CONCLUSIONS As an investigation into an adaptive architecture and one that has the power to reassert our understanding of the natural world, I pause this design proposal with much more research left to be conducted. The current building’s presence or ‘feeling’ could be much more prolific, more enticing, incorporating a multifaceted array of layered elements that unite adaptive details with an organic form. This hope might entail working backwards and asking the same questions again. What is important for our society and how is an architecture of adaptation and growth a step in a more altruistic direction? Is adaptation part of a larger picture and is it only one aspect of this world’s natural processes in which new construction should or needs to be rooted? One thing is certain, that the world is constantly changing and we must embrace those changes; however, what have made this design proposal most difficult are traditional building methods and superficial ‘green’ technologies. The current mold must be broken to arrive at a truly integrated design method, as well as an approach to construction that is more responsive to the human and environmental condition. Thus, though a step in the right direction, additional research and development must be carried out to achieve a proposal, such as this, that further satisfies its own ends — benefiting the role of humanity in the natural world.
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