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Designing your site

Analyse zones, sectors and flows to organise a coherent, resilient site.

  1. 01

    Mapping the zones

    From the living heart to the wild spaces, by frequency of use.

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  2. 02

    Reading the sectors

    Sun, winds, water, views: the energies that cross the land.

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  3. 03

    Composing the plan

    Step by step, from observation to the design plan.

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  4. 04

    Thinking about water at the landscape scale

    Keyline, swales, gentle infiltration.

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Sources

  • Mollison, B. (1988). Permaculture: A Designers' Manual. Tyalgum : Tagari Publications.
  • Holmgren, D. (2002). Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. Hepburn : Holmgren Design Services.
  • Whitefield, P. (2004). The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Climates. East Meon : Permanent Publications.
  • Yeomans, P.A. (1954). The Keyline Plan. Sydney : P.A. Yeomans.

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