The points in the Califia Land Plan (Architecture) can be narrowed to 5 min or 10 max or be broken down into several aspects of the design process.

For example:

Core Concepts of a Integrated Development Approach

Architecture will be developed considering an integrated approach to ecological design that considers everything from the means of production, built envirnonment, social and cultural issues and organizational development. This integrated development architecture will apply the principles of ecological design to every aspect of this projects development:

Key Values of the Integrated Design Process/Arhitecture:

1. Design with nature in mind using biomimicry - as developed put forward by such eco-visionaries as Gunter Pauli of ZERI (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives) and Janine Beynus (who wrote the book Biomimicry)
2. Design incorporating multifunction or multi-use concepts put forward in the ecological design movement.
3. Design to promote human scale development regardless of density
4. Design based on the values of the open source movement
5. Design built environment not isolation but with consideration to: 1) natural features and limitations, 2) human needs (considering the social architecture), and 3) ensuring sustainable means of production.

In terms of specific aspects of building design a situational analysis can be conducted to determine the optimal pattern language for the particular bioregion considering specific cultural and ecological conditions as well as the needs and aspirations of the community stakeholders. In this process the design could be developed as part of a compromise between developer/investers and the community stakeholders of the project. Gathering the interest of socially conscious, culturally creative small investors who could be involved in the project as both small investors, time share holders and residents as well as business owners might balance the need to solicit large scale investors.

Key Aspects of Site Building Design:

1. Minimize resource, energy and water consumption
2. Use locally available materials when possible
3. Design with respect and consideration of potential benefits of natural flows and systemic interactions
4. Balance form with function to create a solidly sustainable project that is also spa like environment that provides healing and optimization of mind body and spirit
5. Design built environment so that it works well with Transit Oriented Development to reduce energy & resource consumption
6. Landscape with consideration to natural environment as well as human needs to experience the natural world on an everyday basis.

Common Facilities

Common facilities might include dining rooms, health clinics, parks exercise room spas etc. Culture and social interactions will be the centerpiece of any project that seeks to promote itself as an alternative to existing urban and social development patterns which discourage authentic community interactivity and local participatory democracy.

Open Space & Landscaping

Buildings will be situated in patterns ensuring a continuous belt of open space within close walking or biking distance of residents and workers will community gardens and edible landscaping. The tremendous amount of urban space now devoted to cars will be home to permaculture plots, greenways with pedestrian and bike paths giving people direct unfettered access to the countryside and the tops of buildings will be greenhouses. In Eugene, they are working on "daylighting" the old millrace. This is part of a global movement to rebuild urban ecosystems and particularly rivers. Environmental remediation is one aspect of redirecting our focus as a society on neglected urban cores.

The End of the Linear City

In the Ecocities like Califia, a central district will serve as a hub of commerce, entertainment and education with pedestrian and bicycle access only; a bypass around this area provides auto access to residential and other areas of the city, although public transportation, ride sharing and alternative-energy vehicles are encouraged to decrease noise and pollution created from conventional vehicle motors and exhaust systems.

The challenge is to develop networks to link together the progressive movement regionally and to focus our energy on urban renewal. Redeveloping the inner city rather than sprawling out and unnecessarily degrading the natural environment, means focusing on places that have been degraded and revitalizing them.

In conclusion the architecture design of a project like Califia need not focus on specifically designing all aspects of the built enviroinment but rather cultivative an organizational culture that is able to apply those key concepts and values that unify the project stakeholders behind the leadership and implement those values and concepts on a practical basis as needed.