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City design and architecture adapt shelter, movement, open space, and life support systems to The Natural Domain. From this perspective, design determines our ability to shelter growing populations within a limited Built Domain that does not threaten its source of life; and intensity is a label for the knowledge required. When this knowledge is accumulated, design recommendations will be defended with expanded explanations of benefit that include our physical, social, psychological and economic quality of life - not to mention our sustainable future. The following examples depend on a forecast model to predict architectural capacity and intensity from the data entered in its design specification template, but the impact implied by the intensity levels predicted is unknown. We simply know from experience that some of these predictions represent excessive intensity. We will have to rely on experience until research produces the conclusions we need to acquire knowledge. It's an essential step into the sustainable future, because we cannot shelter growing populations within a limited Built Domain until we learn more about intensity; and we must learn in order to protect their source of life - The Natural Domain. The complete essay is too long and contains too many illustrations to post here. It can be found on my web site. ------------------------------------------- Walter Hosack Author Walter M. Hosack Dublin OH -------------------------------------------
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