We evaluate each design against four overall considerations:
Environment
Minimized footprint and maximized performance – balance for impact.
Economy
Finite resources align short- and long-term goals toward latent strengths.
Community
Support of many fosters cohesive, owned, and responsive places.
Culture
Our identity develops those rare spaces that embrace their users.
Our distinctive approach grows from deeply rooted beliefs:
- Innovative and memorable design solutions should enrich individuals and amplify a community’s collective spirit.
- We believe in the power of community decision making and stewardship of public places and spaces. An interactive user-based planning process can build community empowerment alongside the project’s design development.
- Design solutions should foster a positive and conscious relationship between the built environment and the natural environment.
- Open, collaborative design environments cultivate dedicated, responsible personnel at every experience level.
- We cherish balance between our professional and personal lives.
- Architecture builds relationships – between people and place; within a community; from past to future; between designer and client. We build relationships for the long term, and as a result enjoy repeat business from those who have experienced the benefits of our approach firsthand.
A commitment to social justice and equity:
- The JUST 2.0 label reflects and affirms Group 4’s long-standing commitment to equity, inclusion, and social responsibility. The JUST program is part of the International Living Future Institute whose mission is, “a society that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative.”
- The process and tools from JUST provide a formal framework for Group 4’s values-driven policies and strengthens the firm’s culture and operations.
- Group 4 leverages insights from the process to enhance employee experience and advance the firm’s mission to positively impact communities.
