Reintegrating Biodiversity for Urban Spaces

How can we create more biodiverse living spaces?

This project creates bioreceptive structures that improve indoor eco-systems and promote both mental and physical wellbeing. Indoor environments, where we spend most of our time, are increasingly isolated from the surrounding environment.

The lack of biodiversity can lead to unhealthy indoor microbiomes. The isolation also influences our mental well-being as we deny our inherent need to connect to nature. To fulfil these biophilic tendencies, bioreceptive structures are designed to host epiphytic, surface-dwelling organisms and encourage their growth in indoor environments.

The 3D-printed clay structures integrate biological organisms and sustain its growth via water channelling geometries. The architectural endeavour starts to visualise how bioreceptive surfaces can integrate itself to create more biodiverse living spaces, while displaying the importance of architecture in indoor health.