Humans are becoming increasingly disconnected and distanced from nature. To combat this fragmentation an urgent shift in our thinking, interactions with, and design of public spaces in cities, is necessary.

Inspired by the vegetation growth scattered in the edges of Glasgow's historical building façades, the discarded foliage is celebrated in a bio-receptive building. Focused on the overlooked beauty of moss, the public open-air theatre in the west side of Glasgow embraces, and is designed to incorporate, the effects of the natural environment on the architecture, encouraging biodiversity and coexistence.

The controlled rewilding of façade walls and varying filtration of light play a foundational role to activate the spaces as flourishing human and non-human zones. This new method of engaging, experiencing and interacting with the environment helps to balance the urban and wilderness, and allows for ecological restoration and reconnection in a new form of botanical gardens.