Whatever affects just one component of one ecosystem has a ripple effect throughout the entire environment. The intricate interconnections within ecosystems necessitate a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach when it comes to research and design. Through a joint effort between students, educators, eco-guards, beekeepers and carpenters in Austria and Liberia, we have crafted the Atlas of Habitats, an ever-evolving catalogue. This growing digital platform collects data on animal habitats from unseen perspectives, allowing for a playful process of both discovering and uncovering insights that are invisible to the naked eye. The project team undertook an intensive, dual-location research process, employing methods such as 3D scanning, endoscopy, thermal scanning, taking measurements, and filming natural habitats within forests, lakes, the Atlantic Ocean, and abandoned places. The Atlas of Habitats is a website and database that allows for new connections to be made between the individual worlds of various beings. 

This project took place within the framework of the Angewandte Program for Inter- and Transdisciplinary Projects in Art and Research (INTRA) and is funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

TIME FRAME: 2023-2024
LOCATION: Liberia and Austria

CONCEPT & PROJECT LEAD: Philipp Reinsberg, Magdalena Pietryszyn
DEVELOPMENT with [Applied] Foreign Affairs (Institute of Architecture), Apoorva Thapa and Maria Bürger
WEB DESIGN: EXEX Studio, Vienna, Austria

PHOTOS: Magdalena Pietryszyn