Living with Nature
Architecture and design that integrates natural environments into living spaces and communities.
Living with Nature explores how designers create homes and habitats that coexist with their natural surroundings rather than dominating them. This approach considers landscape, climate, and ecology as essential design partners.
The community examines projects ranging from forest-integrated houses and nature-focused villages to adaptive reuse of estates that prioritize environmental connection. Work here demonstrates strategies for dissolving boundaries between built and natural systems, from vertical greening to site-specific interventions that respect existing ecosystems.
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View all 59 journalsReiulf Ramstad Arkitekter Turns a Danish Merchant Estate into a Fjord-Side Art and Nature Destination
SMK Thy and The Nature Village bring the National Gallery of Denmark to a historic trading complex on the Limfjord in Northern Jutland.
Teitakusubako and Yusuke Igarashi Architects Dissolve a House into the Forest Edge in Zushi
A 215 m² residence on a generous Tokyo-suburban plot uses stone, timber, and fragmented volumes to blur the line between dwelling and woodland.
Damith S Munasinghe Folds Studio and Home into a Single 2400-Square-Foot Continuum in Sri Lanka
On a compact site in rapidly urbanizing Malabe, courtyards, portals, and planted rooftops blur the line between dwelling and design practice.
Common Woods: Housing That Lives Inside a Forest
Space&Matter's circular housing cluster in Amersfoort dissolves the boundary between neighborhood and nature with radical material honesty.