The Mindset Thing:
Exploring the Deeper Potential of Integrated Design

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In the late 1990s I was part of a team hired to consult on a model green elementary school for McKinney, Texas. The kickoff workshop for this project included the architects (a firm specializing in school design), our team of consultants, and teachers and other staff from the school district. As the workshop began, participants couched all ideas about the green school in terms of modifications to current school designs. Each idea had to be justified individually. Needless to say, this approach was leading to a design that would be at best a light shade of green.
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