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OPTIONS AND DECISIONS
DESIGN AS A SELECF ION OF
OPTIONS OR PATHWAYS BASED ON
DECISIONS
For a specrhc sire and specriic oceupanls ior elrenlsl, a
design is a sequenoe oi opllmls based on sueh lhrngs
as-
. rroduel or my opnona,
- Sorral rnvesirnenl opllons icaprlal avarlablc or
auledl
- suns and oeerlpalroroledueallon avarlablel
- Processing opponunrlles on or oll srle
- Markel availalvrluy, er speerlre rnarlcl opnons,
. Managemenl skills
lhal is. any deslgn has many polenlral oil-corner,
and u rs above all llre slaled auns, lrlesiyle, and re<
scrum ol rhe elrenllsl lhal deode lhelr oplions, Any
sensrble desrgrl grves a plus lo rlan The evolulron l7!
lire desrgn Is a rnalrer lor enal, lollowing observalren,
and linen amng on rhal rnlonnairon
l rornelirnes lhlnk lhal lhe only real purpose oi an
rnroal design rs lo evolve some sorl or plan in gel one
slaned ln an olherwlse eonluslng and complex srlu-
alron. u so. a dsargn has a value lor lhis reason alone,
lor as soon as we decade loslarl doing, we learn how lo
proceed,
the sori ui oprrons open lo people slarl wrlh a
general deersron la dislanl geall, whreh is ollen sei by
elhreal eonrrderalrrrns ieg “can rrl lhe earlhl This
may lead dueslly loa seeond sex at possible opnons, ol
whreh ero n conlrol, nunrrnal lrllage, and perhaps
revegeralron ol sleep slaps are hrnrly lndrealed tor a
rpecrlresrlern are lrghl ollhrselhre
Thus, an opiron, cnev dmdzd on. also rndrealas ollrer
upllons, prrorllres, and managerneni deerslons |n
praelrral lerrns, we may also have lo eonsrder eosls,
and perhaps decide lo generaie sorne shon— or long»
rerrn ineorne.1hls,rn harn, may depend on whellrer we
inarnrain a pan-hm, non-larvn rncorne, or ilalong lhe
leap; gamer up our reluernenlalluwanee andgolorl.
All (If lhis ean be plolled. ralller lrlre lhe deeisron
pallern a iree males as rl luanelres upwarda Sorne
oplrons are unpraeareal. or in eonnrel wnh olher de~
cisions and elhres, and are lhereiore unavarlable i5ee
rigure 3.6).
Following lhrough lhe oplrons llral anse irurn ellher
our deersrons, or lhe eonslrarnls ol me and resources,
we can see an apparenlly endless series of palnways.
The proeerr rlsell I5 rnevrlalsle, rn lhal ri leads lo a
serres oi rnnovalrve and praelreal proeedural
palliways, some or whren may be very prornisrng and
all ol wluell agree wilh lhe elllleal hnanelal, cultural,
and guund eoruuarnls d ed by lne sue and/or ils
oeurpanls
AI a bnnus. nol one or lwo. bul several dozen
opoons may remain open, and lhia rs always a sown
wsmon rn whieh lo be. ln an unecruln world we need
all pmlble doors open:
cpuons open up or elose down an readily avarlable
evrdenee or as declnimlrpomls are reaehed AH wlll
alfxl lhe nurnber and dueealon or fulul! aenons, hence
llre overall design To a greal exlenl, lhrs apprmarh
eovers lhe economic and legal mnslralllls nol deall
wrrh by eriher oi ihe preceding analylic or
ubseryarlonal approaches. Il rs wrre, however, to
irnplenlenl a lunned range or operons lor enal, or we
may rncur slress and work as a resull ol lakrng loo
rnueh on,
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DATA OVERLAY
DESIGN BY MAP OVERLAYS
ln desrgn courses al rnodern eolleges, snrdenls are
laughr lo labour asrrduously over maps, overlays on
lhose maps, and overlays en rhe overlays, This ap
proach should also be consrdered However, as a
rnelhudelngy, ll is al oner rnore txpellswz, possrbly
rnore lirneesonsurnrng, and polenilally lhe rnosl
eonluslng oi all approaches Lrle rhesysieul or op ns,
ll leads lo eerlarn rnevrlable ground placernenls, and
perhaps lo uneasy compromises nor neeessnrrly
inherenl rn lhe pleading rnellrods The danger here ls
lhal lire ulap overlays onur rnrnurrae, and can never
reveal evolulronary proreses
Where a nlapprng and hard dala approach rs
wealesl, however, rs lhal norne laelors are noi able lo
he rnnpped ielhrcrl, lrnaneral, and enllural eons
slrarnlsl, and llrar rl is very drilleulr lo ulelude more
sltrlelevim delarls revealed oy uburvlnon, or
lndrcaled al onee by our dualylu rnelhod oleornponerll
rnpurs and oulprrls Despile lhrs, a good srre rnap
males any landmipe design land lhrs is only pan 0! rhe
loral deergnl rnuen easrer, and lar more vrsual A good
rnap lndreales a lol or sensrble oppona and hypolheres
idanr siren, soil/erop rurlnurlrlyl which can laier b¢
cheeloed wllh aelual srle (ondlllmli, avarlable clay lor
danu, exrslrng urelul vegelalron, lhrealened halsrlal
and so on
The danger nf lhe purely nnalylre and overlay ap-
proaehes rs lhal me very rernoleness el such syslenls
males llealbrliiy drlhcull, oeeasroning unloreseen walk
and expenae, whlrh are nol lneurred by lhe rnore
ernp I and flexlhle observalron- and “upllnn'
sysrenla, nre laller born allow a flexibk response lo
lresh eondlmrns
3.7
P___—____
RANDOM ASSEMBLY
DEIGN BY ASSESSING THE RESULTS
OF RANDOM ASSEMBLIES
nus rs anolher analylre rnelhed, removed irorn lhe rile
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