Earlier this month, our partners Marianne Loof and Jurriaan van Stigt attended the Built by Nature Annual Summit in Barcelona. Around 250 architects, builders, and policymakers from around the world came together to discuss building at scale within planetary boundaries.
The central question Can we house the world without costing the earth? lingered. It sounds like a contradiction, but it isn't. Housing the world and building sustainably are not mutually exclusive; they can in fact strengthen one another. Those who build smartly do not have to choose between more homes or less impact on the planet. The question is not whether it can be done, but how.