Slowly, were all beginning to realize that we are living in a world in which we are fundamentally influencing and changing the rhythms, dynamics and workings oft he natural world. We ourselves have become a force upon nature and have arrived in a new reality-  we live in the age of the Anthropocene.

As the world climate is effected by human action, it is predicted that globally microclimates of cities will heat up for 2.5° till 2020 – with a huge impact on energy costs, health issues and urban ecology. 

The implementation of „naturally performative components“ into the urban fabric, the creation of natural air-cooling, cleaning and oxygen producing architectures can effectively counteract these recent environmental tendencies. Climate itself thus becomes an effective design approach for future urban architectures.

In integrating “natural performance” into architectural typologies - our vision is to design buildings that are generating oxygen, cities that act climate-positive rather become heat-islands and than stuck on the level zero emission. 

We are thus turning our attention to a development which is transforming the environment that surrounds us – into the instigator of massive social transformation, becoming a generative site and medium - an active agent within future urban developments.

Within this context, the prototype of breathe.austria shows off, how landscape and the environment, perceived as the seemingly passive background to that tendency, are elevated to the status of a protagonist
The breathe pavilion demonstrates – that hybrid systems of nature and technology simultaneously can be economically, environmentally and ecologically successful. 
It connects the seemingly incompatible - technology and natural diversity - becoming ‘climate active’ as it is a source of fresh air and cool climate.

This system of a „natural climate machine“ can act functionally integrated in urban areas at different scales in various metropolitan areas worldwide. 

The prototype breathe.austria thus aims to act as an intermediary which encourages discourses and ideas towards renewable energy, smart cities, Cradle 2 Cradle, Zero-Carbon and Green-Tech. It demonstrates the great potential and importance of communicating the interaction of technology and natural environments, which can inspire countless other projects.