ECOLOPES is an innovative HORIZON 2020 funded research project proposing a radical change for city development: instead of minimizing the negative impact of urbanization on nature, we aim at urbanization to be planned and designed such that nature – including humans – can co-evolve within the city. We envisage a radically new integrated ecosystem approach to architecture that focuses equally on humans, plants, animals, and associated organisms such as microbiota. ECOLOPES will provide the technology that will help to achieve this vision. The ECOLOPES consortium consists of 6 partners, including TU Munich, Vienna University of Technology, University of Genoa, TECHNION, MCNEEL Europe and Studio Animal Aided Design.