“HABITAT” COMES FROM THE LATIN “HABITARE”, WHICH MEANS “TO DWELL”. TODAY, IT IS PRIMARILY UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF A SPECIES OR A TERRAIN IN RELATION TO A GIVEN LOCALITY.BEFORE THERE WAS TALK OF AN AUTONOMUS NATURE, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN SOCIETIES, PEOPLE INVENTED THE CONCEPTS SUCH AS “NATURA NATURATA”, “NATURA NATURANS”, WILDERNESS, “LA NATURE INFINIE”, ETC. WHAT BINDS ALL THESE CONCEPTS TOGHETER, DESPISTE THEIR GREAT DISCREPANCY IN MEANING AND FUNCTION, IS THE VISION OF AN INFINITE NATURE. HOWEVER, WITH THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE, THE VISION OF AN “INFINITE NATURE” IS GRADUALLY DESINTEGRATING AND MAKING WAY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF A “FINITE NATURE”. Before there was talk of an autonomous nature, especially in Western societies, mankind invented concepts such as “φύση”, “Natura naturata”, “Natura naturans”,THIS CALLS FOR MAJOUR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE AREAS OF CONSUMPTION AND LIFESTYLES AS WELL AS A REDEFINITION OF OUR COMMON PUBLIC SPACES. THE PROJECT “HABITAT:ZÜRICH” THEREFORE AIMS TO EXPLORE THE VISUAL CHANGES OF THIS PARADIGM SHIFTS IN THE CITY OF ZÜRICH AND TO PRESENT ITS RESULTING QUESTIONS, CONFLICTS AND BEAUTIES AS OPENLY AS POSSIBLE.