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The Integration of Architecture into the Natural Environment

The Integration of Building and Site,

with a broad view of Existing Site Systems and Conditions to include Biological and Environmental Systems and Processes

The Integration of Building Systems and Natural Systems

A System is a set of interacting or interdependent entities forming an integrated whole

In order to survive, organisms evolved to fit into a role or niche within natural systems that exist in their environment

Buildings are entities that should interact with their environment

Buildings should become nodes where many systems intersect

Interaction can be parasitic or symbiotic

Architecture should be symbiotic

Buildings should use local materials

Buildings should dissemble when they are no longer needed

Building materials should become entities within new systems when disassembled