ABSTRACT
“Organic architecture” is often taken to mean buildings constructed with reusable or biodegradable materials. Sometimes it is an accolade for (or insult aimed at) forms inspired by nature. A third way is to propose that architecture can be designed to coax engagement from its inhabitants, allowing them to appreciate the thought, design and care that created it. This will hopefully lead them to appreciate and take care of what they have—using it as much as possible, to its full potential, working it into their future plans because it is flexible, engaging and comforting, and it already relates to and leverages, plays upon, what is already there.
