pattern understanding: recognition & application
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Permaculture Design Certificate Course session. Learning how to read forms and structures in nature and interpret their functions to improve efficiency in design.TRANSCRIPT
Pattern UnderstandingRecognition & Application
PATTERNS & RHYTHMSthe Heart Beat of the Universe
PLANETARY RHYTHMS
TIDAL RHYTHMS
GEOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
CLIMATIC RHYTHMS
SEASONAL RHYTHMS
ANCIENT PATTERN APPLICATION
PATTERN GROUPS
1) EXPANSION & CONTRACTION
2) GROWTH3) FLOW4) TURBULENT FLOW5) COLLECTION &
DISPERSAL6) PACKING &
CRACKING
SCALE, FUNCTION & STRUCTURE
E X PA N S I O N & CONTRACTION
Eggs, Nests, Cherries, Arches, Seeds, Caves, Cells, Planets
SPHERES, HEMISPHERE & DOMES
PATTERN GROUP:
EGG SHAPE
STRENGTH, MOVEMENT & REBIRTH
E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
FROM WATER REVITLIZATION & STORAGE
TO ENDLESS AQUADUCTS
E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
SPOKE & WHEEL
BALANCED DISTRIBUTION
E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
APERATURES
EXPANSION & CONTRACTION
SPIRALS WITH SPOKE & WHEEL
E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
GROWTH
Hurricanes, Mollusk Shells, Fiddleheads, Herb Spirals, Spider Webs
SPIRALS & HELIXES
PATTERN GROUP:
Fibonacci Sequence
THE GOLDEN RATIO: PHI ΦGROWTH
Another Way to Understand It
Length of the line
segment (C)
Length ofthe entire line
(A)
Length of line segment (B)
Length of line segment (B)
=
WHERE THIS RATIO EQUALS THIS RATIO
GROWTH
PHI Φ
1.6180339887498948482045868343656381177203091798057628621354486227052604628189044970720720418939113748475408807538689175212663386222353693179318006076672635433389086595939582905638322661319928290267880675208766892501711696207032221043216269548626296313614438149758701220340805887954454749246185695…
GROWTH
DYNAMIC & BALANCEDGROWTH
HELIXESCOMPOUND DIMENSIONAL SPIRALS
GROWTH
WEB PATTERNSSPIRALS WITH SPOKE & WHEEL
GROWTH & RESILIENCY
FLOW
Sand Dunes, Hummingbird Flight, Berms & Swales, Heartbeats
WAVES & MEANDER
PATTERN GROUP:
WAVESRHYTHM & FREQUENCY
WINDTIDES
SOUNDLIGHT & HEAT
SEISMIC ENERGYELECTROMAGNETI
SM
EXPRESSING THE INVISIBLE
FLOW
ENERGY is
CAUSE while
FORM is
EFFECT
CYMATICS
FLOW
MEANDERINGSINUOUS, CALMING & SLOW
FLOW
Stream Restoration
In Stream Gabions & Large Woody Debris
SLOW, SPREAD & SINK
FLOW
CORE MODEL
GROWTH & FLOW
FLOW
FLOW
TURBULENT FLOWOVERBECK JET, VORTEX & LOBE
Mushrooms, Von Karman Trails, Jellyfish, Eckman Spirals, Wind Turbulence
PATTERN GROUP:
All Life in Motion
OVERBECK JETVIGOROUS GROWTH & DISRUPTION OF FLOW
TURBULENT FLOW
EKMAN SPIRALSCOMPOUNDED OVERBECK JETS IN AIR
PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE
TURBULENT FLOW
COMPOUNDED OVERBECK JETS IN AIREKMAN SPIRALS
Practical application of Ekman Spirals in a “least path” design for a garden
TURBULENT FLOW
KEYHOLE GARDENSPATHS OF LEAST RESISTANCE
TURBULENT FLOW
VORTICESSPINNING FLOW OF FLUID OR AIR
SPEED, POWER & TURBULENCE
TURBULENT FLOW
WATER PURIFICATION & AERODYNAMICS
VORTICES IN ACTIONTURBULENT FLOW
LOBE & CRENULATION PATTERNSINCREASE EDGE FOR INCREASED EXCHANGE
TURBULENT FLOW
COLLECTION & DISPERSALBRANCHING & FRACTALS
Feathers, River Deltas, Blood Vessels, Parking Lot Traffic
PATTERN GROUP:
BRANCHING or DENDRITIC
COLLECTION & DISPERSAL
DendriticCOLLECTION & DISPERSAL
12 ORDERS OF STRAHLER STREAMS
COLLECTION & DISPERSAL
COLLECTION & DISPERSAL
COLLECTION & DISPERSAL
COMPLEX BRANCHING
FRACTALS
Systems within Systems
PATTERNS WITHIN PATTERNS
COMPLEX BRANCHING
PACKING & CRACKINGPolygons
Honeycombs, Radiolarians, Cracked Mud, Corn Kernels, Ice Crystals
PATTERN GROUP:
HONEYCOMBPACKING & CRACKING
CURVES COMPILED OF STRAIGHT LINES
PACKING & CRACKING
DESIGNING WITH NATURE’S PATTERNS
Spirals in DesignHERB SPIRAL
BRIDGE DESIGN
E X PA N S I O N
WHEELINGS & CEILINGS
RESILIENCY & INTEGRATION
TRIANGLE PLANTING
WIND TURBINES
TERRACES
FLOWFORMSPulsating Creators
The Roman Grid
Natural Movement followsCURVES & ANGLES for EFFICIENCY
Curitiba, Brazil
DESIGN FOR HUMANS
URBAN PATTERNS from Nature
CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS
GEODESIC STRUCTURES
STRENGTH, STABILITY & FRUGALITY
CITY Repair
Intersection Repair & Common Space Development
COMMUNITY Repair
Interconnectedness
Boundlessness
Harmony
Resonance
BEAUTY = FUNCTION
FUNCTION = BEAUTY