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ECO DESIGN
ARCHITECTS & CONSULTANTS
Eco Design - Architects & Consultants is an architectural practice specializing in ecologically friendly natural building and consulting.
There is an urgent need to align architecture & development with one that is environmentally benign, ecologically integrated, restorative & regenerative.
With this focus, the practice was established in 1998 by Andy Horn
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We are always looking for others that can help achieve the execution of our specialized natural building projects that will help shift our world toward a more healing regenerative paradigm where we create unique context specific bespoke designs that use natural, locally abundant and healthy materials that are interconnected with the abundant forces of nature and that connect us back to the beauty and divinity of our planet allowing us to become co-creators with nature.
This is in stark contrast to the all too common types of building projects, that are rooted in the subjugation and domination of nature, heavily reliant on unhealthy processes that are chemical based, mass produced environmentally and socially exploitative and rooted in violent extractive systems that are intrinsically polluting, destructive and inherently ugly forms of construction.
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MANIFESTO
FOR GREEN ARCHITECTURE
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6 BROAD PRINCIPLES FOR A GREENER APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE
Green Architecture is not a style, trend or a vernacular and neither is it new.
It is a climatically, geographically and culturally appropriate way of architecture and building, combining the best of both old and new technology.
At its core is the principle of respect and caring for the earth.
SOCIO - ECONOMIC
Promoting social,
economic &
cultural upliftment.
LAND
Use that is respectful and in symbiosis with the local environment and its resources.
WATER
The protection,
conservation, efficiency and
re-use of water.
ENERGY
The conservation,
efficiency, and renewable
use of energy.
HEALTH
Non-polluting
environments and
healthy materials.
HOLISM
Holistic, Intrinsically
Recyclable, Restorative
and Regenerative
AWARDS
Scape award of Excellence
Sustainable build of the year
Regional Holcim Award
Sustainable Construction
Norad Grant
Daimler Chrysler Award
South African Architecture
CSIR Award
Sustainable Building Best Practice
Global Holcim Award
Sustainable Construction
WSSD
Funding
BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY
Towards The Design of a
Regenerative System
The diagram represents Eco Design’s qualitative framework; where sustainability is understood to simply be a neutral position, being an inflection point between degenerative and regenerative designed systems. The philosophy at Eco Design is to move increasingly toward regenerative designs & materials, where through more conscious design choices, one is able to move away from degenerative dislocated systems and processes that pollute, deplete and drain the earth and its inhabitants. Thus, the idea is to rather create beautiful buildings made of benign materials that incorporate cyclical processes, which assist in connecting mind, body and spirit with the inherent nurturing and healing, life-giving forces of local community and the planet at large.
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