The Right Direction
Issue 54
This Ontario home may have won green accreditation but it is its all round livability that makes it truly sustainable.
Sustainable rural development seeks to utilise low impact design techniques to create minimal yet highly crafted spaces. Using a small palette of locally sourced materials which settle naturally into the surrounding landscape, there is a deep focus on connection with the environment and engendering a sense of companionship but also privacy. Of the principles that constitute sustainable regional development, using an efficient footprint to design and build a space that commemorates and gives back to the landscape for the long-term sits at the focal point.