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Terraced Slope

Opening context:
Site Repair, Building Edge, Connection to the Earth

Conflict

On sloping land, erosion caused by run off can kill the soil. It also created uneven distribution of rainwater over the land, which naturally does less for plant life than it could if it were evenly distributed.

Resolution

On all land with slopes — in fields, in parks, in public gardens, even in the private gardens around a house — make a system of terraces and bunds which follow the contour lines. Make them by building low walls along the contour lines, and backfilling them with earth to form the terraces.

There is no reason why the building itself should fit into the terraces — it can comfortably cross terrace lines.

Closing context:
Vegetable Garden, Fruit Trees, Raised Flowers, Sitting Wall