Tag: ReflectivePractice

Warp from the present to the future

In a traditional loom, strong fibres are stretched out in one direction, through which a second set of perpendicular threads is tied in. These longitudinal threads are called…

Seeing the pattern in the strands

In 2022 I founded the Regenerative Design Lab with the intention of helping to figure out what regenerative design might mean for the construction industry, and how we…

Forest Ark – a lesson in continuous place-based design

The Forest Ark is our most distinctive building at Hazel Hill Wood. It was designed in 2008 to showcase high-tech, off-grid living. Within its curving, organic form, rainwater…

Observe | Brief | Ideas | Test | Repeat

This week I’ve been making the case for a continuous, place-based approach to design. As James Norman and I set out in the Regenerative Structural Engineer, we see…

What is Continuous Place-Based Design?

Continuous Place-Based Design is distinct from its opposite — Short-Term Design from Anywhere (see yesterday’s post). The following is an extract from a new entry I wrote today…

Human beings or human doings

It is easy to look back on the year and list what you have done – projects started and milestones met, things ticked off. It is much harder…

Setting learning goals vs. seeing what happens

This came up in a recent training course. I always ask people what they want to get out of a training programme. To set themselves some learning goals….

Mindset leverage

Are you excited about the possibilities of your next project? Or worried about the unknowns? Do you see the possibility for competition or collaboration? There is not a…