topos 101 | Creatures

TOPICS

In recent years, wild animals such as foxes, beavers and sheep have been conquering the city and become urban dwellers just like humans. Topos 101 investigates the impact our charismatic new neighbours have on the urban sphere, and on our approach to urban wildlife.

The issue features topical research ranging from wildlife management to infrastructure planning and educational efforts. How can landscape architects and urban planners adjust their designs in ways that allow animals to make their home in the city? Topos 101 presents answers and solutions.

FUZZY NEIGHBOURS
Photographer Sam Hobson tracks creatures in the city

MAKING ROOM FOR LIFE
The Biophilic Cities Network

TIMBER TALKS
Are trees social creatures or even human?

TAMING THE SHREW
Animal Aided Design: How to plan with the beasts

BERLIN’S DAKTARI
An interview with Berlin’s former wildlife consultant Derk Ehlert

WAR OF THE GAZES
How Hollywood and its media mechanisms influence
our view on animals

BE(E)ING ON TOP
Urban space as dining room for bees

COMPANION SPECIES WANTED
How to promote animal life in urban cores

ANIMAL ARCHITECTS
The constructed world of fauna

NATURE AS SPECTACLE
Wilderness among us: Is there an expiry date on the institution of the zoo?

THE WILD CONTINUUM
How to create cityscapes that celebrate humans’kinship with other species

NATURE NEEDS NUTURING
Woolly beasts – The loss of landscape by overgrazing