Sustainable Environmental Design Environmental design starts with the land and embraces the local community to sensitively accommodate our built environments. Land, people, buildings – that is the order. Its primary pursuit is to attain the sacred balance between the earth, its natural systems and people – to support and heal our planet and therein ourselves. Successful environmental design is achieved when communities are actively involved in their own planning, design and construction processes including self building where local resources, materials and labour are maximized and waste is minimized. Sometimes to preserve the delicate environmental carrying capacity of a particular place, sustainability means saying no to development. Sustainable design acknowledges our temporary stewardship of the planet, living in equilibrium with the natural world within its limits. It denotes healthy ecosystems, vibrant communities and recognizes the important inter-relationships essential to maintain clean air, soil, water, and the environments that sustain life. Sustainability puts the health of nature’s ecosystems before all else. In essence: "Everyone is entitled to one handful of earth with an obligation and responsibility to return it to the planet the way they found it". Rob Sieniuc Principal, Broadway Architects Architects & Environmental Designers |
    Broadway Architects specialize in sustainable environmental design - green architecture and sustainable community planning. Our ecologically based architecture and environmentally designed planning projects are diverse: commercial, recreational, residential and planning projects for communities, government, resorts and First Nations throughout Western and Northern Canada. |
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