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s. We cannot know 3413mm oi whai ekisu We will
arrays in a minor pan oi me ioial rniormaimn syslem
Thus, we are learners only in our home gurderis, and
learners elsewhere Nowhere do we ereaie Everyinrng
we depend on we have evolved irom rrrhri rs already
errand, and iirai iireludes ourselves Thoughinil people
irhose who gee reereanon irom iryrng io undersiandl
need wilderness as sehools need ieaehers, Should we
lose ihe wilderness, or suiler ii lope desrroyed, we will
be reeyeled ior more appropnaie liie in any number oi
ways, seine rery painlul and pniiiaeied We ran also
siaie our iirsi 'error ihesis here. soeh errors, onee
made. lead us rnio rnereasing problems
When we some rrrio wilderness. we are in oonilici whh
so many a lame ihaiwo have io desinry ihrm io
errsi. Keep oui oi lhe bush h is already in good oidei.
3.11
INCREMENTAL DESIGN
Almosi all engineering design rs based on small
ehanges io erisiing designs. uniil sorne ulnrnaee limii
rn eiireieney or periorrnanee is nachld The whole
prcKL-ss sari sake eeniurios, and rho end mull eair be
mass-produeed ii neees ary Kevin Lyneh ilqilzl in
his book sire planning wrues ni siie designing by
rnereiiienrai adapiaiion ol already-eeisiing designs
design by lollnwrng physical sysrenrs inai have been
shown Io work He believes rhe hesi siie planning ol
rive pasi io he a resuli oi inis proeess, and ihai ii in lac!
works very well unless some exrenral and rmponani
eondnion reg markei or land ownership) ehairges He
marniarns ihai ihrs irnenining ol airless/vi design ior
a speeriie elimaie and purpose ean be ioially
rnappropriaie ii nanslerred mu oimlnrre, eliiiraie, or ii
applied lo a drieerern purpose.
li is, however. ihe mosi sueeessiui way (0 proeeed
liner seleeirve plaeemeni and energy eonservaiion is
paid suliieieni aneniion, Known elieerive design uniis
aird speei reaiions, wheiher of roads, eulveris, houses,
garden beds, or ieelinologies have been sabreeied lo
long iesis, ond have evolved lrom ieials ior preioiypesl
in working and reliable siandards Even ii
"uldrhshimich rkeovershoi waier wheels», ihey may
ycl represeni a siinplieny and an eliieieney hand no beae
wrihoui a ennsrderaele rnerease in expense and
(omplexny
Sueh eonnrruai adapiauon rs ihe basis 01 Ieedbaek ui
sysiems undergoing esiabilshmeni, where we make
ad ons or ehanges io horses or piani sysmm. ii is
nor ihe way, however, in saiisly ihe demands ol a
(omplex sysrem whreh ilike a privaie home and
garden) has lo sairsiy a (amplex see oi prioriiiee. Nor
does ii eope wllh enanging nnures, new rniormaiien
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and seis oi values, or simply sell—relianee and
sellegovenum.
2
SUMMARY OF DESIGN METHODS
To sum up, in whole iarm planning and in repore
wnnng, ouilriring areas oi like soil, slope, at drainage
will suggesi sensible cwps, iieaimenis, ieneelraes and
land use generally. ll we aeeepi whai is ihere, eehreal
land use dieiaies eonservanye and appropriaie usage,
sue ias may happenl it someone is deiennrnod In raise
when on all ilrai land regardless oi vanaiions, ihey earn
pmbably do so only li urey eommand enough energy
or resourees l am sure we ean grow bananas in
Aorareirea ii we are prepaid io spend enough money
or ran persuade penguins io heal a glasshouse:
lnsoiar as we enier rnio village design, we may have
immoral and spaee eonsirainis on upper or lower sizes:
a 'bxedk4ven" poini and an “opilmum' number o1
houses per mm area, However, ii we negleei a loray
mlo ihe soerai eiieeis ol seiiieoreni sire and mm ihe
neediul loeal iuneirons relaied lo sememeni size, we
may be designing ior nuriran mlseryi ihe unde
servreing ol needs, and even ior sueh soeiopaihoiogies
as our and enme Sueh designs may be eeonomie irii
eash rerrnsi. eilrereni lor one use only, and ioially
inhuman Bur ihey are buile every day For example, ii
was lound inai rals subieeied io oreaihing in ihe same
airsiream oi rlreir knows eeperreneed severe
insiaoiliiy, physrologieai srress, and ronseoueni
paihulog alun ioerowding siress This rsealled ihe
~bruee eiieei- ailer llw experimenbevr who diseovered u,
and unis eiieei may apply equafly well ea people Yet in
almosr all miss, one eaii see people eramrrred inio
iHo sioiey oihee buildings wnh no opening windows
and only a single arrsiream-
sire designing needs no! a speeialin approaeh, bui
raiher a muhx—d' - linary and blcpsocinl approaelr
Hm rakes Into aeeouni the dim the envrronmeni has
on us iniended oeeupanss
Perhaps is we assembled all our eonsiderable,
diverse, and effective knowledge oi both ihe pans and
ihe whole order oi design inio a rype oi eoorpucer
search or gameplaying programme, we rnlghi ad-
vanee the wnole design proeess as a realm oi
eononumg and addinve nunran knowledge, available
to everyone. siren pnrgranimes could deal wrih a gieai
deal oi ihe hissy deeari ihai now slows deflslkfimn
plani lisi speeilieaeions io honre eonsirueiion
delallsileavlng ihe designer wrih ihose
imponderaoles aoour ihe proeesses observed on lhe
land, lhe likely oerids a! lunire soeredes, hrnire needs,
and a measure ol human saiislaodon
in elaboraung run some oi ihe basre approaehes In
design, wiinoui ineludurg speaalisi scluuons. I wani io
riress ihai all me approaches ouilined are noi only
useiul, our necessary Only by some sensible