PORTFOLIO JAKOB AUER (MLA) ANALYSIS, DESIGN, INNOVATION
Studdy trip to Iceland
Studdy trip Englands gardens
Studdy at AHO, Oslo
Study at HSWT, Freising Watercolouring course in Viterbo, Italy
Internship at Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten, Beijing
ABOUT ME My name’s Jakob, I’m a 29 years old, currently residing and working as a landscape architect and urban planner in my hometown Dachau, Germany. I believe humanity is at an important crossroad today. We as a people have never had such potential to create a utopic world and society, while at the same time facing global dangers as we have never before. In these times of uncertainty I came to see it as my obligation to contribute to the betterment of society and our built environment to lay the groundwork for a good trajectory towards the future. As a designer of open spaces it is my passion to take part in the transformation of our living environment in a sustainable manner, for the benefit of the future users, while trying to respect the locations individual past, present and genius loci. This gap, the discrepancy between our industrialized past and our digitalized future, is where I see the main challenge and potential in my future career. The following projects show in reversed chronological order, how this idea formed over time and throughout my studies in different projects, and how it all consolidated into my last student project, the post-industrial development of a former paper-mill in my hometown.
Contact
• Jakob Auer • auerjak@gmail.com • 01766262771
Education
• 1999 - 2008: Ignaz-Taschner Gymnasium, Dachau (Advanced Courses English & Arts) • 2009 - 2013: Study of Landscape Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Freising, Specialization Subject; Urban Planning • 08.2014 - 06.2016: Master program at AHO (Arkitektur og Designhogskolen), Oslo
Experience
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2009: Internship at Flachslander landscaping company, Dachau 2010 - 2012: Markus Layritz’ landscaping company, München 2016 - 2017: Emplyment with Luska Landscape Architects, Dachau 2017-current: Empoyment at TOPgrün Landscape Architects, Dachau 10.2011 - 03.2012: Praktikum bei RLA (Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten) in Peking 2012: Studentische Hilfskraft
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MASTER PROGRAM / STUDY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WITH A FOCUS ON LANDSCAPE URBANISM AT THE AHO / OSLO / 08.2014 - 06.2016
p.07–25 MA-Thesis; Post-Industrial Urban Development, Dachau (GE)
Urban Development Concept for a former Container Port, Oslo (NO)
Public Installation, Oslo (NO)
BACHELOR PROGRAM/ STUDY OF LANDSCAPE ARHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN / FREISING /2009 - 2013 / P- 25-35
INTERNSHIP / REHWALDT LANDSCHAFTSARCHITEKTEN / BEIJING / 10.2011 - 04.2012 / p.50-58
p.25–35 Urban Densification Concept, Munich (GE)
Urban Design, Freising (GE)
Urban Development Concept, Munich (GE)
Landscape Urabism Concept, Lorenskog (NO)
p.50–58
BA Thesis, ‘Audiovisual Media and Landscape Architecture’
Internship with Rehwaldt LA in Beijing
9 A few existing structures of the former factory compound are left and transformed for new functions. They will help create an identity in this new district built on the industrial past of the site. They are scattered throughout the area while always maintaining a view axis to one another
MA THESIS
Transformation of the former Paper Mill in Dachau The pedestrian zone of the historic old part of town (red hatch) is being extended into the new district to create a pleasant walkable connection towards the new cities trainstation. Road access is granted to the essential areas, while large part are planned as carfree zones
The large green park/wetland will be the centerpiece of the “green belt”, a landscape ring that surrounds the historic town-center. This idea is based on a city council decree from 2006. In order to implement it, the area along the creek that run through the area is the last missing part.
The paper-industry has been part of Dachau since 1859. For long times it was the biggest emplyoer in the region and it influenced many peoples lifes and personal stories for more than 150 years. Looking out my own bedroom window, I can see the striking silhouette of the watertower and the three prominent chimneys which have become loveable landmarks to some, eyesores to others. As a planner and a direct neighbor of the area, I am deeply invested in achieving the best possible outcome of its future development. The site is completely closed off to the public and an enigmatic aura surrounds the old factory. People could see its landmarks but only their imagination allowed them to see what‘s beneath the walls. When I first had the chance to enter the site during a public tour I was in awe over the hidden secrets that were left when the production stopped in 2006. After its shutting down, the sites transformation is tried to be determined, sparking many debates that show the different opinions about the city‘s future. It is over 16 hectares in size and bears a lot of potential in shaping the cities future. In this thesis I tried to determine one possible desired outcome for the site, after first exploring various development scenarios, which helped to find a balanced negotiation between different visions.
11 Residential areas and public green
Extension of/Opening towards City Centre
Industrial courtyard along noisy infrastructure RESIDENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL
PUBLIC GREEN
CULTURAL
PUBLIC
COMMERCIAL
Creative District
Phytoremediation Wetland
The new district includes a variety of different types of land-use in order to negotiate between all the stakeholders visions and needs. The majority of space is reserved for residential use to meet the growing demand for housing and react to the settlement pressure. A mostly commercial axis is planned along the pedestrian axis that extends from the historic town-center. In the areas along the trainline and two heavily used roads, An industrial courtyard will help increase the amount of income tax for the municipality. The existing office building and power plant of the paper-factory will be transformed into a creative and cultural district to boost the creative sector and build on Dachaus past as “Artists colony�. The wetland north of this district consists of a large wetland which, by the use of phytoremediation, will create a public space that at the same time helps decontaminate the heavily polluted site.
Axonometry of complete site and Land Use
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In order to reduce the amount of excavation, which is estimated by geologists to amount up to 300.000 m², the decontamination will make use of three different techniques. The very heavy polluted parts will be excavated and decontaminated in another location. The least polluted parts surrounding the structures that are transformed to new use are left sealed, as the spillage into the groundwater was analyzed to be “not harmful”. The pollutants which do spill into the surrounding soil or water run-off from the sealed parts will pass through an engineered wetland, which by the use of phytoremediating plants, can be able to protect the groundwater significantly.
The topography of the wetland will be constructed into a series of little hills and ditches. A layer of soil to place the pollutant-specific plants will be on top of a non-permeable layer of clay, that helps prevent spilling polluted groundwater, before it passes through the whole cycle of decontamination
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Costline Before
Costline After
‘FILIPSTAD’ DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FOR OSLOS FORMER FERRY HARBOR
Planned Connections
Figure Ground Plan
Social Media Activity Map
Traffic Systems
Filipstad is the name of a peninsula on the west edge of Oslo. After a series of new developments along Oslos shoreline, it is one of the last inner-city remnants of Oslos past as hub for cargo for the whole country. It used to be a port for recently ferries and industrial cargo before that. After its use for shipping the area is far to large for the amount of ships it serves today, the city decided a new residential development would be a more viable asset for the city. A heavily used road splits the site in two parts today. In my proposal, the road will be put underground. The existing ferry port, which is still a neccesity, will remain at its location. A big cascading building of mixed use will shield the noise of the large ships from a newly created recreational green space on the southern end of the peninsula. The landmass itself will be cut into in order to create a series of canals, thereby increasing the experience of the ocean and creating a bigger amount of high-value seafront property.
17 Building Zoning plan Residential Public Commercial Office
The striking building of the “Ali Coffee company� is one one of a few striking, yet odd landmarks in the area. It will, along with the shipping cranes and a historic brick building transformed in remembrance of the past to help create a local identity. Next to the building a large pergola structure will be the centerpoint of the new district
Perspective on The pier and former Shipping Crane
Perspective of Recreational Peninsula
Section Through complete District(S-N)
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Aerial Rendering
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‘ENGLAST’
A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION AT THE PROMENADE OF OSLO This project was created as part of the urban development project mentioned previously In the context of a celebration held to gain public awareness to Oslos future development for the ‘Filipstad’ district and the new promenade. The Royals of Norway granted our student group a budget for creating a temporary installation next to a high value housing project called Aker Brygge. The location of the project is at the southeastern end of the former Cargo-port mentioned in the previous project. Our groups interpretation of the installation is based on the sites present and its potential future. What if this sealed, non-public site would become a huge park in the future? In order to communicate this vision while respecting the historic context, we placed a discarded shipping container, which was then covered with mirrors on two sides on the inside. The reflective walls created inside reflect purple plants growing inside elevated planting beds, create the illusion of an “Infinite Meadow” (‘Eng’=Meadow, ‘Last’=Cargo).
23 June JUN
Juli JUL
August AUG
September SEP
October OCT
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavandula angustifolia Achillea Achilleamillefolium milefolium Echinops bannaticus Echinops bannaticus Ammophila breviligulata
Ammophila brevilugata capitata LavandulaGilia angustifolia Verbena bonariensis
Verbena bonariensis Echinacea purpurea
Echinea purpurea
Delphinium grandiflorum
Delphinum grandiflorum Anaphalis margaritacea
Anaphilis margaritacea
Planting Scheme The planting scheme uses flowers and grasses ranging from colder white, and blue colors, up to a warmer reddish teint. As the installation was only planned until October, we didn’t primarily take into consideration plants that look appealing during the fourth season, but as the removal was postponed, it turned out to still turn into a nice color and texture variety during that time. Most elements were prebuilt inside the schools workshops and then only assembled on site within one week.
Feedback on Instagram (#Englast)
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‘LORENSKOG’ FROM MONOCULTURE TO A DIVERSE LANDSCAPE PATTERN Lørenskog municipality is strategically located half-way between Oslo Center and Gardermoen airport. Lørenskog is characterized mostly as a bedroom community with 35.000 inhabitants and is prognosed to grow by 10.000 people until 2035.The type of development found in Lørenskog is typical of peri-urban towns, including heavy infrastructural lines, rural landscape and a big hospital. One of the most unique qualities of the area is the amount of agricultural land still in production, which is about 9% of the municipal area. The vast agricultural resource stretches Northeast all the way to the airport, crossing several other municiplaities. Lørenskog is also uniquely situated along major trunk lines of rail and highway, with strong, direct connections to the Oslo central area and the airport. It can be seen as the transitional zone between urban and rural life. As the demand for new housing in this growing community and suburban corridor is steadily rising, and most parts of the forest being “untouchable” for further expansion of the city, the agricultural areas are most likely the preferred spaces to be developed in the near future. If rising land prices outweigh the viability of regular agriculture, how can “landscape” be positioned to remain productive (or even preserved for farming) while simultaneously being used to structure the new areas of city expansion?
27 Our research led us to conclude that there is an economic opportunity for landscape production and agriculture Total Trade Balance (in million €) linked to the growing field of life sciences and pharmaceutical industry and its global network of specialized crops. There are various crops that can be used in the pr duction of pharmaceuticals, that could be the focal point of future agricultural production in Lørenskog. The potential opportunity in the sector of pharmaceutical production also becomes visible in a comparison on an international level. While countries like Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Italy show a big surplus of trade balance in exports of pharmaceuticals, Norway imports more medicals than it produces and sells, leading to a negative trade balance of 931 Million €. After examining the greater region of Oslo/Akershus, we found that across the area many investments are taking place in the fields of medical research and life sciences; while these entities are mostly focusing on research & development, there is only very little
Peri-Urban Location of Municipality
Assets in the region: Education/Infrastructure
Lørenskog municipalities location is at the fringe of urbanization, where rural landscape and cultivation areas meet the settlement pressure from the growing region of Oslo. Within the municpality itself, forested areas outweigh the other land uses. Built-up surfaces outweigh the agricultural areas by almost double. In order to keep the remaining agricultiure character of the city, our team aimed to develope a project that makes the viability of agricultiure more viable than new housing developments. Lørenskog is also uniquely situated along major trunk lines of rail and highway, with strong direct connections to the Oslo central area and the airport.
OPPORTUNITY ‘BIOPHARMING’
focus on pharmaceutical agriculture and the production of medicinal products. By enhancing and investing on the potentials and efforts being made in this sector and the municipality’s strategic location, we aim to create and develop a new local identity based on a multi-programming agriculture landscape that can serve as addition to R&D by the cultivation of high profit pharmaceutical crops and their subsequent production of finished products. Furthermore, it will connect the eastern parts of the city with the newly created residential area and new city center on the western side. After examining the ways in which horticultural production can be used to leverage off of the growing biomedical/pharmaceutical economy of the region, we determined three categories that could be applied to our concept: Biopharming, Phytochemicals, and Phytotherapy.
Pharming is a portmanteau of farming and “pharmaceutical” and refers to. The use of genetic engineering to insert genes that code for useful pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants that would otherwise not express those genes, thus creating a genetically modified organism (GMO). Pharming is also known as molecular farming, molecular pharming or biopharming. Plants such as Potatoes, Maize, Rice and Tobacco are so far the leading species for this technique, although plants that don’t have affiliations with the food chain should be the preferred choice and production should take place indoors in sealed greenhouses.
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds that occur naturally in plants. Some are responsible for color and other organoleptic properties, such as the deep purple of blueberries and the smell of garlic. Phytochemicals may have biological significance, for example carotenoids or flavonoids, but are not established as essential nutrients. There may be as many as 4,000 different phytochemicals. Thus far seven plant-derived anticancer Drugs have received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for commercial production. (Taxol/Paclitaxel, Vinblastine, Vincristine, Topotecan, rinotecan, Etopisode, Teniposide). Some plants used for their production such as Taxus baccata, Catharanthus roseus, Podophyllum peltatum and Digitalis purpurea can be grown outdoors in this climatic zone.
Herbalism (‘herbology’ or “herbal medicine”) is use of plants for medicinal purposes, and the study of such use. Plants have been the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still widely practiced today. Modern medicine recognizes herbalism as a form of alternative medicine, as the practice of herbalism is not strictly based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. Modern medicine, does, however, make use of many plant-derived compounds as the basis for evidence-tested pharmaceutical drugs, and phytotheeapy works to apply modern standards of effectiveness testing to herbs and medicines that are derived from natural sources. The scope of herbal medicine is sometimes extended to include fungal and bee products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts.
29 In order to ramp up horticultural production we decided to explore the site for the optimal microclimatic growing conditions. Landscape slopes facing different directions, with different orientations, provide a multitude of growing characteristics within a small area, unlike an otherwise large, flat, monocultural, agricultural zone. Our scheme builds off of our terrain study and begins to modify the landscape surface to take advantage of microclimatic diversity to grow many types of crops. New topography is replicated throughout the valley to build back large landscape gradients (wet to dry, shady to sunny, cold to hot, etc.) that were lost when the land was farmed as a monoculture. The new topography multiplies the form discovered in our analises. The whole valley is then topographically sculpted and balanced with an equal cut and fill of landmass.
Status Quo: Monoculture
Topographical modulation
Engineered Wetland and Retention surface
PRODUCTIVE ZONE A large greenhouse complex will be the center of the agricultural land. It is designed to cover ditches in the modified topography. This sunken greenhouse is protected by the surrounding soil, reducing the cost of heating and preventing energy loss. This typology is inspired by the traditional Peruvian type of Pit greenhouses, called “Walipini”. Other than that many other types of profitable crops could be part of this new agricultural form of land use. Flowery meadows can serve as food for beehives, fungi can be grown within greenhouses on the shadowy side of the hills. Experiments with paddy rice and other moisture loving crops can be conducted within the ditches closest to the groundwater. Other innovative and profitable types of agriculture could be tested and applied in this diverse landscape, the production of food and other products will be made into an experience and given an educational value. The attraction of experiencing welltried and new forms of agriculture could create awareness for a shift from a globalized back to a localized production of crops. (e.g.: Aquaponic systems Pit Greenhouses, Flower Meadows for local Beehives, Fungi productionin, Paddy rice, Orchards, Herb production, Tree nurseries, Willowshoot production, Hop production, Algae plants)
The concept foresees the valley to be structured intothree zones. An agricultural/productive zone, a public/recreational zone and a wetland/wildlife zone. A gradual change in height/ depth of the replicated u-shaped pattern will create a multiplicity of different habitats for wildlife as well as microclimates that can be used for different types of adapted crops.
RECREATIONAL ZONE The Public and Recreational Zone will be the centerpiece of the modulated landscape in between the productive and the wetland zone. Shielded from the traffic noise of the National Road 159 by the ondulating hills of the productive landscape, it contains both connections through the landscape and places with recreational value. Paths on top of the hills and inside the valleys create different landscape experiences. Viewpoints on the highest Peaks create visual connections towards the wetland and bird-watching areas as well as all the surrounding elements. There is three Pavillions/ Buildings within the landscape, serving different functions. The building between the productive and the public area is another greenhouse/botanical garden, which is also open to the public.
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HABITAT ZONE The pattern of small ponds and islands and establish great biodiversity in the local fauna. Wetlands are widely advertised as a critical component of our planet, providing a wide variety of ecosystem services. The wetland zone in this project will serve various purposes: Habitat for birds and amphibians: The shift from a mostly monocultural agriculture to a complex ecotope will provide habitats for new species. The nearby Wetland “Nordre Øyeren Naturreservat” (Northern Oyeren Nature Reserve) is only 15 km away. The Three rivers- Nitelva, Leira and Glomma (Norway’s largest river) create a huge delta with several small islands and channels which attract lots of migrating birds both in spring and autumn. Around 260 species have been observed. Swans, ducks, geese and waders of many species can be found, many others can be seen on passage. A similar habitat in Lørenskog would attract not only the birds and amphibians, but would also provide a new hotspot for ornithologists and birdwatchers, creating another touristic appeal to the municipality. Water retention Zone: The perforated landscape pattern will provide enough ditches to retain local stormwater
runoff during heavy rainfall and ease the problems previously caused by flooding in this area. Biofilter: As transitional zone between the large agricultural areas in the south, east and west, where the river as well as some drainage ditches lead into the project area, it will function as a biofilter that removes pollutants, nutrients from the hydrological system. Non-point source pollution (NPS) is a global problem affecting the safety of drinking water supply and aquatic habitats. Pollutants originating from agricultural runoff include sediment, nutrients (Nitrogen and Phosphate), pesticides, pathogens, salts, trace elements, dissolved organic carbon and substances that contribute to biological oxygen demand (BOD). There are several mechanisms acting in constructed and restored wetlands that contribute to the removal of contaminants, including: 1) sedimentation and burial (phosphorus, pesticides, particulate organic carbon, pathogens) 2) biogeochemical transformations (denitrification) 3) biotic uptake of nutrients and salts 4) microbial degradation of pesticides and organicmatter 5) transformations affecting solubility, sorption and toxicity 6) predation of pathogens 7) photodegradation of pesticides and organic matter. As a result of these processes, it is commonly considered that wetlands have a predominantly beneficial effect on water quality
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‘MIND THE GAP’ BARRIER-FREE DENSIFICATION IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA Development Potential
Connection to the larger green structures
Filled Gaps in Gardens
Filled Gaps along building line
Connection to Important Infrastructure Axes
Public Buildings at corners
The challenge in this student project for an urban development in the district of ‘Trudering’ in Munich was to find a solution to densify an area of primarily single homes with large private gardens from the 1950s. The neighborhood has a relatively old demographic and is scarcely occupied compared to the rest of the city. The big houses are not affordable to many looking for affordable housing in Munich and too large for the often elderly inhabitants. In an effort to revive this neighborhood and attract a more mixed demoghraphic our concept functiond as a flexible toolset for urban densification that works even if only a few homeowners take part. By filling in the gaps along the building line and on the barely used backsides of the private gardens, new modular housing opportunities are created to enable a new type of community
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Connecting Element
The filled-in gaps allow for various ways of subdividing ownership
Shared Rooms
Owner 1
Owner 2
Modular homes
Owner 3
Public Square Community Gardens
Representation of a densified neighborhood with the gaps filled up
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‘CROSSING THE BARRIER’ Green Connections
Traffic connections
A DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT TO OPEN FREISING TOWARDS THE RIVER AND CROSS BORDERS The town of Freising is divided by the Isar running as well as busy traintracks running through its middle. High value properties close to the environmentally protected river-meadows remain largely unused due to its unaccesibility. The site close to the trainyard is primarily used as a park and ride facilities, others as allotment plots or public owned green. Our concept is a study to push the idea of complete accessibility to its limits, while respecting the precious habitats near the river. Main element will be a giant green roof, that functions both as a parking house, while at the same time as a walkable green bridge, that leads over the traintracks and towards the southern part of the city
Viewing Connections
Social Connections
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Main Green Axis
Foot -and Cyclepaths
Street Network, Cul-de-sacs
Mediating between Building Density
‘MEDIATING OF OLD AND NEW’ A DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT A PLOT ON THE EDGE OF MUNICH The site in this urban development concept lies on the northern edge of Munich in a municipality called Feldmoching. What is now a leftover piece of agriculturally used area in between older single-family houses on the west and newer four-story buildngs on the west is to be transformed into a new residential area for approximately 150 housing units. Our Concept is a mediation between old and new, green and city, high and low. A few hundreds meter North runs a busy highway and the trainline, so the green belt in between shall remain. The former avenue planted with cherry-trees stretching from south to north will be picked up and act as the main green axis, opening up towards the landscape in the North, uninterupted by the access roads to the houses, which end in Cul-de-sacs, in order to keep the transitting traffic to a minimum.
43 The houses have pent-style roofs to mediate between the flat roofs of the buildings to the west of it and the gabled roofs to the east and south adjoining areas. The big residential buildings westside are very linear, whereas the houses east are scattered within private properties. In order to find a middlepath between these two styles, the new buildings filling the gap are developed from a straight building line, which is then displaced lightly, to create a more playful arrangement of houses. The groundfloor apartments have acces to a small garden, whereas the topfloor apartments have a south-west exposed loggia.
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As an effort to create a unique identity for each cul-de-sac-streets, each of those get a unique row of smaller trees and one courtyard-tree. The extension of the cherry-trees from the south meet and mix with a loosely arranged wave of pinetrees from the northside
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BA THESIS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND FILM
In my Bachelor thesis I looked into the use of audiovisual media as a tool in Landscape Architecture. The work was split into two parts; a theoretical part in which I analyzed the history of the medium film itself, the history of depicting and visualizing reality as well as tools and techniques used to create visions and images with movies. I furthermore anaylized noteworthy examples of movies, in which landscape is not just a backdrop for a story, but part of the story itseld. In the practical part of the thesis, I tried some examples of how this medium could be of use for landscape architects as a tool for analyzing local conditions or as a tool for communicating ideas, especially for the eyes of non-planners.
49 Short Tutorial A short overview of the techniques used to implement 3D objects into moving clips-
Timelapsed
Surfaces
Getting There By Train
Public Events
Entrances
Macros
Half an hour, peoples daily lifes on the Square.
A double-frame montage showing what one
F fast-cut video showing the busy way of getting
This family-friendly festival was taking place on
This video shows the different frequences of
These Macro-clips show the in my opinion
would see looking down, capturing the surfaces,
to the small Oasis within one of the busiest
a sunny day, showing the places potential for
people getting to or away from the Marienhof on
most defining objects, structures and things on
lighting and sounds of the surfaces.
corners of Munich by train. It shows the plaza
temporary events.
the Street-Level.
and near the Marienhof down to a view almost
not in an isolated way but in a way that many
not visible with the naked eye. Arranged as
Housing rendering
people experience the way of getting there in a
montages, the scenes simultaneously show all
An example in which I put the
fragmented manner.
the relevant levels of magnifications on ground
3D-Model of a random housing
level.
unit into the footage
Landscape Architecture Rendering
Stop.Motion_tracking
Capturing Emotions
Parallel Montages
Sound, Music and People
Residents perspective
From High Up
The same footage as previously,
A series of single pictures, later joined together
These impressions were the first I was filming
Four streets, four views. These are the main
Various Impressions , partially edited and
One friendly resident allowed me to set up
Luckily for the cameraman, a big crane allowed
in which a few trees, a path and a
and edited into a desaturated video showing
during my project. It is supported by a neutral,
axes leading to and from the Marienhof. They
my equipment for 15 minutes in her private
him the perfect view to capture such an event
fountain were included.
the spatial relations of the buildings and the
smooth electrobeat and some colours were
were taken within the timeframe of fifteen min-
livingroom to allow me her daily view onto the
in its full extent. This way, people are able to
connections to the busy Marienplatz
adjusted in post-production, in order to capture
utes, so the give a somewhat simultaneuous
busy city-life. Sped up by 1000%, the walking
see what is usually invisible to the visitor down
my subjective experience when I looked into the
impression of the traffic- vehicular or pedestri-
pattern of the people become more visible,
below. View axis to significant landmarks, the
square.
an- surrounding the square
letting a planner perceive the “democratization
mountains in the distance and how the resi-
of the green.
dents perceive their “backyard”
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INTERNSHIP IN BEIJING 5 months with Rehwaldt Landscape Architects During my internship semester at the University Weihenstephan I went to Beijing to work at the chinese branch of the german landscape architecture firm Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten for six months. There I had the unique chance and pleasure of working on large-scale projects, both for private and public clients. Rehwaldt already established a foothold in China and successfully finished various projects, which gave me the opportunity of getting insight into the workflow of an internationally active company in collaboration with other acclaimed firms such as GMP Architects.
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The first project I got involved with was the green corridor at the Hua Yuan Tou River in Jincheng. The Masterplan determined the idea of “six rivers” as spacious landscape surfaces to structure the new city districts and extend the surrounding nature into the city. The park will be subdivided into three characteristic parts, derived from the topography as well as the urban and natural context. This leads to the three concepts: “park of the resting water”, “park of leaping water” and “park of flowing water”. During my work on the project I primarily created sections and details for some of the areas, as well as adjusting the renderings to updated versions of the plan, whenever changes were made.
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Another project I had the privilege of working on was the new campus for the chinese telecommunicationprovider and smartphone manufacturer ‘Huawei’ in the North of Beijing in collaboration with GMP architects. The concept of the Huawei Software Factory Campus will feature a sweeping park landscape with two buildings in group-pairs. The overall idea for the landscape is basen on the image of a campus green with wide open spaces and various view axes as well as intimate spaces, shaded roads and intersections, resembling Beijings Hutongs. The selection of significant local trees with seasonal aspects rounds up the relation to local conditions. While being involved in the project, I created planting schemes including shrubs, perennials and trees. For a presentation to the clients, I was also in charge of creating the digital presentation as well as updating the pre-rendered architecture with our planting scheme.
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Contact Jakob Auer auerjak@gmail.com +49 17662627761h
Thank you for your attention.
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