Sustainable architectural practices are introduced into the different building functions by separating them and using different envelopes to maintain more control over the energy use. The design also plans for a green roof and a wooden façade intended to integrate the structure into the environment while utilizing passive strategies to minimize the amount of light entering the building in the summer and increasing winter lighting. In the end this building hopes to reconnect visitors to nature, but it makes me wonder if building on the wetlands is the best way to promote wetland preservation. Even though the structure is raised on stilts, there will still be shade casted on the ecosystem underneath of it and only time would tell what sort of impact it would make.