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Chapter 10
A Regenerative-Adaptive Pattern Language
Abstract Going beyond sustainability, which is mostly focused on a minimum or ‘less harm’
approach, the concept of regenerative design and development considers the improvement of a sustainable system as going beyond just being ‘sustainable’. The central message from the regenerative
paradigm is that not only should human activities that are degenerative to the environment be minimized, but rather we should move towards a concept of maximising human activities that restore and
regenerate ecological systems.
The regenerative design approach, which includes regenerative development, engages communities and practitioners in a dialogue to develop higher orders of aspirations of sustainability through
understanding and problem- solving by storytelling – in essence, developing a language for place that
regenerates and improves the environment. This shifts the focus of a design problem from singular,
separate parts (or mechanical approach) to an all-encompassing, integral approach that looks at the
whole system. However, forces of change are always present, and regenerative systems need to have
the ability of adaptation. To deal with this complexity, the regenerative- adaptive pattern language
was developed, which considers the dynamics of both humanmade and natural environments and
includes the formulation of the ‘notion of regenerative- adaptive patterns’ equation. This chapter proceeds with the devising of the regenerative-adaptive pattern language, accumulating key aspects and
messages from previous chapters, and charters a new knowledge system. The concluding section
describes a regenerative-adaptive design model that can be used to apply the pattern language to the
design of our human settlements, with the premise that this model provides an innovative solution that
goes beyond the current practice of sustainable design and development. The chapter concludes with
the fundamental pattern Notion Of Regenerative-Adaptive Patterns [10], providing instructions how to navigate through the complexity of the pattern language.
Keywords Regenerative paradigm · Regenerative- adaptive patterns · Pattern language · Forces of
change · Ecological worldview · Notion of patterns · Adaptation · Regenerative design
Upward links:
… in the Transformation Of Wholeness [9] we have identified that the 15 properties of wholeness unfold
specific core patterns and generative codes of a place following the steps of morphogenetic sequences. The generative processes of design are based on Regenerative Ecosystems [8], and a generative process of design
needs to follow the layers of place as indicated in Nature’s Design [7]. Regenerative-adaptive design deals
with multiple layers of complexity at place, and requires the guidance of the Notion Of RegenerativeAdaptive Patterns [10].
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
P. B. Roös, Regenerative-Adaptive Design for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development
Goals Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53234-5_10
Chapter 10
A Regenerative-Adaptive Pattern Language
Abstract Going beyond sustainability, which is mostly focused on a minimum or ‘less harm’
approach, the concept of regenerative design and development considers the improvement of a sustainable system as going beyond just being ‘sustainable’. The central message from the regenerative
paradigm is that not only should human activities that are degenerative to the environment be minimized, but rather we should move towards a concept of maximising human activities that restore and
regenerate ecological systems.
The regenerative design approach, which includes regenerative development, engages communities and practitioners in a dialogue to develop higher orders of aspirations of sustainability through
understanding and problem- solving by storytelling – in essence, developing a language for place that
regenerates and improves the environment. This shifts the focus of a design problem from singular,
separate parts (or mechanical approach) to an all-encompassing, integral approach that looks at the
whole system. However, forces of change are always present, and regenerative systems need to have
the ability of adaptation. To deal with this complexity, the regenerative- adaptive pattern language
was developed, which considers the dynamics of both humanmade and natural environments and
includes the formulation of the ‘notion of regenerative- adaptive patterns’ equation. This chapter proceeds with the devising of the regenerative-adaptive pattern language, accumulating key aspects and
messages from previous chapters, and charters a new knowledge system. The concluding section
describes a regenerative-adaptive design model that can be used to apply the pattern language to the
design of our human settlements, with the premise that this model provides an innovative solution that
goes beyond the current practice of sustainable design and development. The chapter concludes with
the fundamental pattern Notion Of Regenerative-Adaptive Patterns [10], providing instructions how to navigate through the complexity of the pattern language.
Keywords Regenerative paradigm · Regenerative- adaptive patterns · Pattern language · Forces of
change · Ecological worldview · Notion of patterns · Adaptation · Regenerative design
Upward links:
… in the Transformation Of Wholeness [9] we have identified that the 15 properties of wholeness unfold
specific core patterns and generative codes of a place following the steps of morphogenetic sequences. The generative processes of design are based on Regenerative Ecosystems [8], and a generative process of design
needs to follow the layers of place as indicated in Nature’s Design [7]. Regenerative-adaptive design deals
with multiple layers of complexity at place, and requires the guidance of the Notion Of RegenerativeAdaptive Patterns [10].