An energy self-sufficient neighbourhood; a building restored without damaging its historically significant surroundings; a wellbeing-oriented company headquarters; a hospital where different cultures and languages can meet halfway. They differ in size, scope, and investment, but they all have one thing in common — a respectful, never intrusive nor invasive, design. Zintek provided tailor-made technological solutions for each project, proving that ethics and aesthetics are complimentary: one cannot exist without the other. In his novel The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “beauty will save the world.” A century and a half —and several revolutions — later, it’s time to update the Russian writer’s optimistic prophecy by adding an adjective. It’s not just beauty that’s going to save us, but a new and improved version: ethical beauty. A detail of the internal gardens of Davines Village. The green areas project, curated by Studio del Buono Gazerwitz Landscape Architecture, made the intervention sustainable and integrated into the landscape by increasing local biodiversity. 37 beauty is ethical EXCERPT
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