In our biophilic attitude sustainable design constitutes an essential parameter to consider from the very beginning of the design of the project and not an add-on. The strategy is planned together with engineers and consultants in order to adopt construction methods based on the recyclability, the minimization of carbon footprints, the efficiency of structural systems, the local sources, the production process and a conscious and eco-friendly choice of materials.

We have also been using known tools such as Lead, Well to guide us through the design process. Nowadays participating and contributing to sustainable design is a moral responsibility and obligation that requires the joint effort of clients, developers, owners, architects, the building industry and the cities. Even if the process is time consuming and often imposes financial challenges, we have already experienced an increasing level of appreciation and willingness to contribute to this project.

I would say that, along with the words you have mentioned, the keywords of human scale, living in-between buildings, horizontality, sensorial experience and tangibility should be cited. What really makes our architecture distinctive is the sensibility in treating materials, the simplicity and care of detail, the aim to create a special sensorial experience through plays of lights, shadows and reflections. 

The unique methodology we apply in order to achieve such sensorial involvement is the simultaneous investigation in both micro and macro scale, that is urban and human, inside-out and outside-in. Preliminary in-depth analysis of the existing site context, regional culture and traditional art and craft are essential in our architectural process.

Only this way the built forms become ‘organic’ as if they naturally grew there, thus enabling us to establish a firm link with the history of the place and the surrounding environment.