Berkhoff, EstherAnwandter, JuanDomanski, MarkusBerlin International University of Applied Sciences2025-12-092025-12-092025https://repository.berlin-international.de/handle/123456789/1150This thesis project reimagines the role of urban architecture within its local urban ecosystem aiming to shift its purpose from a purely anthropocentric serving object into a living organism that functions in participation with its human and non-human inhabitants. The research dives into the roles of corals within their respective ecosystem, the coral reef, and analyses how their forms and functions are beneficial to the biodiverse and resilient ecosystem that they support. The design project aims to translate these findings in order to transform a human-centric object that disrupts natural environments into a structure that breathes life into the urban ecosystem through the physical, as well as ecological accommodation of local biodiversity.biophilic architectureurban typologybiodiversityadaptive reuseThesis