‘From
my designer’s perspective, I ask: Why can’t I design a building like a tree? A
building that makes oxygen, fixes nitrogen, sequesters carbon, distils water,
builds soil, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugar and food,
creates microclimates, changes colors with the seasons and self-replicates.
This is using nature as a model and a mentor, not as an inconvenience. It’s a
delightful prospect…’
(McDonough
and Braungart, 1998)
