Our Mission
We are a collective of purpose-driven people committed to re:visioning and restoring the balance between natural, built, and social environments.
Profile
Re:Vision was founded in 2002 to make a positive difference in the natural, built, and social environments. Today, Re:Vision is comprised of two studios in one LEED-certified building—an Architecture studio that designs sustainable projects and a Sustainability Consulting studio that supports other architects, owners, contractors, and organizations to make their work and their companies more sustainable.
Sustainability is part of Re:Vision’s DNA and it shows in our portfolio of Zero Energy verified, Passive House certified, LEED Platinum, Living Building certified, and common sense green projects. Re:Vision has been recognized nationally and locally as sustainable design experts and thought leaders by leading organizations including the AIA, The New York Times, Metropolis Magazine, PHIUS, Living Future, and others.
With care for the impact of our business, Re:Vision has been a third-party certified B Corporation since 2007 and Just labeled since 2021 to make transparent our social and environmental performance. You can read about our impact through B Corp and Just here.
Our "why"
There is a WHY behind all of our actions, individually and as a collective: acting with purpose, being the change we want to see in the world, shaping the future we need and deserve, and living our values.
Purpose
As a mission-driven collective, it's having purpose that gets us (willingly) out of bed in the morning. Knowing that impact is the direct result of our work keeps us going, keeps us innovating, and keeps us reaching for more.
Projects
Our projects are a primary lever that we use to achieve our mission to reshape the built environment. In each project we seek to advance our own goals while firmly recognizing our service leadership to clients, communities, and ecologies.
People
Our purpose is far greater than what one individual can do. We are a team and recognize that we sink our swim based on how we do together. When our neighbor falls we do our best to shoulder their load and help them back up.
Prosperity
The passion for our mission, intensity of our work, and balance with our lives allow us to thrive. We do so in the spirit of Ikigai as we embrace what the world needs, what we are good at, what we can earn a living doing, and what we love.
Place
Our physical, digital, and intellectual spaces create the environment for us to best achieve our mission. We all play a role in the shaping and maintenance of this biome and we share it with others as an expression of who we are and what we do.
Our "how"
We know that no one person embodies all aspects of what it takes for an organization to thrive. As a collective we challenge ourselves to continually improve personally to build Re:Vision’s culture and achieve our mission. This is HOW we get things done:
- We seek sustainability in all things we do by framing each decision asking "what does good look like?"
- We work hard because we are mission driven.
- We are proud of our work and stand behind what we do, individually and collectively.
- We support a culture of giving - giving our time and our support to ourselves and each other, to our work, and to our projects.
- We prioritize good work over more work, and bring the passion that drives us to focus on doing our best.
- We thrive as teams, and as a collective, lifting each other up and holding each other accountable. We don't have space for people who are solely out for themselves and make room instead for the rising tide that lifts all boats.
- We seek quality in everything we do, and work hard to achieve it. No one achieves greatness by settling.
- We exist at the blurry edges of this movement where there aren't always clear answers. We thrive in knowing our job is to find the solutions and working with agility across these undefined opportunities.
- We seek to always determine what "good" looks like. Good solutions are good solutions, regardless of who creates them.
- We collaborate, we listen, we design.
- We take care of ourselves personally to make sure we can bring our A-game to the office, and we prioritize benefits, personal wellness, and health of ourselves and others.
