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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 Auslrallas 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
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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!