rriiall valley sires Silly! sloiey housing is appropi-iaie on more open sifa. hilt ii iheri needs dense yrperarron wheflisml rheshade ride lrigiiie 11,47). Any seiilenienl planning bmdjaaved loiiurninousl boulevards and parking areas will ineur areas or uneonoullaole loeal hear. Rmds and ear parls, or hnd p-mg. mus: Ir sludsd and lheielore narrow. ln Davis lCalilornial, ar leasi m ol sueh nrear inusl be shaded, by law. Shading ol lanes or 5% by oellia and lan se is a very pleasani and prariiral way lo ereare eool Mugs rn risen lownr, The painhllg or reul arms or the lop siirlae-s ol laiope whilendleers heal bunk lo lhe air above ihe selrleoieni. The while envenomed rnarhers of lslanlaul are a inodel ol gmd design lor minnreieial areas sfl'E coNnmoNs No house or village sue needs inoie carerol seleeiion rhan ihai ol deseri lands 0: lhe rang: and basin topography. only all is hill tummy, and ol ihai only slash Li loolhill or wudi sire wnh adequaie runoll. ln huh nor arid euld diseri, llai sues ran be very mild al niyir, a iherinnl bell dog 2x sl, usually some lam rn abave IM peneplain, wrih (he liosi line sharply delrned. Wadis are rxeelleni sires in iery hoi deseris, and narrow easi.wesi wadrs are pamcularly welldhaded, our rn lold rnouniaiis or low looihills a mum" area or spring is needed The inain mundennon is ihe peteniial lor waier hareesr and slang: on or near me house sire lududlng ihr deep groundwalorsl. equdble rllniaie, and rl possrhlen vanely olaspeeisand soils Desens are ihe ideal srres lor undevgmund, :axlhr shelrered, rir cive housing And areas also suii llar parapei iool aieus, erlensive nelhs, and (he iniegralron of house, walev, and a yrne (mp Below ground. "duml“ houses are cool, clean, and need low nurn. rename, ihey also siiil easual eriension and preseni excellent sculptural pmeridal. UNDERGROUND AND EARTH/SHELTERED Due mainly io Auslralla‘s preoerupairon wiih opal ininrnr, larpebore lro so ernl drills, vaeurnii earih re muvll, and easy dnllmg by rnaehrnery is now available lor raye mmmml lai leasi, n is ai Ceooer Pedy in Souih Ausirallal, Even where ihese aids are nunbuinabll, lheie iemalns ihe wheelbarrow, pltk, and shoyel. in die larcer mesnechouersinudi enhaiwod rl ihe proposed dugnul sire is in soli mck rapped wuli ealeiele or a hard and mpcmwlhk layer al ihe rool lryel Mud ten bucks. prae, mbrulldoad earihwall shelier is usuiilly dvallabln, and qunu nrdinary ares will plan. sq" nxk walls iriuves Venls. cisierns, ioilers, eellars nieplnres, rupooai-ds niehns. oeds, and iahle. (an be ereainiod in eareliilli planned (aw! Chxmnavs or eenrs .rra dnllui, 360 cisrerns are rerideied (cisiei-ns ran heopened horn ihe upper surldee and deliver warer ai head in ihe lower rave.) loileis lrn Ceooy ['edy) are a venisnl dn|l>hok 2mm rn deep,arred a lew leer lroiri ihe dour. bow-flush ioilei rysleins ran reed inio lhein, and ihey are ihen veriled in air Or iney (in be dry pris with (omposl, down draught, and solar chimneys» ln elrher me, ihey lnsr lor years, hu| are bfil oeeaswnally pumped out lnr eslablishrnerir ol Ina around ihe siie. Wheie waier is sullioenr, low—llush ioileei die led to sodkage beds where large irees rapidly iransprie ihe warer and oonyerr nulricnls large shallow leaeh-neldr wiiri ihirh inp inuleh are also olhelally permissible in nrid niisiralio (figure 1m). l ihinlr there ri nothlrlg 5a peauelid as a cool deseri eaue wiih a domed uilln; rhe rorh errinrned any liai, and a sense ul snleiy and iilenre, For ihose wiih deeprsutnd ainoiirons, rresnel lenses and surlaee rninors, wilh relleeinr rniiiors ind llghl guides will illurriinare ninnels nnd rooins rur hlloirienes deep, and -rainern ubsfllfie“ or lenses m1! ihrow scene. 125th: ouier world on walls, wheie ihe oursrde world ean he adrniied oui iho heainyoided, 01 all deseri houses, ihose who lrve ihere preler eaves, One ol rhe rnore eriraordrriary undersmund hurries was an and planird ai Flam), Calilorriia, under a ealcrere reilirig by a rinner lM lures-ion). l-iis undeo gmund house erryered some 2 5 ha, and ineluded balhmams, lrshponds, and s large cirrus garden, ol whieh rhe only sign on ihe sudarw was ihe rap 0! ihe erirur mes (“gun lull in iho Camry islands, himscs areseen where only ihe lasade siandsoul, ihe nsi 13’ hidden unduyvlmd Even rho laradn is shaded by grape rre'llis, as are rnany ol ihe roolnreasolhouses in ihe regrnn. . ln hoih aneienr and modern enies, caves and under ground houses were ihe prelsi-ied dwellrngs ln deseris. Their prarrisal 1v depends on lhe loralion ha 5 soliish rock, or a solier §|nld belnw a salereie eir lerricieie ‘eeiling- Cave houses (Figure "sol can be iolally below ground, wiih skyllgms, or more cummanly ouili wnh one wall Iaring ihe opal lrhadedl srde or n hill Sunmoms can be hurlr oul ln lroni or ihe underground roorns. or lroni reonrs bullion as a larade Fllllllf lieu wuss SNALLDW man FIELDS misnulldarns ‘spllhays'ullul very long shallow mus MSIM ansoinssiimlus mnuhiiidinnnmesihi mono ml!