As we age, our bodies lose the ability to regulate temperature as effectively, making comfortable living environments more difficult to maintain. Conventional shading systems are often rigid, mechanical, or energy-intensive. The challenge was to design a façade that could passively adapt to changing conditions, offering comfort and efficiency without reliance on complex technology. The Breathing Façade applies hygroscopic wood veneers, materials that naturally curl and expand in response to humidity, to create a climate-responsive shading system. Inspired by pores on our skin, the façade opens and closes its apertures like a living surface, regulating sunlight, ventilation, and thermal comfort. By pairing the veneers with a flexible base layer and kirigami geometry, the system demonstrates a new way architecture can breathe, adapt, and support healthier environments, particularly for aging-in-place applications. Outcome: Through iterative prototyping, the design evolved into a self-regulating façade that balances performance, sustainability, and aesthetics. Its adaptive apertures create filtered light, shading, or ventilation as needed, with the potential to be tailored room by room or wall by wall. While full-scale applications will require flexible support structures, the Breathing Façade proves how material intelligence can replace mechanical systems, pointing toward a more natural, responsive, and sustainable future for architecture.