Meaningful architecture, like a meaningful life, is a journey. It is not a random event. Good architecture follows a road that connects a beginning to an end. This photograph shows the road to the Green Sand Beach located on the South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii. When Matt and Rhonda set out on the road to creating an architecture firm that was focused on both design and the environment, we gave great thought to what we wanted to contribute and how we could make a difference in the world. Going into business together and joining forces was an enormous step and we wanted to be sure that if we went down this road, we would indeed make a difference. Matt’s background, experience and education have always been focused on architecture. Rhonda's path has not been as straight but it has been heading toward the same destination. Rhonda's background is science, as a researcher and as a State regulator in the environmental field, as well as an environmental consultant both for a large corporation and then as her own environmental consultant. This background has prepared Rhonda for the intersection with Matt's road. They now travel together, steering an architecture firm serving both design and the environmental needs. Those two elements are interwoven. Architecture can satisfy the clients' construction needs while reducing their environmental impact.

Biomimicry is a relatively new science that studies nature, its models, systems, processes and elements and then imitates or takes creative inspiration from them to solve human problems sustainably.

Green Sand Inc. draws upon the natural processes that work to create this crystal sand bay for creative inspiration. We take time to draw out your ideas, visions, goals and needs understanding them at a deep level. We then transform these ideas and goals into creative, practical and sustainable solutions.

This is a photograph of the actual green sand beach bay located at South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii. This is a wonderful visual example of how “the process” in this case the ocean, acts upon the cliff where the olivine or peridot crystals are embedded to free the crystal and release them to become the Green Sand Beach.

We hope you find in Green Sand Inc. the connection you are looking for to turn your ideas into your vision.

 Results

The result really speaks for itself. Out of lava from the center of the earth come these beautiful crystals known as olivine or peridot. Beauty is there, it may be hidden but it is there. It sometimes is shy and must be coaxed out but it is there and when exposed - all can enjoy.

This photograph is a close up of the lava cliff where you can see peridot crystals embedded and the loose peridot crystal sand after the waves and ocean have washed away the other impurities in the lava. The result is a beautiful one of a kind Green Sand beach. This is how we see architecture and work on each project. There is inherent beauty and it is ours to find as a team. And in the end the results will speak for themselves, beautiful functional pieces of art to be used and enjoyed into the future.