Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

We are proposing buildings that, like trees, are net energy exporters, produce more energy than they consume, accrue and store solar energy, and purify their own waste, water and release it slowly in a purer form.

Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.

If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to industry forever.

I think as designers we realize design is a signal of intention, but it also has to occur within a world and we have to understand that world in order to imbue our designs with inherent intelligence.

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.