Permaculture Design Certificate Course session. Learning how to read forms and structures in nature and interpret their functions to improve efficiency in design.

1. Recognition & Application

9. 1) EXPANSION &
CONTRACTION
2) GROWTH
3) FLOW
4) TURBULENT FLOW
5) COLLECTION &
DISPERSAL
6) PACKING &
CRACKING

10. PATTERN GROUP:
E X PA N S I O N & CONTRACTION
SPHERES, HEMISPHERE & DOMES
Eggs, Nests, Cherries, Arches, Seeds, Caves, Cells, Planets

11. E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
STRENGTH, MOVEMENT & REBIRTH

12. E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
TO ENDLESS AQUADUCTS

13. E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
BALANCED DISTRIBUTION

14. E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION
EXPANSION & CONTRACTION

15. PATTERN GROUP:
GROWTH
SPIRALS & HELIXES
Hurricanes, Mollusk Shells, Fiddleheads, Herb Spirals, Spider Webs

16. GROWTH

17. GROWTH
Another Way to Understand It
WHERE THIS RATIO EQUALS THIS
RATIO
Length of Length of line
the entire line (A) segment (B)
Length of line
= Length of the
segment (B) line segment (C)

18. GROWTH
1.618033988749894848204586
83436563811772030917980576
28621354486227052604628189
04497072072041893911374847
54088075386891752126633862
22353693179318006076672635
4333890865959395829056383
22661319928290267880675208
76689250171169620703222104
3216269548626296313614438
14975870122034080588795445
4749246185695…

19. GROWTH

20. GROWTH

21. GROWTH & RESILIENCY

22. PATTERN GROUP:
FLOW
WAVES & MEANDER
Sand Dunes, Hummingbird Flight, Berms & Swales, Heartbeats

23. FLOW
EXPRESSING THE INVISIBLE
WIND
TIDES
SOUND
LIGHT & HEAT
SEISMIC ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETISM

24. FLOW
CYMATICS
is
CAUSE
while
is
EFFECT

25. FLOW

26. FLOW
In Stream Gabions &
Large Woody Debris
SLOW, SPREAD & SINK

27. FLOW
GROWTH & FLOW

28. FLOW

29. PATTERN GROUP:
TURBULENT FLOW
OVERBECK JET, VORTEX & LOBE
Mushrooms, Von Karman Trails, Jellyfish, Eckman Spirals, Wind Turbulence

30. TURBULENT FLOW
All Life in
Motion

31. TURBULENT FLOW
PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE

32. TURBULENT FLOW
Practical application of Ekman Spirals in a
“least path” design for a garden

33. TURBULENT FLOW
KEYHOLE GARDENS

34. TURBULENT FLOW
SPEED, POWER & TURBULENCE

35. TURBULENT FLOW

36. TURBULENT FLOW

37. PATTERN GROUP:
COLLECTION & DISPERSAL
BRANCHING & FRACTALS
Feathers, River Deltas, Blood Vessels, Parking Lot Traffic

38. COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

39. COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

40. COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

41. COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

42. COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

43. COMPLEX BRANCHING
Systems within Systems

44. COMPLEX BRANCHING

45. PATTERN GROUP:
PACKING & CRACKING
Polygons
Honeycombs, Radiolarians, Cracked Mud, Corn Kernels, Ice Crystals

46. PACKING & CRACKING

47. PACKING & CRACKING
CURVES COMPILED OF STRAIGHT LINES

48. DESIGNING WITH
NATURE’S PATTERNS

50. EXPANSION

58. Natural Movement follows
CURVES & ANGLES for EFFICIENCY

59. DESIGN FOR HUMANS

62. STRENGTH, STABILITY & FRUGALITY

63. CITY Intersection Repair &
Repair Common Space Development

64. COMMUNITY Repair

69. BEAUTY = FUNCTION