A Random Walk: Gensler Houston at NeoCon – The idea of progress.

The study of nature – of which humans are a part – is the study of change. It’s not only the shark that must keep moving in order to survive, it is every living and non-living thing in the universe. Much of the most meaningful change, from the cellular changes in all living things to the rotation of the Earth on its axis and around the sun, we don’t notice all that much, except on a macro level: we see cuts healing, the change of day to night and the various seasons, etc. For centuries scientists of all types have been deeply engrossed in the study of these changes. Yet, on an immediate level for us, the study of changes in our work environment is only beginning. It is almost embarrassing to admit that much of the population in our country still believes that interior design is nothing more than …