Creating Sacred Space:
Ecological Design and Building
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I look for ways to integrate the human and non-human worlds through design and building craft—projects that help bring quiet, calmness, activated awareness, focus, beauty, resonance, a momentary glimpse of the ineffable into a person's life:
• spaces for meditation and music
• garden rooms
• stringed instruments and other auditory features
• details that catch light in a way that enlivens space
• attention to acoustics
Ecological perspective is inseparable from design that activates perception and allows for the possibility of sacred experience.
Crucial ecological design considerations:
• solar orientation
• thermal comfort
• natural light
• airflow
• access to views
• nontoxic, natural materials and building process
As much as possible I use materials that are close to their source, salvaged, and hand-fabricated.
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I've studied architecture with some of the most innovative and creative professionals in the field, culminating in a Masters of Architecture and Ecological Design from the San Francisco Institute of Architecture, and I've worked as a designer for a couple of notable architects, Eugene Tsui and Steve Sheldon. I have nine years of solid construction experience, 15 years as a luthier and 30+ years as an ecologist.