“Expressing
Place”
Our
environment is the defining character of our self image. The
discovery of ones existential sense comes only through the intimate
connection with our immediate surroundings. Through the lack of a
relationship with the environment, we begin to adapt a weak sense of
identity. Context is key.
Contemporary
public and private realms have begun to forged a fraudulent
imitation, a sterile aesthetic synonymous with the combination of
superficial historical styles. As a result, many architectural
integrations have created a disconnected inhabitant, detached from
any valuable concepts of place. Imitated cultural fads and popular
idiosyncrasies have translated our built environment into a diluted
misinterpretation of foreign concepts.
Through
the adaptation of a deeper, more intimate relationship with our
surroundings and heightened sensory experience can we begin to create
an architectural language which becomes representational of the rich
qualities of our adjacent context. A dialogue must be created, a
conversation between man and the natural elements, as well as the
elements to each other. The intent is an architecture of unity, a
marriage between the natural and the man made. A true expression and
celebration of place. Nature becomes our guide.