Plants are among the main suppliers of medicinal substances. They should be considered real producers and dynamic containers of chemical substances. In their evolution they have developed innumerable secondary metabolites that perform various ecological functions for the plant (repellence, defense from herbivores, fight against other plant species for resource control, defense from parasites, attraction of pollinators).

These secondary metabolites have shown important pharmacological activities in humans, which constitute the active ingredients, or the main components on which the curative action of a drug depends. In fact 40% of monomolecular drugs derive from plant species. The Architecture of Nature therefore wants to highlight the important role of Pharmacognosy in modern Biology.

I was attracted to this world thanks to the books of the botanist Stefano Mancuso, who brought me before me a reality I was unaware of. Discovering, for example, some plants, which very often decorate the balconies of houses, actually have a parallel life in the world of pharmacognosy, where for example a Catharatus Roseus (commonly Vinca) helps 80% of children suffering from childhood leukemia survive. In fact, there are plants that still remain pillars of medicine despite the advancement of technology. My intent therefore is to show how man is still dependent on this side of nature too.