The term sustainability as it relates to design and architecture is so much a defining part of the zeitgeist that it is often interchangeable with other idioms like ‘green architecture’ or ‘passive design’. But ‘are we here to sustain something?' Colombian architect Ana María Gutiérrez asks herself constantly. She is the founder of Organizmo, an education and research centre for low-impact construction techniques, alternative technologies, and ecological restoration. 'And what exactly is regeneration? What is permaculture?' she continues. 'All these words that we grab and put into fashion are already alive and a huge part of the resilience in the communities [we work with].'
