A portion of the Great Barrier Reef from space. Parts of the structure resemble a tree or plant, and that is not a coincidence. Both are complex adaptive systems, and both exhibit fractal geometric properties, as well as other properties that offer important lessons for modern designers.
This image is embedded in ...
- Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, and the Human Future. Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future. Levellers/Sustasis Press and Vajra Publications, 2015.