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oni rhe seelor lo allow, lor example, mixlmum
sunny“ We guard agalhsl eaiaslrophie liie, wind, or
fined by pmlcclive einoanhmenls, dense lrees, ponds,
roads, lenees, or sione walls, and we likewise nvne in
or eaelude iieeransine or ondoinesnealed wrldlile by
plaeemanls ol lorage sysiems, (antes, nesl boxes, and
so on. Thus we plaee hedges, ponds, binks, walls,
sueens, oelllses, hedgerows or any Mllercnmpomlol
design lo mung: lllrwmng runxy.
ll you like, we plaee oiir eomponenls in eaeh zone as
Ihnugh woes eould oe iolaied aboul Zone ll For any
oneeomponenl, il slops iolalmp when il is working lo
.oyern energies in lhe seelor dllgrim. Thus, by
~.evolvrng uur zones, we lrnd a plaee where our
seleereo componenl la iree, lenee, pond, will, or
animal shedl worlrs lo sol/m seam laenns civen lhal
we have bolh zone and senor energies eonnolleol, lhen
our lomponenl is well plaeed. Then we eomliine lhe
iwo diaerarns io make a spideiweo ol plaeemenls,
plums every main syslem in ils rlghl plaee in lennsol
energy analysed on lhe silo lFigure 3.1m
To sum up, uieie should be no lree, planl, sinienire,
m aelivily lhal is nol placed aeedidinp lo lhese eruena
and lhe ground plan For insianre, il we have a pine
nee, ll poes in Loneo linlieooenl yisilsl AWN iiom ihe
hie danger senor ln amumnlales ioel and burns like a
lar bdml), TOWARDS lhe eold wind seeror lpines are
haidy windoeeahsl, and ii should also oear zdlble mils
as louse,
Again, il we wanl in place a small slruriuiesueh as a
pouliry shed, ii should BORDER Zone l llor liequenl
vrsilsl, be AwAv lroin lhe lire see-or, BORDER lhe
annual garden llor easy manure eolleelionl, BACK
ON“) lhe lorape syswm, pusslhh' ATTACH lo a
gmhmlzee, and lorm parl ol a Wlndbxcnk syslem
There is no myslery nor any greal pmblem in soeh
eommonsense design sysleins |l is a minerolbmlgmg
lo mnsauusness lhe essenlial laelors ol inn/e plan.
lung. To ieslaie
Every old-hm lplanl. animal ol slmclulol musl be
plaood so llial l| was al loaal lwo or mom luncn'unt
Evlly lunolain (n.9,wllermllsc1lun, Ne pioleelionl is
uniod ln Mn 91 mole ways
wilh lhe [omgmng rules. slraleeies, and erileria in
mind, you ml 50 Iitwmngm design
W
n broad on I pallominp is won analyaad, and good
[humans made, many mum advanlagas man we
would hm dwunsd lol become obvious
01, it no em wall. olhavpood "ling: namially lolldw on
Is an unplanned laaull
This is me bmd paliem approach ciyen ihai lhe
seene has oeen sol, flbsznwlmn eomes inlo play lo
evolve oiher pauem siralegies. II we waleh .usi how
our animals mean. how winds vary. or how waler
nows, we ran evolve guidrnp pallerns inal arhieve
olher desirable ends, es. making animals easy lo
musler, bringing lhem lo siies where lheir manuie is
needed, sieering cm! wands lo amehoeale earess heal
inpol or lo dneel chem lo wind iorlnnes, and dimding
waier lo wheie u is needed in our sysiem
SLOPE, ASPECI, ELEVAflON, AND
ORIENTATION.
No rile is quile llal, and many haye irregular
eonliainaiions, lhos our neal spider Webs ol lone and
seelor overlays are dislorled lay a moie realisne
landseape. To use lnese Irmgllllnhts lo our advans
rage, we need lo iunhu lonsider lhese laelors
woh zones and seslors shelehed in on ihe gmund
plan, slope analysis may pioeeed. High and low aeeess
ioads, lne iormer lor heavy eaigo or moleh, lhe loner
lor liie eonlrol, ean now he placed provision lor
anaehed ghsshnuse, hol air eolleeiois, ielleelion pond.
solar pond, and shadehouse should he made vii all
homeslead snes where elimalie varialion is
erpei-ieneed.
slope delermines lhe unpoward llow ol waloi lmm
saline lo use poinl, and slope and elevaiion will per.
mil chi plaeeinenl ul hol air or hoi waler eolleeinrs
leloal iheir alorapes, whoie lhe ineroiaslyinin elleel
ean operale wilnoul erlemal energy inpols The simple
physu: ulfluw and lhermal moueneenlsean be applnd
lo lhe placemeal ol lechnulwyzal eroipmenl e a solar
hol waler panels, lakmg advimage nl slope When no
slope exls|5, lowers lor waier links and hollumx lor
heal oolleelors lor solar pondsl can he raised or
exeavaied lor lne same elleel
However, in lhe normal humld landaeape lioheie
precipilalion exceeds oaporaiinnl, hill proliles
develop a llallened 5 rurye lhai presenls
oppominllies lor plaeemenl analysis or oomponenls
and sysiems, as per ripnie an
The aneienl oeeupied ridgeways ol England lesllly lo
lhe eoinmonsense ol lhe meplnhlt peoples in Lands
scape planning, laul lheir piesenl alaandoiiinenl lor
indusirial suburbs in llailands does lime mdll lo lhe
palaeolllhie pllnning ol modern designers The
dillerenee may he lhal lne lormer planned lor
lhemselves, while lhe lalier design lor - olher people .
Slope eaves immense planning advamages Theie is
haidly a maple lradihonal human selllemenl ihal is noi
sued on lhos. ernieal ionelrons ol lwo nalural
ecologiea, whelher on ine area lselween loolhill loiesn
and plains, or on lhe zdge ol plain and marsh. land and
esniaiy, or some eamoinalion or all ol lhese runners
who place a housing selllemenl on a plain, or on a
plaieau, may have lhe -adyanuee— ol plain planning,
oul abandon lhe inhaoiianls lo lailure il iranspori luels
dry up They ihen have lo depend on lhe naiural
environmenl lor iheir varied needs laul have only a
mononlniral landscape on whrevi lo do so siieeesslol
and pennanenl selllernenis have always laeon able in
draw liorn ihe iesoiirees ol ai leasl iwo enl'lmnml'lus
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