The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is a practice guide for engineers (and other humans) who want to shift the construction industry, one project at a time.
Start where you are.
The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is for engineers (and other humans) who want to help shift the construction industry toward a thriving future — one project at a time. It supports people who imagine a better future but are working within the constraints of today’s systems.
The book picks up where The Regenerative Structural Engineer left off — moving from theory and case studies into practice. It’s a guide to repeatable patterns of regenerative practice: ways of seeing, working and talking that help us navigate the complexity of real projects while keeping the goal of thriving in view.
Developed through three years of work in the Regenerative Design Lab and grounded in Oliver Broadbent’s research as an 1851 Fellow in Regenerative Design, The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design brings together design education, systems thinking and lived practice.
Rather than launching with a bang, we’re building a community of users over time. We invite you to join us — to try the patterns, adapt the motifs, and help shape what this project becomes.
What’s inside the book?
The Pattern Book for Regenerative Design is made up of:
- 12 patterns – each one a structure for working regeneratively in a specific context (projects, teams, strategy, policy and more)
- Over 50 motifs – reusable tools, models, questions, or metaphors you can adapt to your own context
- Six core threads – principles like feedback, adaptability and circularity that connect ideas across the book
It’s not a linear manual. It’s a reference book. A pick-your-own-adventure. A toolkit you can grow into.