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The regenerative aspects of nature, inclusive of patterns, is represented in the Regenerative-Adaptive
Design Model. This adaptive process can be referred to as the regenerative- adaptive system of processes, as described in the next section.
10.6.2 Regenerative-Adaptive System of Processes
In the analysis of the ‘Regenerative Development and Design Methodology’ (Mang & Reed, 2012),
we have identified that the regenerative process is an open dialogue growing out of the emerging
understanding of a place that comes from the knowledge of the community. The approach includes
three phases of generation: understanding and conceptualising the relationship to place, design for
harmony, and the co-evolution of human and habitat to sustain its survival capacity. These phases are
encapsulated in the Living systems thinking framework and demonstrated in an evolutionary spiral,
depicting a growing systemic capacity as it actualizes a specific project (Fig. 10.3).
The living systems thinking framework advocated by Mang and Reed (2012) depicts three phases
for design and development. First is understanding and conceptualising the right relationship to place.
Second is designing for harmony with the place, and third is the consideration of co-evolution of all
aspects of the place. This framework highlights that the people who inhabit the place need to regenerate, manage, and sustain it over time, thus achieving a state of sustainability.
A framework that considers change over various time dynamics and forces of impact can be represented as the regenerative-adaptive system of processes. This system of processes considers all the
relevant dynamics of change, even the impacts of direct and instant change, as well as a constant
process of evolution adapting to internal and external forces. These phases of change, in addition to
understanding, harmonizing and sustaining, are encapsulated in the regenerative- adaptive system of
processes, demonstrated in an enhanced evolutionary spiral (Fig. 10.4).
The regenerative-adaptive system of processes depicted in Fig. 10.4 includes four processes for the
design and development of a place:
• Place – Identify and define the place in the context of its unique dynamics and potential, the community’s relationship to it and its values, and the understanding of the phenomena that make it up
(its levels of scale);
• Core patterns – The story of the place; identifying the core patterns evident in the built and natural
environments that depict the working of the place and that reflect its unique character;
• Generative code – An accumulation of the core patterns of a place, which include all the information
to develop and generate it in a way that creates a whole place connected to its environment; and
• Regenerative-Adaptive – Concept for a systematic regenerative-adaptive design, planning and
development process that can realise the co-evolution of both human and natural habitats of the
place, depicting its potential for future resilience.
The regenerative-adaptive system of processes provides guidance for the process flow in developing the Regenerative-Adaptive Design Model. The model needs to be able to take all the principles of
regenerative-adaptive theory and include these in an overall framework that combines them all into a
system of processes (Roös & Jones, 2017).
10.6.3 Model Attributes
The attributes of the model, based on a system of processes, include the following:
• Understanding and define place: ‘How big is here?’ Findings of heritage, cultural, economic, geographic, demographic, climatic and ecological characteristics;
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The regenerative aspects of nature, inclusive of patterns, is represented in the Regenerative-Adaptive
Design Model. This adaptive process can be referred to as the regenerative- adaptive system of processes, as described in the next section.
10.6.2 Regenerative-Adaptive System of Processes
In the analysis of the ‘Regenerative Development and Design Methodology’ (Mang & Reed, 2012),
we have identified that the regenerative process is an open dialogue growing out of the emerging
understanding of a place that comes from the knowledge of the community. The approach includes
three phases of generation: understanding and conceptualising the relationship to place, design for
harmony, and the co-evolution of human and habitat to sustain its survival capacity. These phases are
encapsulated in the Living systems thinking framework and demonstrated in an evolutionary spiral,
depicting a growing systemic capacity as it actualizes a specific project (Fig. 10.3).
The living systems thinking framework advocated by Mang and Reed (2012) depicts three phases
for design and development. First is understanding and conceptualising the right relationship to place.
Second is designing for harmony with the place, and third is the consideration of co-evolution of all
aspects of the place. This framework highlights that the people who inhabit the place need to regenerate, manage, and sustain it over time, thus achieving a state of sustainability.
A framework that considers change over various time dynamics and forces of impact can be represented as the regenerative-adaptive system of processes. This system of processes considers all the
relevant dynamics of change, even the impacts of direct and instant change, as well as a constant
process of evolution adapting to internal and external forces. These phases of change, in addition to
understanding, harmonizing and sustaining, are encapsulated in the regenerative- adaptive system of
processes, demonstrated in an enhanced evolutionary spiral (Fig. 10.4).
The regenerative-adaptive system of processes depicted in Fig. 10.4 includes four processes for the
design and development of a place:
• Place – Identify and define the place in the context of its unique dynamics and potential, the community’s relationship to it and its values, and the understanding of the phenomena that make it up
(its levels of scale);
• Core patterns – The story of the place; identifying the core patterns evident in the built and natural
environments that depict the working of the place and that reflect its unique character;
• Generative code – An accumulation of the core patterns of a place, which include all the information
to develop and generate it in a way that creates a whole place connected to its environment; and
• Regenerative-Adaptive – Concept for a systematic regenerative-adaptive design, planning and
development process that can realise the co-evolution of both human and natural habitats of the
place, depicting its potential for future resilience.
The regenerative-adaptive system of processes provides guidance for the process flow in developing the Regenerative-Adaptive Design Model. The model needs to be able to take all the principles of
regenerative-adaptive theory and include these in an overall framework that combines them all into a
system of processes (Roös & Jones, 2017).
10.6.3 Model Attributes
The attributes of the model, based on a system of processes, include the following:
• Understanding and define place: ‘How big is here?’ Findings of heritage, cultural, economic, geographic, demographic, climatic and ecological characteristics;
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