This is an alternative to the inherited old-fashioned notion of buildings and recreational parks based on animal captivity for “educational purposes”. It is an invitation to re-think the basic principles of our interaction with both the human and the non-human (animals, plants, landscape and our technologically mediated world) on a planetary scale. It works as a multilayered information system on the world’s ecosystems. It stresses the power of architecture as a tool for positive affection and planetary preservation, educational and societal growth through the build-up of empathic relationships. It also claims for the civic responsibility of the architect in this task. As new forms of thinking and being in the world might require to be expressed by other type of materialities, the Colored Liquid Crystal (CLC), a new material, expresses the qualities and potentials of new paradigms through this specific architectural case study.