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The golf course of the Mill Creek Community
is Designed to reflect the scenario of development that took place in the
area since it was a completely natural undisturbed area.
The area of the project was a typical dense eastern forest. The forest had
a beautiful nature, rich with trees, pure & clear rivers. The most amazing
feature of the forest was the beautiful colorful trees at fall, which gives
a very obvious since of the seasons cycle.
The cycle of seasons represents the power of nature expressed by the ability
to come back. All of that was perfect until man interfered.
At the beginning it was a minimal interference represented by
The Lenape Indians. They were very aware
of nature in fact they were treating nature as an equal. That's why the
disturbance caused at that era was minimal. The Indians enjoyed the products
of nature but did not abuse it.
When the colonial period started, the feeling
of superiority over nature started effecting the environment, most of the
people did not feel the beauty of a natural space as it is, they looked
to nature as something that have potentials to enhance there life, but still
the effect was limited. Not every one had the capability to do that. It
is when the industrial revolution started, that nature abuse got lunched
with a maximum power. Every thing was possible, if we can make use of something,
why not using it. The problem with that is lack of knowledge. If people
knew about the counter effects of abusing nature they would not treat it
the same way they did. The grid pattern of the Mill Creek community is the
best example of that era.
That was followed by the modern age where
natural knowledge was expanded and better technology is helping correcting
the errors of the past, never the less more abuse is taking place due to
the minimal contact people have with nature. There is always hope in every
crises, and this site is dedicated to bind people back with nature, make
them realize the vast and harsh kind of transformation we made threw experiencing
the main stages of transformation occurred on the site. | 
