Pattern UnderstandingRecognition & Application

PATTERNS & RHYTHMSthe Heart Beat of the Universe

PLANETARY RHYTHMS

TIDAL RHYTHMS

GEOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

CLIMATIC RHYTHMS

SEASONAL RHYTHMS

ANCIENT PATTERN APPLICATION

PATTERN GROUPS

1) EXPANSION & CONTRACTION

2) GROWTH3) FLOW4) TURBULENT FLOW5) COLLECTION &

DISPERSAL6) PACKING &

CRACKING

SCALE, FUNCTION & STRUCTURE

E X PA N S I O N & CONTRACTION

Eggs, Nests, Cherries, Arches, Seeds, Caves, Cells, Planets

SPHERES, HEMISPHERE & DOMES

PATTERN GROUP:

EGG SHAPE

STRENGTH, MOVEMENT & REBIRTH

E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION

FROM WATER REVITLIZATION & STORAGE

TO ENDLESS AQUADUCTS

E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION

SPOKE & WHEEL

BALANCED DISTRIBUTION

E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION

APERATURES

EXPANSION & CONTRACTION

SPIRALS WITH SPOKE & WHEEL

E X P A N S I O N & CONTRACTION

GROWTH

Hurricanes, Mollusk Shells, Fiddleheads, Herb Spirals, Spider Webs

SPIRALS & HELIXES

PATTERN GROUP:

Fibonacci Sequence

THE GOLDEN RATIO: PHI ΦGROWTH

Another Way to Understand It

Length of the line

segment (C)

Length ofthe entire line

(A)

Length of line segment (B)

Length of line segment (B)

=

WHERE THIS RATIO EQUALS THIS RATIO

GROWTH

PHI Φ

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GROWTH

DYNAMIC & BALANCEDGROWTH

HELIXESCOMPOUND DIMENSIONAL SPIRALS

GROWTH

WEB PATTERNSSPIRALS WITH SPOKE & WHEEL

GROWTH & RESILIENCY

FLOW

Sand Dunes, Hummingbird Flight, Berms & Swales, Heartbeats

WAVES & MEANDER

PATTERN GROUP:

WAVESRHYTHM & FREQUENCY

WINDTIDES

SOUNDLIGHT & HEAT

SEISMIC ENERGYELECTROMAGNETI

SM

EXPRESSING THE INVISIBLE

FLOW

ENERGY is

CAUSE while

FORM is

EFFECT

CYMATICS

FLOW

MEANDERINGSINUOUS, CALMING & SLOW

FLOW

Stream Restoration

In Stream Gabions & Large Woody Debris

SLOW, SPREAD & SINK

FLOW

CORE MODEL

GROWTH & FLOW

FLOW

FLOW

TURBULENT FLOWOVERBECK JET, VORTEX & LOBE

Mushrooms, Von Karman Trails, Jellyfish, Eckman Spirals, Wind Turbulence

PATTERN GROUP:

All Life in Motion

OVERBECK JETVIGOROUS GROWTH & DISRUPTION OF FLOW

TURBULENT FLOW

EKMAN SPIRALSCOMPOUNDED OVERBECK JETS IN AIR

PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE

TURBULENT FLOW

COMPOUNDED OVERBECK JETS IN AIREKMAN SPIRALS

Practical application of Ekman Spirals in a “least path” design for a garden

TURBULENT FLOW

KEYHOLE GARDENSPATHS OF LEAST RESISTANCE

TURBULENT FLOW

VORTICESSPINNING FLOW OF FLUID OR AIR

SPEED, POWER & TURBULENCE

TURBULENT FLOW

WATER PURIFICATION & AERODYNAMICS

VORTICES IN ACTIONTURBULENT FLOW

LOBE & CRENULATION PATTERNSINCREASE EDGE FOR INCREASED EXCHANGE

TURBULENT FLOW

COLLECTION & DISPERSALBRANCHING & FRACTALS

Feathers, River Deltas, Blood Vessels, Parking Lot Traffic

PATTERN GROUP:

BRANCHING or DENDRITIC

COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

DendriticCOLLECTION & DISPERSAL

12 ORDERS OF STRAHLER STREAMS

COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

COLLECTION & DISPERSAL

COMPLEX BRANCHING

FRACTALS

Systems within Systems

PATTERNS WITHIN PATTERNS

COMPLEX BRANCHING

PACKING & CRACKINGPolygons

Honeycombs, Radiolarians, Cracked Mud, Corn Kernels, Ice Crystals

PATTERN GROUP:

HONEYCOMBPACKING & CRACKING

CURVES COMPILED OF STRAIGHT LINES

PACKING & CRACKING

DESIGNING WITH NATURE’S PATTERNS

Spirals in DesignHERB SPIRAL

BRIDGE DESIGN

E X PA N S I O N

WHEELINGS & CEILINGS

RESILIENCY & INTEGRATION

TRIANGLE PLANTING

WIND TURBINES

TERRACES

FLOWFORMSPulsating Creators

The Roman Grid

Natural Movement followsCURVES & ANGLES for EFFICIENCY

Curitiba, Brazil

DESIGN FOR HUMANS

URBAN PATTERNS from Nature

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

GEODESIC STRUCTURES

STRENGTH, STABILITY & FRUGALITY

CITY Repair

Intersection Repair & Common Space Development

COMMUNITY Repair

Interconnectedness

Boundlessness

Harmony

Resonance

BEAUTY = FUNCTION

FUNCTION = BEAUTY