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to a specific place. This ‘systems of processes’ methodology is demonstrated as part of the regenerativeadaptive design model in Fig. 11.2.
This methodology was used to analyse 6 coastal towns along the Great Ocean Road Coast (the
larger region), which informed the identified similarities of generic generative codes and the core
patterns established for each town. For each town, further steps included the identification of wholeness of place; the regenerative attributes of place; forces of change; the long-term history of human
and landscape interaction; and the development of regenerative-adaptive patterns of place. Due to
the extensive data analysis, and mammoth undertaking of 6 years’ research, it is beyond the scope of
this book to report on each town’s analysis. Only the town of Anglesea is reflected upon.
11.2 Application Methodology
The collection of and interpretation of data to understand the phenomena of patterns was conducted
using an abductive reasoning strategy. The nature of patterns,
1
which are evident in the changing
landscape, social and cultural perspectives, place character and climate change impacts, and the
understanding of place by local residents in the coastal towns, justify the use of an abductive reasoning strategy. Further, methods and generative processes described in Alexander’s A Pattern Language
(1977), The Timeless Way of Building (1979), and Book 1 and 2 of The Nature of Order (2001–2005a,
b) informed the methodology for data collection, interpretation, analysis and community engagement
for this case study. The methods in these theories underpin the regenerative-adaptive design model
(RADM); the ‘system of processes’ that informs the 8 stages of information collection and interpretation; the development of the regenerative- adaptive patterns; and the application of the RADM for
identifying adaption planning and design options. The stages include:
• Stage 1: Understand and define place;
• Stage 2: Explore the wholeness of place;
• Stage 3: Diagnosis of place identifying the core patterns, developing a generative code, and identifying its regenerative attributes;
• Stage 4: Identify the forces of change that impact place;
• Stage 5: Identify the long-term history of human and landscape interaction;
• Stage 6: Develop the regenerative-adaptive patterns of place, including application of the notion
of regenerative-adaptive equation;
• Stage 7: Describe the overall regenerative- adaptive pattern language of the place, confirming
whether all the attributes support the fundamental patterns; and
• Stage 8: Identify options for future adaptive planning and design.
The stages and corresponding attributes of the regenerative-adaptive design model are described in
Table 11.1.
11.3 The Great Ocean Road Coastal Region
As noted previously, it is important to understand the broader context of a settlement in its regional
context and location within the levels of scale in an ecological framework. What is unique about the
Great Ocean Road coastal region and its settlements? Understanding this context will help to develop
1 The ‘nature of patterns’ is an abstract occurrence of physical relationships, which resolve a small system of interacting
and conflicting forces that is independent of all other forces.
11.3 The Great Ocean Road Coastal Region
to a specific place. This ‘systems of processes’ methodology is demonstrated as part of the regenerativeadaptive design model in Fig. 11.2.
This methodology was used to analyse 6 coastal towns along the Great Ocean Road Coast (the
larger region), which informed the identified similarities of generic generative codes and the core
patterns established for each town. For each town, further steps included the identification of wholeness of place; the regenerative attributes of place; forces of change; the long-term history of human
and landscape interaction; and the development of regenerative-adaptive patterns of place. Due to
the extensive data analysis, and mammoth undertaking of 6 years’ research, it is beyond the scope of
this book to report on each town’s analysis. Only the town of Anglesea is reflected upon.
11.2 Application Methodology
The collection of and interpretation of data to understand the phenomena of patterns was conducted
using an abductive reasoning strategy. The nature of patterns,
1
which are evident in the changing
landscape, social and cultural perspectives, place character and climate change impacts, and the
understanding of place by local residents in the coastal towns, justify the use of an abductive reasoning strategy. Further, methods and generative processes described in Alexander’s A Pattern Language
(1977), The Timeless Way of Building (1979), and Book 1 and 2 of The Nature of Order (2001–2005a,
b) informed the methodology for data collection, interpretation, analysis and community engagement
for this case study. The methods in these theories underpin the regenerative-adaptive design model
(RADM); the ‘system of processes’ that informs the 8 stages of information collection and interpretation; the development of the regenerative- adaptive patterns; and the application of the RADM for
identifying adaption planning and design options. The stages include:
• Stage 1: Understand and define place;
• Stage 2: Explore the wholeness of place;
• Stage 3: Diagnosis of place identifying the core patterns, developing a generative code, and identifying its regenerative attributes;
• Stage 4: Identify the forces of change that impact place;
• Stage 5: Identify the long-term history of human and landscape interaction;
• Stage 6: Develop the regenerative-adaptive patterns of place, including application of the notion
of regenerative-adaptive equation;
• Stage 7: Describe the overall regenerative- adaptive pattern language of the place, confirming
whether all the attributes support the fundamental patterns; and
• Stage 8: Identify options for future adaptive planning and design.
The stages and corresponding attributes of the regenerative-adaptive design model are described in
Table 11.1.
11.3 The Great Ocean Road Coastal Region
As noted previously, it is important to understand the broader context of a settlement in its regional
context and location within the levels of scale in an ecological framework. What is unique about the
Great Ocean Road coastal region and its settlements? Understanding this context will help to develop
1 The ‘nature of patterns’ is an abstract occurrence of physical relationships, which resolve a small system of interacting
and conflicting forces that is independent of all other forces.
11.3 The Great Ocean Road Coastal Region