The Mindset Thing:
Exploring the Deeper Potential of Integrated Design

When a client and design team are operating within their usual set of assumptions and relationships, they frequently abandon green measures in the face of schedule, cost, or other constraints. If the project team has adopted a mindset that casts conventional solutions as unacceptable, however, and encourages different team members to work together across disciplines on achieving goals, backsliding is much less likely. This article discusses integrated design and how the mindset—the collection of assumptions and inclinations—of everyone involved in...