‘Earth Repair’ began as a response to what I considered to be an emergency situation. March 11, 2011 – quoting from my journal – ‘Emergency. It has been a long winter here on the island. The deer are hungry. They are eating the bark on my precious Indian Plum. I need to care for this tree. The […]
Read More...For my studio design I started with pattern 104 Site Repair. ‘Buildings must always be built on those parts of the land which are in the worst condition, not the best.’ The idea is the building will improve the site and leave the beautiful places in tact. We have a problematic area in our back […]
Read More...I used the ‘Pattern Language’ system for designing the reworking of our back yard and the conceptual design of my new studio. Christopher Alexander and his Berkeley team in the Centre for Environmental Structure came up with 253 patterns or problems that occur in our environment and their solutions, which are like instructions on what […]
Read More...Two workers from Edibella Organic Landscapes constructed fences to protect the trees next to the construction site. Michael Cowan, owner of Edibella, was on site during the site excavation as the certified arborist, a requirement of the building permit. Tom at work putting the topsoil in one pile and the lower horizons in another until he […]
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