Design can empower people to be creative and productive (and creativity knows no limits)
A well-designed space can facilitate and guide a green lifestyle
Good design integrates living, working, food production, transport and leisure
Good design lifts the human spirit by marrying beauty and function with ecology (an ecological home also makes you feel better and sleep with a rested mind)
Nature is our greatest teacher. Nature does not waste. We have wrongly assumed that what nature produces like, clean air and water, are free goods. No more
True wealth is ecological and cultural diversity and more time to enjoy it! It is sometimes difficult to put a monetary value on true wealth
The architect should be a designer-builder, and a partner in each project. This also means saving costs by eliminating the middle-man wherever possible
A good project evolves over time through the lives and the activities of end-users: we measure the performance of the house’s ability to facilitate a green lifestyle
Families make long-term decisions to secure the future of their children. Business and governements make short-term decisions. Empower families, focus on the well-functioning home, and sustainable communities will take form
Our common future is within self-sufficient cities functioning as ecosystems. The human race has become an urban species
The future is now : today’s actions decide our future
Do what you love (and profits will follow)
