With the current reform of the Common agricultural policy (CAP), the EU aims to increase in particular the contribution of the agricultural sector to the protection of the climate, the environment and biodiversity in addition to income support. Therefore, the income support of the first pillar will be linked to compliance with 'extended conditionalities' and supplementary Eco-schemes will be introduced in the CAP’s first pillar from 01.01.2023 on. Farmers will receive additional payments if they participate voluntarily in the Eco-schemes. Furthermore, the EU wants to increase the flexibility of the agricultural policy and tailor it better to the needs of the different member states. For this purpose, the member states have to develop national CAP strategic plans and specify, among other, the Eco-schemes. On 01.06.2018, the European Commission published three draft regulations for the CAP. The CAP Strategic Plan Regulation (COM 2018/392 final) is the most important for the Green Architecture. Unless otherwise stated, all draft regulation references in the following refer to the proposal of this regulation from 01.06.2018 and not to the final adopted legal text. This paper reflects the state of discussions, as well as the legal and economic framework conditions in autumn 2018. Volume 5 of the Thünen Working Paper 180 presents the elements of the Green Architecture based on the Commission’s proposal. It also provides an overview of the relevant policy objectives in the field of environmental, climate and animal protection and their respective degree of target achievement in Germany. Against this background options the authors discuss different options to design a goal-oriented Green Architecture for Germany. It also reflects the authors' assessment of the suitability of the different elements of the Green Architecture for the implementation of (funding) measures.