Modelling Workflows for More-than-Human Design: Prosthetic Habitats for the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Roudavski, Stanislav; Parker, Dan

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“…Combining traditional ecological approaches with advances in computational modeling and engineering is creating new opportunities for the development of increasingly sophisticated and effective artificial habitat structures. For instance, in an effort to increase the availability of nesting habitat for the threatened powerful owl ( Ninox strenua ) in an urban landscape in Australia, Roudavski and Parker (2020) relied on 3D scanning to identify the ideal position on the tree surface for an artificial nest. They then digitally generated an artificial nest that was customized for that specific position on the tree (Figure 5a), and assembled the nest using augmented reality (Figure 5b) to efficiently produce and test a 3D‐printed prototype (Figure 2b; Roudavski and Parker 2020).…”

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Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities

Watchorn

Cowan

Driscoll

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Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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Habitat loss and degradation, and their interaction with other threats, are driving declines in animal populations worldwide. One potential approach for mitigating these threats is to create artificial habitat structures as substitutes for lost or degraded natural structures. Here, we provide – to the best of our knowledge – the first general definition of artificial habitat structures and synthesize important considerations for their effective use. We show that such structures represent a versatile conservation tool that has been trialed in a variety of contexts globally, albeit with varying degrees of success. The design of these structures must be well informed by the drivers of natural habitat selection, and their use should be part of an experimental framework to enable evaluation and refinement. We highlight possible ecological risks associated with the use of artificial habitat structures and urge that they not be exploited as inappropriate biodiversity offsets or for greenwashing. Looking forward, cross‐disciplinary collaborations will facilitate the development of sophisticated and effective structures to assist animal conservation in this era of rapid global change.

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Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities

Watchorn

Cowan

Driscoll

et al. 2022

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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“…In Melbourne, digitally fabricated owls' nests combine ecologists' understandings of habitat needs with advances in design technologies. 60 The definition of culture that frames this chapter emphasises, then, the transmission of information content. The practical implementation of interspecies design is likely to depend, therefore, on technologies of data gathering, representation, analysis, modelling, communication and generation.…”

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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene

2021

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Design is a distinct form of practice with a typical focus on human aspirations for products, buildings, infrastructure, urban spaces, services and land use. As such, design affects all planetary environments, societies and the capabilities of individual humans. This chapter begins by establishing design as both a force responsible for the current situation and a primary concern of the future. Next, the chapter uses cities as a characteristic example of significantly modified habitats that are simultaneously biological and cultural. The cultures within such habitats combine the behaviours and traditions of many lifeforms. Consequently, the chapter argues that design approaches to the management of future habitats -conceptualised as 'interspecies design' -must engage with non-human as well as human cultures. This has implications for theoretical and practical engagements with the Anthropocene, pointing to the significance of design and the need for a transformation of design practices. Design in the FutureBy now, the concept of the Anthropocene is familiar in many disciplines. Conceptualisations of a pervasive human impact emerged at least in the early nineteenth century and developed in the work of Carl Ritter (1810s), George Perkins Marsh (1860s), Jacques Élisée Reclus (1870s), Vladimir Vernadsky (noosphere, 1920s) and Nikolai Vereshchagin (technocene, 1970s), among others. However, the proposal to formalise the Anthropocene as a geological epoch at the turn of the twenty-first century resulted in much more attention. The desire to highlight the detrimental impact of human activities and motivate remedial action underpinned this proposal. As one of the authors wrote in 2002: '[M]ankind will remain a major environmental force for many millennia.A daunting task lies ahead for scientists and engineers to guide society towards environmentally sustainable management.' 1 This chapter understands the term Anthropocene as a label for the situation where human activities substantially affect the Earth system. Two characteristics of the Anthropocene are especially relevant. Firstly, the Anthropocene is important as the prevailing condition of the future: future cultures (human and non-human) will have to live within its effects. Secondly, many of the

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“…This example, borrowed from our existing projects that focus on the provision of artificially constructed habitats (Roudavski and Parker 2020), is a tree. Plants have many aspects that can be relevant as heritage, which can be evident from examples of human approaches to knowing trees.…”

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“…The pervasive shortage of large old trees and their ongoing loss necessitate the introduction of artificial alternatives that can include artificial hollows, replacement bark and synthetic trees. Several of our current projects seek to design and test such replacements (Roudavski and Parker 2020). These projects highlight the need for information about successful historical habitat structures.…”

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Towards more-than-human heritage: arboreal habitats as a challenge for heritage preservation

Roudavski

Rutten

2020

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Trees belong to humanity's heritage, but they are more than that. Their loss, through catastrophic fires or under business-as-usual, is devastating to many forms of life. Moved by this fact, we begin with an assertion that heritage can have an active role in the design of future places. Written from within the field of architecture, this article focuses on structures that house life. Habitat features of trees and artificial replacement habitats for arboreal wildlife serve as concrete examples. Designs of such habitats need to reflect behaviours, traditions and cultures of birds, bats, and other animals. Our narrative highlights the nonhuman aspect of heritage, seeking to understand how nonhuman stakeholders can act as users and consumers of heritage and not only as its constituents. Our working definition states that more-than-human heritage encompasses tangible and intangible outcomes of historical processes that are of value to human as well as nonhuman stakeholders. From this basis, the article asks how the established notions of heritage can extend to include nonhuman concerns, artefacts, behaviours and cultures. As a possible answer to this question, the hypothesis tested here is that digital information can (1) contribute to the preservation of more-than-human heritage; and (2) illuminate its characteristics for future study and use. This article assesses the potential of three imaging technologies and considers the resulting data within the conceptual framework of more-than-human heritage, illuminating some of its concrete aspects and challenges.

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Modelling Workflows for More-than-Human Design: Prosthetic Habitats for the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

Cited by 7 publications

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Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities

Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene

Towards more-than-human heritage: arboreal habitats as a challenge for heritage preservation

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