FUNDAMENTALS
The
basic
driving
force
of
the
practice
is
the
desire
to
create
buildings
and
places
which
are
deeply
beautiful.
To
achieve
this,
a
building
must
become
a
vital
and
positive
part
of
its
surroundings
and
enhance
the
lives
and
experience
of
those
who
come
into
contact
with
it.
This
means
that
in
some
sense
the
building
itself
needs
to
be
thought
of
as
a
living
thing,
with
its
own
integrity
and
relationship
to
its
environment.
The
understanding
that
each
project
should
take
ecological
sustainability
seriously
follows
naturally
from
these
concerns.From January 2009 onward, we have taken a firm decision that we will only take on new projects which have true sustainability as a central aim. More on this here .