the Ridge: Site Prep

I always have mixed feelings when a building site is being ‘prepped’: I’m sad because trees are being cut down and the site is a mess – but it’s also exciting because it’s the start of the process in which the design I have created will begin to take physical form!


The excavators at work.

I thought it was kind of interesting how the guy split the tree trunk…

With the bucket!

This hill is really much steeper than it seems!

Destruction precedes creation; and then there will be a beautiful home for decades, maybe even centuries to come… with an amazing view!

Hajo Meijer

Hajo Meijer is the sole proprietor of Ecocentric Design, committed to deeply sustainable architecture. Hajo is a graduate from the faculty of Architecture at the TU Delft in the Netherlands and a certified Passive House Designer. Hajo lives with his family on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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