Quentin Aubry is a French architect and engineer from Nantes (ensanantes and École Centrale de Nantes). Subsequently, he joined the architecture firm MVRDV in 2017, where he became one of the initiators and lead Environmental Designers of MVRDV Climate. Advising and working side by side with the design teams, MVRDV Climate focuses on the decarbonization of the building industry and the introduction to more sustainable building technologies. His personal interest for biodiversity and ecology motivated him to found studio audal, as a small-scale test lab to experiment on nature-inclusive, animal-oriented and climate adaptive research by design. This has proven to be a successful recipe to find scalable, replicable urban and building integrated solutions. Quentin has worked on various buildings, masterplans and gardens throughout Europe.
Zeger Dalenberg is a Dutch landscape architect (University of Edinburgh). He works on landscape and public design projects from the conception phase until construction. As a project leader at West 8, he was in charge of the design and developments of many international projects. In 2022 he joined the municipality of Rotterdam, where he currently works on thematic visions as a strategic landscape architect. Zeger focuses on transition plans, including mobility, energy and in particular biodiversity. Through the foundation of studio audal, Zeger experiments with plants and biodiversity on a small scale and applies this knowledge for larger scale decision-making at the municipality. Zeger is a registered landscape architect in the Netherlands and has worked in over more than 20 countries worldwide.
Founded in 2020 in Rotterdam by Quentin Aubry and Zeger Dalenberg, studio audal is at the crossroads of the following disciplines: architecture, urbanism, design, art and landscape. By making narrative its primary tool, studio audal reveals the essence of a place through story-telling linking the history to the projects’ ideas and details.
studio audal is an experimental laboratory for nature inclusive-design, animal-oriented design and climate adaptive solutions. It aims to explore ways to highlight synergies between species, to use small-scale experimental projects as a way-finding for replicable and scalable solutions, to understand and create biodiversity. studio audal is a learning ground for engaged and activist design proposals that raise awareness on climate adaptation. Applying circularity principles, studio audal’s use of materials prioritizes reuse and biobased sourcing.
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