Architecture & Nature- A Symbiotic Relationship

In today’s Anthropocene conditions, inventing new modes of co-existence and more sustainable ways of living has become a fundamental task for architects. 

Through the establishment of a Learning Centre for Biodiversity, this project explores how architecture can have a positive impact in a vulnerable habitat and how it can be an asset not only for the people but also for the environment the project is implemented within.

By using the invasive species of the site - reed - as main building material and by considering the façade as a permeable membrane that can serve as habitat and food source for the local birdlife, an interactive form of architecture is proposed that redefines the relationship between people and the environment.