The Philosophy and Practice of Integrated Design

I attended a workshop yesterday given by Bill Reed, one of the co-founders of USGBC. It was very informative as it discussed sustainable design as part of a larger picture than just achieving LEED status. Bill Reed spoke of the importance of sustaining life, and understanding the patterns that make up our eco systems. He stressed that nothing should be taken as a whole, but as a piece of the whole - and that the relationships between objects and other objects should be taken into account when designing.