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Sky Method

The Sky Method is built upon an ancient method of growth. This is the Tuscan hill-town of Pienza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It grew from what we today would call a "large-lot subdivision of 11 mini-farms" sitting on 11 acres to a town of about 1,500 people, but still sitting on those same 11 acres, not including a 19th-century suburb. It did so by a process of countless incremental divisions, much like cell divisions in a living creature as it grows. So while the core growth process of the Sky Method dates to earliest civilization, it packages that process in precidtability tools like the Transect to make it acceptable to modern development.
The key to the #SkyMethod is the #Transect, which gives a plan predictability of character even if the final lot lines might not be laid out for generations. Because what people are really objecting to is regrettable development character.

  • Original Plan
  • New Blocks & Rear Lane Entrances
  • Rural-Urban Transect Coding
  • First Blocks & Gravel Road
  • Blocks Purchased as T2
  • New T2 Family Farms
  • Succession 1 Complete
  • Next Blocks & Gravel Road
  • Blocks Purchased as T2
  • New T2 Family Farms
  • Succession 2 Complete
  • Next Blocks
  • Blocks Purchased as T2
  • New T2 Family Farm & Barn Only
  • Succession 3 Complete
  • First Block Upgraded & Gravel Rear Lane
  • Block Upgraded to T3
  • New T3 Houses
  • Succession 4 Complete
  • Next Blocks
  • Block Purchased as T2 & Upgraded to T3
  • New T2 Family Farms & T3 Houses
  • Succession 5 Complete
  • Next Blocks
  • Block Purchased as T2 & Upgraded to T3
  • New Houses
  • Succession 6 Complete
  • Next Block
  • Block Upgraded to T3
  • New Houses
  • Succession 7 Complete
  • New Houses
  • Succession 8 Complete
  • Next Parcels to Upgrade & Street Paved
  • Parcels Upgraded to T4
  • New Houses
  • Succession 9 Complete
  • Next Blocks & Parcels to Upgrade
  • Blocks & Parcels Upgraded
  • New Barns, Houses & Expansions
  • Succession 10 Complete
  • Next Parcels to Upgrade
  • Parcels Upgraded
  • New Houses & Rear Lane Dwellings
  • Succession 11 Complete
  • Next Parcels to Upgrade
  • Parcels Upgraded
  • New Dwellings & Work-In-Front
  • Succession 12 Complete
  • Next Parcels to Upgrade
  • Parcels Upgraded
  • New Dwellings & Work-In-Front
  • Succession 13 Complete
  • Next Parcels & Main Street Expansion
  • Parcels Upgraded
  • New Barns, Dwellings & Work-In-Front
  • Succession 14 Complete
  • Next Parcels to Upgrade
  • Parcels Upgraded & Vacated for Main Street
  • New Dwellings & Town Center Buildings
  • Succession 15 Complete
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