“Every building is an intrusion into the plant kingdom and is a challenge to nature: we must devise an architecture that stands as the embodiment of a reconciliatory pact between nature and construction, designing buildings so intrinsically connected to their surroundings that they are unable to disentangle themselves from each other.” This quote by architect Emilio Ambasz effectively sums up the spirit in which Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism was conceived.
