Great Design: A Balance Between Humility and Courage

“There two different flavors of pragmatism, the kind which puts the Band-Aid on a scraped knee, and the kind that builds a handrail so you don’t fall in the first place,” writes our Benjamin Arcia in a followup off a recent conversation on school design during COVID with Ed Holakiewicz of Architects Mosher Drew.

Bioconstruction and biophilic design are relevant frameworks, notes Benjamin. He suggests: design classrooms that are indoor/outdoor spaces, question whether kids should be sitting inside all day, strengthen our human relationship with nature for health and happiness. And ultimately, he says, address covid challenges with humility – borrowing existing good ideas from others – and courage – to push those ideas into new frontiers.

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