ABSTRACT
I have a passion for creating architecture that is connected to nature because a beautiful building may evoke an emotional response, but a beautiful building that is part of nature is poetic. This passion led me to invent and define the idea of rural design to bring design as a problem-solving process to rural land-use issues. I hope that I have elevated the architectural discourse and design thinking about the connections between architecture and agriculture, and between urban design and rural design. The world is changing very rapidly, and vibrant and prosperous futures can only be achieved when urban and rural issues are connected and interrelated in the problem-solving process.
