Nature Reloaded. Microalgae as Future Landscape Ecology

Current design discourses incite the definition of a new ecology, which is the intercommunications among organisms and their environment (Haeckel Ernst 1866). At this regard, Microalgae are getting momentum due to their abilities to be used as a form of nutrient-rich food and other products, in the development of biofuels, as a way to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, and as a method of treating industrial and urban wastewater. In fact, architectural applications using these microorganisms aim at reducing our impact on the planet by employing biology to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. In these chapter we try to review and understand their needs as living systems and the possible utilization in urban contexts.