Rebuilding Earth

At the beginning of the new Industrial Era, the architectural boom was seen as a reason to celebrate progress and human ingenuity. Nonetheless, as we moved into the new millennium, it soon became evident that the typical buildings of the Industrial Age were no longer serving humans.

Things have changed so much that it is now us who serve them: we work more and more to provide them with the energy and materials they need, despite the fact that energy and materials are increasingly scarce; our land is bursting, full of their waste, and unhappiness is on the rise as cities grow and modernise. We are running out of resources and slowly dying in the name of this modern utopia.

In recent years, in an attempt to reconnect to nature through a different concept of architecture, the trend has begun to be reversed, but this turnaround is not easy, since the typical mindset of the Industrial Age is deeply rooted in our way of designing and building.

Today, the typical practices of the Industrial era continue to have a devastating impact on the environment and on many animal species. These effects are not reversible, but can be mitigated if we act now. If we learn to build consciously rather than destroy unconsciously, there is still hope for us and for generations to come. To this end, the author proposes 12 principles of conscious architecture and construction.