Lately, thinking not only about how to design healthy and high performance, but also how to design for regeneration of our landscapes. Pretty much every project we have any more is in some way directly impacted by pollution (air in SLC, extraction in Ohio, former superfund in MT).

Rusty old relic on the site of our newest project. About 1/3 of the property had been clear cut, at least 2/3 may have old abandoned underground mines below, and this gas well sits on one corner.

Now that all the extracting is done, we get to build a house.

And infill residential projects like this one I worked on circa 2015-16. A lot of scrutiny from the historic board, but zero lot lines, engagement with the street, alley parking out of site.

I miss the walkability and vibrancy of Cincinnati, especially on inversion days that keep me stranded inside. Blink was a great reminder of that.

And I’m still not giving up on the idea of #mycelium based building products.

Having worked with #rammedearth , #strawbale , #limeplaster , #hempcrete over the last 10+ years and knowing that labor is the biggest challenge w/ #naturalbuilding , I don’t see why there’s not potential.

#mushrooms

Like for an upcoming cabin in the woods of SE Ohio. It feels sacrilegious to build a home on a site like this that’s packed full of foam and other synthetic and toxic materials.

Also working on cleaning up of our specifications to prioritize clean, healthy materials throughout.

#architecture

just poking around and hoping this place is the alternative to the other place that I’ve been looking for