp.

Each of the 14 lamps is fitted with a system of two custom filters and info board.
Together, they shift the light spectrum while carrying a second layer of meaning: Every filter contains an engraved pattern which symbolises
a unique flight path of a different moth species.

These patterns follow the design language of the project:
movement translated into geometry, non-human trajectories becoming visible gesture.

During the day, the engravings appear as quiet drawings on the surface of the filters.
But at night, they begin to emerge When you look into the light (while eyes slightly narrowed) the patterns reveal themselves within the glow.

A trace of movement inside the light itself.

Each lamp becomes both a functional object and a carrier of a specific story;
14 lights, 14 site-specific species, 14 trajectories of attraction.

A reminder that even the most ordinary infrastructure
can hold invisible relationships to the all beings that lives around it.

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightDesign #Moths #UrbanBiodiversity DesignResearch MoreThanHuman Vienna

LIGHT RECLAIMED

The intervention in Jutta-Steier Park works directly with the existing street lamp.

Each of the 14 lamps is fitted with a system of two custom filters and info board.
Together, they shift the light spectrum while carrying a second layer of meaning: Every filter contains an engraved pattern which symbolises
a unique flight path of a different moth species.

These patterns follow the design language of the project:
movement translated into geometry, non-human trajectories becoming visible gesture.

During the day, the engravings appear as quiet drawings on the surface of the filters.
But at night, they begin to emerge When you look into the light (while eyes slightly narrowed) the patterns reveal themselves within the glow.

A trace of movement inside the light itself.

Each lamp becomes both a functional object and a carrier of a specific story;
14 lights, 14 site-specific species, 14 trajectories of attraction.

A reminder that even the most ordinary infrastructure
can hold invisible relationships to the all beings that lives around it.

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightDesign #Moths #UrbanBiodiversity DesignResearch MoreThanHuman Vienna

LIGHT RECLAIMED

The intervention in Jutta-Steier Park works directly with the existing street lamp.

Each of the 14 lamps is fitted with a system of two custom filters and info board.
Together, they shift the light spectrum while carrying a second layer of meaning: Every filter contains an engraved pattern which symbolises
a unique flight path of a different moth species.

These patterns follow the design language of the project:
movement translated into geometry, non-human trajectories becoming visible gesture.

During the day, the engravings appear as quiet drawings on the surface of the filters.
But at night, they begin to emerge When you look into the light (while eyes slightly narrowed) the patterns reveal themselves within the glow.

A trace of movement inside the light itself.

Each lamp becomes both a functional object and a carrier of a specific story;
14 lights, 14 site-specific species, 14 trajectories of attraction.

A reminder that even the most ordinary infrastructure
can hold invisible relationships to the all beings that lives around it.

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightDesign #Moths #UrbanBiodiversity DesignResearch MoreThanHuman Vienna

LIGHT RECLAIMED

The intervention in Jutta-Steier Park works directly with the existing street lamp.

Each of the 14 lamps is fitted with a system of two custom filters and info board.
Together, they shift the light spectrum while carrying a second layer of meaning: Every filter contains an engraved pattern which symbolises
a unique flight path of a different moth species.

These patterns follow the design language of the project:
movement translated into geometry, non-human trajectories becoming visible gesture.

During the day, the engravings appear as quiet drawings on the surface of the filters.
But at night, they begin to emerge When you look into the light (while eyes slightly narrowed) the patterns reveal themselves within the glow.

A trace of movement inside the light itself.

Each lamp becomes both a functional object and a carrier of a specific story;
14 lights, 14 site-specific species, 14 trajectories of attraction.

A reminder that even the most ordinary infrastructure
can hold invisible relationships to the all beings that lives around it.

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
Supported by @wirtschaftsagentur_wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightDesign #Moths #UrbanBiodiversity DesignResearch MoreThanHuman Vienna

Jutta-Steier Park at night; a habitat shaped by light

Jutta-Steier Park is already an important refuge for nocturnal insects. Its existing lighting conditions including partial night-time darkness allow many species to remain active, feed, and navigate through the night.

But even low levels of artificial light can disrupt these fragile ecosystems. Many nocturnal insects, especially moths, are highly sensitive to specific parts of the light spectrum. Short wavelengths, particularly ultraviolet and blue light strongly attract them, pulling them away from their natural behaviors such as pollination, feeding, and reproduction.

With Licht für Vielfalt, we work directly with this phenomenon.
Instead of adding new infrastructure, we transform the existing park lighting through a minimal, reversible intervention.

Special optical filters are temporarily attached to the park’s lamps. These filters selectively remove short wavelengths from the light spectrum, significantly reducing its attraction to nocturnal insects, while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors.

The result is a shift in how light behaves in the environment,
from attracting and disturbing → to coexisting and supporting.

This intervention invites us to reconsider a simple question:
What if urban lighting didn’t only serve humans but also respected the rhythms of other species?

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
supported by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightPollution #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity Vienna

Jutta-Steier Park at night; a habitat shaped by light

Jutta-Steier Park is already an important refuge for nocturnal insects. Its existing lighting conditions including partial night-time darkness allow many species to remain active, feed, and navigate through the night.

But even low levels of artificial light can disrupt these fragile ecosystems. Many nocturnal insects, especially moths, are highly sensitive to specific parts of the light spectrum. Short wavelengths, particularly ultraviolet and blue light strongly attract them, pulling them away from their natural behaviors such as pollination, feeding, and reproduction.

With Licht für Vielfalt, we work directly with this phenomenon.
Instead of adding new infrastructure, we transform the existing park lighting through a minimal, reversible intervention.

Special optical filters are temporarily attached to the park’s lamps. These filters selectively remove short wavelengths from the light spectrum, significantly reducing its attraction to nocturnal insects, while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors.

The result is a shift in how light behaves in the environment,
from attracting and disturbing → to coexisting and supporting.

This intervention invites us to reconsider a simple question:
What if urban lighting didn’t only serve humans but also respected the rhythms of other species?

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
supported by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightPollution #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity Vienna

Jutta-Steier Park at night; a habitat shaped by light

Jutta-Steier Park is already an important refuge for nocturnal insects. Its existing lighting conditions including partial night-time darkness allow many species to remain active, feed, and navigate through the night.

But even low levels of artificial light can disrupt these fragile ecosystems. Many nocturnal insects, especially moths, are highly sensitive to specific parts of the light spectrum. Short wavelengths, particularly ultraviolet and blue light strongly attract them, pulling them away from their natural behaviors such as pollination, feeding, and reproduction.

With Licht für Vielfalt, we work directly with this phenomenon.
Instead of adding new infrastructure, we transform the existing park lighting through a minimal, reversible intervention.

Special optical filters are temporarily attached to the park’s lamps. These filters selectively remove short wavelengths from the light spectrum, significantly reducing its attraction to nocturnal insects, while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors.

The result is a shift in how light behaves in the environment,
from attracting and disturbing → to coexisting and supporting.

This intervention invites us to reconsider a simple question:
What if urban lighting didn’t only serve humans but also respected the rhythms of other species?

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
supported by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightPollution #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity Vienna

Jutta-Steier Park at night; a habitat shaped by light

Jutta-Steier Park is already an important refuge for nocturnal insects. Its existing lighting conditions including partial night-time darkness allow many species to remain active, feed, and navigate through the night.

But even low levels of artificial light can disrupt these fragile ecosystems. Many nocturnal insects, especially moths, are highly sensitive to specific parts of the light spectrum. Short wavelengths, particularly ultraviolet and blue light strongly attract them, pulling them away from their natural behaviors such as pollination, feeding, and reproduction.

With Licht für Vielfalt, we work directly with this phenomenon.
Instead of adding new infrastructure, we transform the existing park lighting through a minimal, reversible intervention.

Special optical filters are temporarily attached to the park’s lamps. These filters selectively remove short wavelengths from the light spectrum, significantly reducing its attraction to nocturnal insects, while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors.

The result is a shift in how light behaves in the environment,
from attracting and disturbing → to coexisting and supporting.

This intervention invites us to reconsider a simple question:
What if urban lighting didn’t only serve humans but also respected the rhythms of other species?

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
supported by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightPollution #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity Vienna

Jutta-Steier Park at night; a habitat shaped by light

Jutta-Steier Park is already an important refuge for nocturnal insects. Its existing lighting conditions including partial night-time darkness allow many species to remain active, feed, and navigate through the night.

But even low levels of artificial light can disrupt these fragile ecosystems. Many nocturnal insects, especially moths, are highly sensitive to specific parts of the light spectrum. Short wavelengths, particularly ultraviolet and blue light strongly attract them, pulling them away from their natural behaviors such as pollination, feeding, and reproduction.

With Licht für Vielfalt, we work directly with this phenomenon.
Instead of adding new infrastructure, we transform the existing park lighting through a minimal, reversible intervention.

Special optical filters are temporarily attached to the park’s lamps. These filters selectively remove short wavelengths from the light spectrum, significantly reducing its attraction to nocturnal insects, while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors.

The result is a shift in how light behaves in the environment,
from attracting and disturbing → to coexisting and supporting.

This intervention invites us to reconsider a simple question:
What if urban lighting didn’t only serve humans but also respected the rhythms of other species?

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📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
supported by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightPollution #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity Vienna

Jutta-Steier Park at night; a habitat shaped by light

Jutta-Steier Park is already an important refuge for nocturnal insects. Its existing lighting conditions including partial night-time darkness allow many species to remain active, feed, and navigate through the night.

But even low levels of artificial light can disrupt these fragile ecosystems. Many nocturnal insects, especially moths, are highly sensitive to specific parts of the light spectrum. Short wavelengths, particularly ultraviolet and blue light strongly attract them, pulling them away from their natural behaviors such as pollination, feeding, and reproduction.

With Licht für Vielfalt, we work directly with this phenomenon.
Instead of adding new infrastructure, we transform the existing park lighting through a minimal, reversible intervention.

Special optical filters are temporarily attached to the park’s lamps. These filters selectively remove short wavelengths from the light spectrum, significantly reducing its attraction to nocturnal insects, while maintaining visibility and safety for visitors.

The result is a shift in how light behaves in the environment,
from attracting and disturbing → to coexisting and supporting.

This intervention invites us to reconsider a simple question:
What if urban lighting didn’t only serve humans but also respected the rhythms of other species?

—

📍 Jutta-Steier Park
📅 9.4.–10.5.2026

Ein Projekt im Rahmen der Klima Biennale Wien
supported by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien

#LichtFürVielfalt #KlimaBiennaleWien #LightPollution #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity Vienna

DUSTS FREE CHAMBER exhibited at opening event of European Capital of Culture Trencin 2026

It felt incredibly meaningful to present my favourite installation in my home region, surrounded by a local audience that shaped me long before this project even existed. 🤍

Together with @urban_softness_project, we brought the work back to where the story of dust, awareness, and care first began for me. In doing so, we closed a quiet, almost invisible loop — turning a research journey into a shared, embodied experience.

Grateful for everyone who came, breathed with us, and made this moment more than an exhibition — a collective reflection. 🌫️✨

Collaboration: @tomitholt @trencin2026

DUSTS FREE CHAMBER exhibited at opening event of European Capital of Culture Trencin 2026

It felt incredibly meaningful to present my favourite installation in my home region, surrounded by a local audience that shaped me long before this project even existed. 🤍

Together with @urban_softness_project, we brought the work back to where the story of dust, awareness, and care first began for me. In doing so, we closed a quiet, almost invisible loop — turning a research journey into a shared, embodied experience.

Grateful for everyone who came, breathed with us, and made this moment more than an exhibition — a collective reflection. 🌫️✨

Collaboration: @tomitholt @trencin2026

DUSTS FREE CHAMBER exhibited at opening event of European Capital of Culture Trencin 2026

It felt incredibly meaningful to present my favourite installation in my home region, surrounded by a local audience that shaped me long before this project even existed. 🤍

Together with @urban_softness_project, we brought the work back to where the story of dust, awareness, and care first began for me. In doing so, we closed a quiet, almost invisible loop — turning a research journey into a shared, embodied experience.

Grateful for everyone who came, breathed with us, and made this moment more than an exhibition — a collective reflection. 🌫️✨

Collaboration: @tomitholt @trencin2026

DUSTS FREE CHAMBER exhibited at opening event of European Capital of Culture Trencin 2026

It felt incredibly meaningful to present my favourite installation in my home region, surrounded by a local audience that shaped me long before this project even existed. 🤍

Together with @urban_softness_project, we brought the work back to where the story of dust, awareness, and care first began for me. In doing so, we closed a quiet, almost invisible loop — turning a research journey into a shared, embodied experience.

Grateful for everyone who came, breathed with us, and made this moment more than an exhibition — a collective reflection. 🌫️✨

Collaboration: @tomitholt @trencin2026

DUSTS FREE CHAMBER exhibited at opening event of European Capital of Culture Trencin 2026

It felt incredibly meaningful to present my favourite installation in my home region, surrounded by a local audience that shaped me long before this project even existed. 🤍

Together with @urban_softness_project, we brought the work back to where the story of dust, awareness, and care first began for me. In doing so, we closed a quiet, almost invisible loop — turning a research journey into a shared, embodied experience.

Grateful for everyone who came, breathed with us, and made this moment more than an exhibition — a collective reflection. 🌫️✨

Collaboration: @tomitholt @trencin2026

*2025* was a strong and progressive year with so many highlights that it was difficult to make this selection!

I finished my PhD and presented the work as part of the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale and I am still letting that sink in. The rest of the year unfolded through collaborations and shared moments: developing the Airsight Deck for @trencin2026 with @tomitholt and bringing it to life at @pohodafestival, taking part in India Design Week and the conversations around it, and working across different contexts with successful Biopatina Workshop + developing new artistic Performance with @gabriele._aime. With Dusts Institute, we published our first nomography designed by @nataliastundova and with @zuzana.ducho I reflected on my practice for Profile Magazine.

Grateful for the people, the trust, and the energy of this year ✨

A body becomes a particle.
A movement becomes air.

In this performance in Hong Kong , @gabriele._aime embodies a single grain of dust; born, carried, dispersed, and finally absorbed by the city. Drifting through streets, infrastructures and shores, the body follows invisible currents shaped by architecture, wind, and human activity.

"Cycle of the Unseen" traces the life of what we breathe but rarely notice. A poetic choreography of matter in motion. A reminder that even the smallest particle carries the story of a place.

Excited to share the outcome of collaboration with @gabriele._aime on the ongoing series "Cycle of the Unseen"
Video Edit: @vladimira_hradecka
Music: Ephemeral Harms
supported by Slovak Art Council

Special thanks to @marisayiu to recommend very unique place in HK for the shot - @designtrust micro park

VZDUCHOHĽADŇA

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Vzduchohľadňa je interaktívna inštalácia, ktorá zviditeľňuje to, čo vo vzduchu bežne nevnímame.Päťmetrové koleso s dvanástimi farebnými filtrami ukáže, ako môže vyzerať vzduch pri rôznych atmosférických javoch; od smogu po letné horúčavy. Filtre vznikli podľa dát zbieraných rok v Trenčíne a odhalili, že vo vzduchu lietajú častice z pôdy, spalín, peľu aj priemyslu. Tie rozptyľujú svetlo a menia farbu vzduchu do sivého, žltého či oranžového tónu.

Vzduchohľadňa pozýva zamyslieť sa nad vzduchom, ktorý spoločne dýchame a zároveň ponúka cestu časom: umožňuje nám zažiť, ako sa vzduch mení počas roka a predstavuje scenáre budúcnosti v časoch klimatickej krízy.

...

The AIRSIGHT DECK is an interactive installation that makes visible what we usually do not perceive in the air. A five-meter wheel with twelve colored filters reveals how the air can look under different atmospheric conditions—from smog to summer heatwaves. The filters were created based on data collected over a year in Trenčín and show that particles from soil, exhaust fumes, pollen, and industry all float through the air. These particles scatter light and tint the air in shades of grey, yellow, or orange.

The AIRSIGHT DECK invites us to reflect on the air we breathe together, while also offering a journey through time: it allows us to experience how the air changes throughout the year and presents scenarios of the future in times of climate crisis.

...

Vzduchohľadňa. Matúšova ulica / pod Trenčianskym hradom

Trvanie projektu: 13. október 2025 – 13. január 2026

Autor: @ada_a_am @dusts.institute
Fotografie: @petra.rjabinin
Ďakujeme: @trencin2026 @mesto.trencin @kictrencin

Projekt Citlivosť mesta je súčasťou Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 finančne podporujú Mesto Trenčín, Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj a Ministerstvo kultúry SR. Partnerom je Európska únia
#trencin2026
#naturematters

VZDUCHOHĽADŇA

...

Vzduchohľadňa je interaktívna inštalácia, ktorá zviditeľňuje to, čo vo vzduchu bežne nevnímame.Päťmetrové koleso s dvanástimi farebnými filtrami ukáže, ako môže vyzerať vzduch pri rôznych atmosférických javoch; od smogu po letné horúčavy. Filtre vznikli podľa dát zbieraných rok v Trenčíne a odhalili, že vo vzduchu lietajú častice z pôdy, spalín, peľu aj priemyslu. Tie rozptyľujú svetlo a menia farbu vzduchu do sivého, žltého či oranžového tónu.

Vzduchohľadňa pozýva zamyslieť sa nad vzduchom, ktorý spoločne dýchame a zároveň ponúka cestu časom: umožňuje nám zažiť, ako sa vzduch mení počas roka a predstavuje scenáre budúcnosti v časoch klimatickej krízy.

...

The AIRSIGHT DECK is an interactive installation that makes visible what we usually do not perceive in the air. A five-meter wheel with twelve colored filters reveals how the air can look under different atmospheric conditions—from smog to summer heatwaves. The filters were created based on data collected over a year in Trenčín and show that particles from soil, exhaust fumes, pollen, and industry all float through the air. These particles scatter light and tint the air in shades of grey, yellow, or orange.

The AIRSIGHT DECK invites us to reflect on the air we breathe together, while also offering a journey through time: it allows us to experience how the air changes throughout the year and presents scenarios of the future in times of climate crisis.

...

Vzduchohľadňa. Matúšova ulica / pod Trenčianskym hradom

Trvanie projektu: 13. október 2025 – 13. január 2026

Autor: @ada_a_am @dusts.institute
Fotografie: @petra.rjabinin
Ďakujeme: @trencin2026 @mesto.trencin @kictrencin

Projekt Citlivosť mesta je súčasťou Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 finančne podporujú Mesto Trenčín, Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj a Ministerstvo kultúry SR. Partnerom je Európska únia
#trencin2026
#naturematters

VZDUCHOHĽADŇA

...

Vzduchohľadňa je interaktívna inštalácia, ktorá zviditeľňuje to, čo vo vzduchu bežne nevnímame.Päťmetrové koleso s dvanástimi farebnými filtrami ukáže, ako môže vyzerať vzduch pri rôznych atmosférických javoch; od smogu po letné horúčavy. Filtre vznikli podľa dát zbieraných rok v Trenčíne a odhalili, že vo vzduchu lietajú častice z pôdy, spalín, peľu aj priemyslu. Tie rozptyľujú svetlo a menia farbu vzduchu do sivého, žltého či oranžového tónu.

Vzduchohľadňa pozýva zamyslieť sa nad vzduchom, ktorý spoločne dýchame a zároveň ponúka cestu časom: umožňuje nám zažiť, ako sa vzduch mení počas roka a predstavuje scenáre budúcnosti v časoch klimatickej krízy.

...

The AIRSIGHT DECK is an interactive installation that makes visible what we usually do not perceive in the air. A five-meter wheel with twelve colored filters reveals how the air can look under different atmospheric conditions—from smog to summer heatwaves. The filters were created based on data collected over a year in Trenčín and show that particles from soil, exhaust fumes, pollen, and industry all float through the air. These particles scatter light and tint the air in shades of grey, yellow, or orange.

The AIRSIGHT DECK invites us to reflect on the air we breathe together, while also offering a journey through time: it allows us to experience how the air changes throughout the year and presents scenarios of the future in times of climate crisis.

...

Vzduchohľadňa. Matúšova ulica / pod Trenčianskym hradom

Trvanie projektu: 13. október 2025 – 13. január 2026

Autor: @ada_a_am @dusts.institute
Fotografie: @petra.rjabinin
Ďakujeme: @trencin2026 @mesto.trencin @kictrencin

Projekt Citlivosť mesta je súčasťou Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 finančne podporujú Mesto Trenčín, Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj a Ministerstvo kultúry SR. Partnerom je Európska únia
#trencin2026
#naturematters

VZDUCHOHĽADŇA

...

Vzduchohľadňa je interaktívna inštalácia, ktorá zviditeľňuje to, čo vo vzduchu bežne nevnímame.Päťmetrové koleso s dvanástimi farebnými filtrami ukáže, ako môže vyzerať vzduch pri rôznych atmosférických javoch; od smogu po letné horúčavy. Filtre vznikli podľa dát zbieraných rok v Trenčíne a odhalili, že vo vzduchu lietajú častice z pôdy, spalín, peľu aj priemyslu. Tie rozptyľujú svetlo a menia farbu vzduchu do sivého, žltého či oranžového tónu.

Vzduchohľadňa pozýva zamyslieť sa nad vzduchom, ktorý spoločne dýchame a zároveň ponúka cestu časom: umožňuje nám zažiť, ako sa vzduch mení počas roka a predstavuje scenáre budúcnosti v časoch klimatickej krízy.

...

The AIRSIGHT DECK is an interactive installation that makes visible what we usually do not perceive in the air. A five-meter wheel with twelve colored filters reveals how the air can look under different atmospheric conditions—from smog to summer heatwaves. The filters were created based on data collected over a year in Trenčín and show that particles from soil, exhaust fumes, pollen, and industry all float through the air. These particles scatter light and tint the air in shades of grey, yellow, or orange.

The AIRSIGHT DECK invites us to reflect on the air we breathe together, while also offering a journey through time: it allows us to experience how the air changes throughout the year and presents scenarios of the future in times of climate crisis.

...

Vzduchohľadňa. Matúšova ulica / pod Trenčianskym hradom

Trvanie projektu: 13. október 2025 – 13. január 2026

Autor: @ada_a_am @dusts.institute
Fotografie: @petra.rjabinin
Ďakujeme: @trencin2026 @mesto.trencin @kictrencin

Projekt Citlivosť mesta je súčasťou Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 finančne podporujú Mesto Trenčín, Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj a Ministerstvo kultúry SR. Partnerom je Európska únia
#trencin2026
#naturematters

VZDUCHOHĽADŇA

...

Vzduchohľadňa je interaktívna inštalácia, ktorá zviditeľňuje to, čo vo vzduchu bežne nevnímame.Päťmetrové koleso s dvanástimi farebnými filtrami ukáže, ako môže vyzerať vzduch pri rôznych atmosférických javoch; od smogu po letné horúčavy. Filtre vznikli podľa dát zbieraných rok v Trenčíne a odhalili, že vo vzduchu lietajú častice z pôdy, spalín, peľu aj priemyslu. Tie rozptyľujú svetlo a menia farbu vzduchu do sivého, žltého či oranžového tónu.

Vzduchohľadňa pozýva zamyslieť sa nad vzduchom, ktorý spoločne dýchame a zároveň ponúka cestu časom: umožňuje nám zažiť, ako sa vzduch mení počas roka a predstavuje scenáre budúcnosti v časoch klimatickej krízy.

...

The AIRSIGHT DECK is an interactive installation that makes visible what we usually do not perceive in the air. A five-meter wheel with twelve colored filters reveals how the air can look under different atmospheric conditions—from smog to summer heatwaves. The filters were created based on data collected over a year in Trenčín and show that particles from soil, exhaust fumes, pollen, and industry all float through the air. These particles scatter light and tint the air in shades of grey, yellow, or orange.

The AIRSIGHT DECK invites us to reflect on the air we breathe together, while also offering a journey through time: it allows us to experience how the air changes throughout the year and presents scenarios of the future in times of climate crisis.

...

Vzduchohľadňa. Matúšova ulica / pod Trenčianskym hradom

Trvanie projektu: 13. október 2025 – 13. január 2026

Autor: @ada_a_am @dusts.institute
Fotografie: @petra.rjabinin
Ďakujeme: @trencin2026 @mesto.trencin @kictrencin

Projekt Citlivosť mesta je súčasťou Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 finančne podporujú Mesto Trenčín, Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj a Ministerstvo kultúry SR. Partnerom je Európska únia
#trencin2026
#naturematters

VZDUCHOHĽADŇA

...

Vzduchohľadňa je interaktívna inštalácia, ktorá zviditeľňuje to, čo vo vzduchu bežne nevnímame.Päťmetrové koleso s dvanástimi farebnými filtrami ukáže, ako môže vyzerať vzduch pri rôznych atmosférických javoch; od smogu po letné horúčavy. Filtre vznikli podľa dát zbieraných rok v Trenčíne a odhalili, že vo vzduchu lietajú častice z pôdy, spalín, peľu aj priemyslu. Tie rozptyľujú svetlo a menia farbu vzduchu do sivého, žltého či oranžového tónu.

Vzduchohľadňa pozýva zamyslieť sa nad vzduchom, ktorý spoločne dýchame a zároveň ponúka cestu časom: umožňuje nám zažiť, ako sa vzduch mení počas roka a predstavuje scenáre budúcnosti v časoch klimatickej krízy.

...

The AIRSIGHT DECK is an interactive installation that makes visible what we usually do not perceive in the air. A five-meter wheel with twelve colored filters reveals how the air can look under different atmospheric conditions—from smog to summer heatwaves. The filters were created based on data collected over a year in Trenčín and show that particles from soil, exhaust fumes, pollen, and industry all float through the air. These particles scatter light and tint the air in shades of grey, yellow, or orange.

The AIRSIGHT DECK invites us to reflect on the air we breathe together, while also offering a journey through time: it allows us to experience how the air changes throughout the year and presents scenarios of the future in times of climate crisis.

...

Vzduchohľadňa. Matúšova ulica / pod Trenčianskym hradom

Trvanie projektu: 13. október 2025 – 13. január 2026

Autor: @ada_a_am @dusts.institute
Fotografie: @petra.rjabinin
Ďakujeme: @trencin2026 @mesto.trencin @kictrencin

Projekt Citlivosť mesta je súčasťou Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 finančne podporujú Mesto Trenčín, Trenčiansky samosprávny kraj a Ministerstvo kultúry SR. Partnerom je Európska únia
#trencin2026
#naturematters

Ďakujem @profilonline za oslovenie, spolupráca s @ada_a_am je vždy čistá radosť a profesionalita

Ďakujem @profilonline za oslovenie, spolupráca s @ada_a_am je vždy čistá radosť a profesionalita

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

🌿✨ It’s official; Dr. Techn.!✨🌿

After 4.5 years of researching, writing, growing (and sometimes doubting), I finally defended my PhD Epidermitecture: Socio-material investigation of biopatina on outer surfaces of built environments at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

What started as curiosity about the life on architecture outer surfaces turned into a journey through architecture, art, and microbiology exploring how buildings can breathe, age, and coexist with nonhuman life.

I’m endlessly grateful to my amazing supervisors Michelle Howard and Katja Sterflinger for their trust, patience, and guidanceand for showing that collaboration between architecture and science can truly transform how we see our built environments.

Thanks to everyone who supported, questioned, and shared this path with me: in the lab, in the field, on façades, and in countless conversations.

Here’s to all the living surfaces and to new beginnings beyond the wall. 💚

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki

Exploring the North Reef with @ada_a_am and @suna_shima_imo… A fantastic trip for Adam’s last day at @ma_umi_residencies to finalise the goals for 2026 #maumiresidencies #oceanconservation #coralreefconservation #islandproject #ishigaki