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landscape architecture, urban planning, landscape research, mediation, communication, co-creation, participation
Austria, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland

Biography

Susann Ahn, is professor, licensed landscape architect, urban planner, and mediator.
Together with Thomas E. Hauck, she holds a joint Professorship in Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning at TU Wien (Technical University of Vienna, Austria).She received her diploma in landscape architecture and landscape planning from the Technical University of Munich, and her PhD from ETH Zurich. She conducted as project leader international landscape architecture and planning projects in various landscape architecture offices. Based on her practical planning and design experience, she started teaching design studios for bachelor and master students as a research associate at the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Public Space of Professor Regine Keller at TU Munich. From 2013 to 2019 she was research associate at the Chair of Landscape Architecture of Professor Christophe Girot at ETH Zurich. In addition to her teaching and research activities, she founded her office AHN Landscape Mediation in 2013. Since then, she has been working at the nexus of landscape architecture and communication. Besides landscape architecture projects in various scales, she is specialized in participation, co-creation and mediation methods as well as conflict resolution in public space to foster integrated planning and design processes.

Activities

Employment (1)

TU Wien: Vienna, Vienna, AT

2021-04-01 to present | Professor (Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning)
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Education and qualifications (2)

ETH Zurich: Zurich, Zurich, CH

2016-03-24 to 2019-11-29 | PhD (Architecture)
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Technical University of Munich: Munich, DE

2002-10-01 to 2007-11-07 | Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) (Architecture)
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Funding (2)

Kulturlabor Seoul. Strategien für eine zeitgenössische Landschaftsarchitektur zwischen zwei Kulturen

2016-01 to 2019-06 | Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
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Kulturlabor Seoul. Strategien für eine zeitgenössische Landschaftsarchitektur zwischen zwei Kulturen

2015-01 to 2015-12 | Grant
ETH Zurich (Zurich, CH)
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Works (19)

Landscape understanding and values in extended public consultations on spatial planning in rural communes in Poland

Landscape Online
2024-07-19 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1865-1542
Contributors: Bartłomiej Buława; Susann Ahn
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Urban spaces between climate, crisis and transformation

Collage - die Zeitschrift des Fachverbands der Schweizer Raumplanung 5/2023
2023-10 | Magazine article
Part of ISSN: ISSN 2673-6381
Contributors: Sabine Knierbein; Susann Ahn
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Green roofs in Vienna - the positive impact on CO2 bonding and rainwater retention of green roofs on existing buildings

TU Wien
2023-10-17 | Supervised student publication | Supervision
Contributors: Daniel Wistrcil; Susann Ahn; Sabine Knierbein
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Water is (not) a luxury good. Analysis and recommendations for drinking fountains in urban public spaces.

TU Wien
2023-10-17 | Supervised student publication | Supervision
Contributors: Lotta Steger; Susann Ahn
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Urban Cohabitation Strategies. Visions and Approaches

University of Applied Arts Vienna
2023-10-14 | Lecture
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Thomas E. Hauck
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Co-creativity on crossroads. Chances and pitfalls of co-creative practices

ECLAS Conference 2023: Labyrinth of the world. Landscape Crossroads
2023-09-12 | Conference abstract
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Sonja Hörster; Henrik Schultz
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Participation and social inclusion

Bayerische Architektenkammer & bdla Bayern
2023-07-25 | Lecture
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Andreas Rockinger
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Landscape without Landscape Architects. The ecological beauty of informal urban landscapes

AGATHÓN
2023-06-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Chiara Catalano; Thomas E. Hauck; Susann Ahn; Salvatore Pasta
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Namsan and Yongsan - Landscape restoration as motor for urban change

Domus Korea
2019 | Magazine article
Contributors: Susann Ahn
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Opinions: Photographic consumption influences the spatial understanding of parks

Topos - the international review of landscape architecture and urban design
2019 | Magazine article
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Seonju Kim
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Cultural Laboratory Seoul. Emergence, Narrative and Impact of Culturally Related Landscape Meanings

2019-11-30 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Susann Ahn
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Between the Lines

Delta Dialogues. Pamphlet 20
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Isabelle Fehlmann; Lara Mehling
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Delta Dialogues. Pamphlet 20

gta Publisher
2017 | Book
Contributors: Christophe Girot; Susann Ahn; Isabelle Fehlmann; Lara Mehling
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Backflip - New Oerlikon Zurich

Topos - The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
2017-09-13 | Magazine article
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Isabelle Fehlmann
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Von Freiraumintendanten und -aktivisten

Aneignung urbaner Freiräume
2017-06-07 | Book chapter
Part of ISSN: 2747-3619
Part of ISSN: 2747-3635
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Felix Lüdicke
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The Lost Periphery

Topos - The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban
2017-03-15 | Magazine article
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Yun Kyeong Hoh
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False Nature?

Thinking the Contemporary Landscape
2016-10-25 | Book chapter
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Regine Keller
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The Renaissance of Nakta Mountain

Topos - The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
2015-09-22 | Magazine article
Contributors: Susann Ahn
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Stadt und Spiele – Das Spielkonzept des Olympischen Dorfs als partizipativer Gestaltungsprozess

Demokratisches Grün – Olympiapark München
2013-05 | Book chapter
Contributors: Susann Ahn; Thomas E. Hauck; Felix Lüdicke; Juliane Schneegans
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