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The goal of architecture is to create structures to house humans and their activities. Some spots are such beautiful potential locations for a home, yet repeated natural disasters make them inhospitable. In an age when we're faced with repeated flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes, to design for instability is a really powerful thing. Logically, "living architecture" has to have a theoretical basis that begins with a series of surrealist fantasies that often take their cues from natural shapes like shells. Living buildings could "absorb pollutants and carbon dioxide, and even offer better protection against natural disasters. A living city could stop nature’s cycle of destruction with a dramatic change in the way our houses look. To make good buildings, we need a worldview, a healthy worldview enables us to confer survival strategies and some form of adaptation to our buildings.

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http://www.archdaily.com/429404/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-1/ (accessed June 2, 2014)
http://weburbanist.com/2014/03/19/surrealist-disaster-proof-structures-for-dangerous-locations/ (accessed June 2, 2014)

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/05/25/movie-rachel-armstrong-living-architecture-project-persephone/ (accessed June 2, 2014)