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FOREST MENTORS
Nature is decentralized and redundant. Every process in
nature, such as the process of evaporation in forests,
occurs across multiple points in a system. In the native
Northwest forests, textures that hold water, large surface
areas, and absorptive qualities of surfaces all create
favorable conditions for evaporation. These
characteristics can be found throughout the system, from
the top of the canopy down into the structure of the soil.
When considered in combination with general conditions
that affect evaporation, such as air movement and time
of exposure, these forest elements can be mentors for us
to learn from. Their forms and processes suggest new
strategies designers can employ to promote evaporation
in the built environment.
\ DESIGN CONCEPTS LEARNED FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS seedkit
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