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    The Prince of Wales sets out ten key principles for sustainableurban growth that values tradition

    I was somewhat surprised to be asked by this magazine to explain why Iconsider traditional approaches and universal principles so important in thedesign of buildings and urban environments. It is heartening, I must say, thatthe magazine is encouraging a Big Rethink because designing places accordingto the human scale and with Nature at the heart of the process has always beenmy central concern. The reason for that, I think, has too often beenmisunderstood

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    I have lost count of the times I have been accused of wanting to turn the clockback to some Golden Age. Nothing could be further from my mind. My concernis the future. We face the terrifying prospect by 2050 of another three billionpeople on this planet needing to be housed, and architects and urban designershave an enormous role to play in responding to this challenge. We have to workout now how we will create resilient, truly sustainable and human-scale urbanenvironments that are land-efficient, use low-carbon materials and do notdepend so completely upon the car. However, for these places to enhance thequality of peoples lives and strengthen the bonds of community, we have toreconnect with those traditional approaches and techniques honed overthousands of years which, only in the 20th century, were seen as old-fashionedand of no use in a progressive modern age. It is time to take a more matureview.

    The Prince of Wales at Poundbury in Dorset in December 2001. Built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall,Poundbury is the urban extension to Dorchester built on principles of architecture and urban planning as advocatedby The Prince of Wales in his book, A Vision of Britain (1989). The development is conceived as a model for humanlyscaled and genuinely sustainable urban development

    I say this because those universal principles are expressed in the order ofNature, which can never be old- fashioned. Nature is only ever of paramountcontemporary importance and, although we think we can, we ignore the orderof Nature at our peril. It exists for good reason.

    By 2050 another three billion people will needto be housed, and architects and urban

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    designers have an enormous role to play inresponding to this challenge

    Natures order is not simple. It is complex, deeply interconnected and innatelybeautiful a fact worth pondering. It is curious that we do not have to thinkabout finding a rose beautiful; it simply is, and I would suggest this is becausewe feel an immediate, intuitive resonance with its form and pattern. This ismuch the same experience when we stand beneath a rose window in a HighGothic cathedral. Those who created such structures in medieval Europe soughtto produce physical manifestations of the Divine order of the universe inshort, a model of Heaven on Earth and to do so they derived their designsfrom Natures geometry which, for all its beauty and diversity, begins with onesimple action: the division of a single circle.

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    The circle is an age-old symbol of unity and out of that key relationshipbetween the point and the line comes a multiplicity of shapes and patterns.There is seemingly limitless diversity, but it is directly bound at every turn byits reference to the point at the centre, the origin of the circle. In this way, rosewindows are truly original works of art. They are an expression of the origin ofthings the creative principle which, in the worlds sacred traditions, is calledthe Divine. Traditional art and architecture are the product of this perception,symbolising the fact that everything in the manifest world is connected. This iswhy such patterning is referred to as sacred geometry. Not because it createswindows in churches, but because it displays the order which is sacred to allthings. Consider the fact that no two snowflakes are ever the same, and yet each

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    is held together by the same sixfold geometry.

    This is why I have placed such importance on the teaching of geometry at mySchool of Traditional Arts. This spiritual mathematics, which Plato called oneof the universal languages of humanity, is a precise grammar of harmony andtime and again I have found it communicates directly to people by resonatingwith their true being.

    It was fascinating, for instance, to hear recently of an event at the BritishMuseum, called Meeting of Minds, where an audience of high-profiledesigners and creative directors was introduced to this geometry by one of thestaff at my School of Traditional Arts. Many said afterwards that simply using acompass and drawing with a pencil for the first time since they were at schoolmade a remarkable impression, but it was when they were shown the practicalside of pattern making that they started to get the point. They learnt howcomplex, intricate patterns can be constructed from a square derived from acircle. The tutor deliberately allowed them to become confused in this processso that they found no sense in what they were doing until, suddenly, they sawthe patterns emerge. It was apparently a breathtaking moment of realisationand, judging from the feedback, many were overwhelmed by what theydiscovered. One wrote it had been a perception-changing experience andreported there had been discussion into the night about the implications oflooking at the world in this way. Several asked if the tutor would run similarsessions for their entire studios and one said he now realized why he hadalways been so moved by a cathedral mentioned in the subsequent talk. Isuddenly saw it is all about the numbers, it is all about Nature.

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    A student learning about geometry at The Princes School of Traditional Arts

    One senior executive from a very well-known corporation said she had realizedwith some dread that her companys brand new headquarters, still underconstruction, were unlikely to work. The original cluster of buildings resembleda series of village centres that had grown organically as the company expanded.But these had been bulldozed away and in their place a vast, open-plan officecomplex was being constructed which did not have community at the heart ofits purpose. She saw that the old arrangement had been key to producing thecompanys immensely creative process of development and design. Only one

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    local architect had pointed this out, but his old-fashioned idea of creating anew series of interconnected hubs had been overruled by the corporate desirefor an iconic building that would reflect the companys success. Time will tellwho was right.

    I have no doubt this will seem a very esoteric argument to some architectsworking on the front line in the real world, but what I am describing here is anapproach to design based upon the crystalline analysis of the working ofNature. Putting the human being at the centre of the design process goesbeyond seeing people as pedestrians. As traditional thinking teaches, basingdesigns on the timeless universal principles expressed by Natures orderenables the full scope of our humanity to be fulfilled, on the physical,communal, cultural and spiritual levels.

    What has concerned me about the design and planning of so many modernbuilt environments during the greater part of the 20th century is that these fourinterconnecting levels have been completely abandoned and ignored, to theextent that their rediscovery is seen as an exciting revelation. Emphasis hasbeen placed purely on the functional with no integrated understanding of howthe order of Nature informs the well-being of people. Hence, towns have beensystematically broken down into zones with shopping and commercial zonessitting separately from the housing zones they serve, many of which lookexactly the same, being made of the same industrialized materials wherever inthe country they are built. And, with business parks and leisure centres built onurban fringes, the entire system only functions because of the car. Theopportunities for fragmentation and isolation are everywhere.

    The serene harmony of compositions such as that of the Taj Mahal is achieved by a carefully calibrated system ofgeometrical relationships illustrated here by Paul Marchant, Director of Education at The Princes School ofTraditional Arts

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    This is why my Foundation for Building Community places such importanceupon the street and the need for them to be laid out in a legible,interconnected network with the pedestrian at the heart of the design process.The aim is for walkable, legible urban centres where mixed-income housing,shops, business premises and leisure facilities fit together. This creates surpriseand variety in a mix that is unified by an underlying coherence. The use of localmaterials is critical, as is a masterplan that is based upon a regions distinctivetraditional architectural signature. In this way a development does not justfollow the dictates of fashion which, by definition, can often appear worn-outand less than appropriate over time. Instead it seeks to create a settlement witha local identity and a strong sense of place; one that engenders integratedcommunities where people can enjoy a sense of shared pride in where they live.

    In order to do this, the masterplan must accord to 10 important geometricprinciples (see below). This approach does not deny the benefits andconvenience that our modern technology brings. Far from it, the aim is to mixthe best of the old with the best of the new. All I am suggesting is that the newalone is not enough. We have to be mindful of the long-term consequences ofwhat we construct in the public realm and, in its design, reclaim our humanityand our connection with Nature, both of which, because of the corporate ratherthan human way in which our urban spaces have been designed, have comeunder increasing threat. To counter this, I believe we have to revisit thelearning that for so long has been embedded in traditional approachesto design, simply because they are so rooted in our own connection withNatures patterns and processes. As we face so many critical challenges in theyears ahead, these approaches are crying out to be brought back to the forefrontof contemporary practice.

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    Developments must respect the land. They should not be intrusive; they shouldbe designed to fit within the landscape they occupy.

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    Architecture is a language. We have to abide by the grammatical ground rules,otherwise dissonance and confusion abound. This is why a building codecan be so valuable.

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    Scale is also key. Not only should buildings relate to human proportions, theyshould correspond to the scale of the other buildings and elements aroundthem. Too many of our towns have been spoiled by casually placed, oversized

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    buildings of little distinction that carry no civic meaning.

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    Harmony the playing together of all parts. The look of each building shouldbe in tune with its neighbours, which does not mean creating uniformity.Richness comes from diversity, as Nature demonstrates, but there must becoherence, which is often achieved by attention to details like the style of doorcases, balconies, cornices and railings.

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    The creation of well-designed enclosures. Rather than clusters of separatehouses set at jagged angles, spaces that are bounded and enclosed by buildingsare not only more visually satisfying, they encourage walking and feel safer.

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    Materials also matter. In the UK, as elsewhere, we have become dependentupon bland, standardized building materials. There is much too much concrete,plastic cladding, aluminium, glass and steel employed, which lends a place nodistinctive character. For buildings to look as if they belong, we need to draw onlocal building materials and regional traditional styles.

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    Signs, lights and utilities. They can be easily overused. We should also bury asmany wires as possible and limit signage. A lesson learned from Poundbury isthat it is possible to rid the street of nearly all road signs by using events like abend, square or tree every 60-80 metres, which cause drivers to slow downnaturally.

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    The pedestrian must be at the centre of the design process. Streets must bereclaimed from the car.

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    Density. Space is at a premium, but we do not have to resort to high-rise towerblocks which alienate and isolate. I believe there are far more communalbenefits from terraces and the mansion block. You only have to consider the

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    charm and beauty of a place like Kensington and Chelsea in London to see whatI mean. It is often forgotten that this borough is the most densely populatedone in London.

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    Flexibility. Rigid, conventional planning and rules of road engineering renderall the above instantly null and void, but I have found it is possible to buildflexibility into schemes and I am pleased to say that many of the innovationswe have tried out in the past 20 years are now reflected in national engineeringguidance, such as The Manual For Streets.

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