Growing an International Partnership

Inspired by the 2022 Earthshot Prize, the Stone Living Lab has partnered with 2021 Earthshot Prize Finalist Living Seawalls to install the first North American sites of this innovative infrastructure program.

Started in Sydney, Australia, Living Seawalls is a nature-based solution to urban shorelines. Building on more than 20 years of research and using 3D printing technology, they have developed modular habitat panels that mimic natural features to help marine life thrive.

Installation Sites

Two sites have been selected for Boston Harbor: Condor Street Urban Wild in East Boston, and Fan Pier Park in Seaport.

Underwater Footage

See some of what our researchers have found underwater and check out the marine life of Boston Harbor!

Education Activities

Created in partnership with Boston Children’s Museum, use this activity to imagine your own Living Seawall tile and create a home for some of Boston’s marine critters!

Living Seawalls in the News

WBUR One year in, sea creatures have turned the Seaport’s ‘living seawall’ into a home

Nestled underneath the Boston Seaport’s ever-changing landscape of shops, offices and swanky restaurants is a science experiment...

WBUR Snails, mussels and seaweed: Boston project aims to bring life to barren seawalls

The Condor Street Urban Wild is a grassy oasis in East Boston, with park benches, walking paths and plenty of open sky.

Boston Globe Protective sea walls recently installed in East Boston already have tenants

A new “Living Seawall” in Eastie is already welcoming marine life back home.