Without conscious effort, brand-new places have no spirit. This heritage of memories roots us into time and place. Building upon this, using methods like that described above, can weave past and future into a present both grounded and inspired. Imitations of the past no longer ring true, but we can translate its lessons into modern forms of understanding, planning, design and landscaping. Consciously we can create ecological and aesthetic harmony.
Deliberate strategy can stimulate organic development from life-activity growth nodes.
Developments without external infrastructural demands which improve micro-climate and wildlife habitat can benefit the place they are in. With sufficient sensitivity to organic processes of development, to unobtrusive place-responsive appearance, and to rooting in place, new buildings can even be assets, contributing to healthy growth of place. Rare as this is, new development can be integrated, can consolidate, and can contribute. Every living organism grows, but it remains healthy only if that growth is in harmony with its surroundings. In such a relationship of social health, every constituent is both contributor and beneficiary.