Wines

1.  Are you able to design an ecologically inspired art of building in the Age of Ecology in your present studio?

The struggle to “construct a human habitat in harmony with nature”, is intriguing on a theoretical and practical nature. There are many different approaches, but the holistic and ‘ecological’ approach is I feel, the best and most useful way to approach designing sustainable buildings.

Although we are touted as the leading sustainable architecture school in the nation, I feel like there is not a lot of emphasis placed on fundamental, ecological design practices in our studios. We have not been asked to discuss or explain our sustainable features, and though I have tried to think about some of these aspects, I do not feel like I have explored the issues thoroughly. I am attempting to work  my way towards a holistically, sustainably designed building, but obviously it is no where near perfect.