HOW THE TRANSECT WORKS

HOW THE TRANSECT WORKS

One of the key objectives of Transect planning is the creation of immersive environments. Successful immersive environments are based on the selection and arrangement of all the components that contribute to a particular type of environment.

Each environment, or Transect zone, is comprised of elements that support and intensify its locational character. So, patterns and buildings that may be appropriate for T3 are not appropriate for T6. This approach prevents inappropriate intermixing of rural and urban character through a proper balance between the two, and creates more-or-less fixed but identifiable physical characteristics for each Transect zone.

The Transect exists as place and evolves over time. A hamlet may evolve into a village and then into a town with an increase in density in its T-zones over a period of many years.