Design Research
![our piece of land to design our piece of land to design](http://permacultured.com.au/wp-content/uploads/10_design_paddock_sm.jpg)
This is a photo of the paddock we are working with. As you can see, it’s mostly an open field sheltered by the surrounding buildings and a tiny amount of slope.
![land maps, research, surrounding structures land maps, research, surrounding structures](http://permacultured.com.au/wp-content/uploads/10_design_research_sm.jpg)
We did some homework and found an aerial view of the property on Google Maps and a campus map, which accurately outlines the surrounding structures.
Equipped with these tools, we set to work.
Group Dynamics
We set outside at the highest point of the paddock with a blackboard and a box of chalk, trying to fit in all the elements, but it was obvious that our design process was not very efficient…too many drivers and not enough focus…