ecoLogicStudio grows living buildings with microalgae bioreactors

Environmental design practice ecoLogicStudio, led by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, develops architecture that integrates living microalgae into building systems. Their projects use bioreactors as walls, partitions, and filters, absorbing CO2 and releasing oxygen. The Photo.Synthetica series in Dublin (2019) captures approximately one kilo of CO2 per day, equivalent to 20 large trees. AirBubble in Nyon, Switzerland (2024) is a 6-meter-tall cylindrical timber structure with 36 glass bioreactors holding 350 liters of Chlorella algae, filtering air at 150 liters per minute. Deep.Forest was exhibited at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2023). CryflorE in Lausanne, Switzerland (2025) uses modular hexagonal units with biogel panels. The studio emphasizes maintenance and care as integral to architecture, with form shaped by biological growth.