Reservoir engineering archetypes

Archetypes are useful in reservoir planning. A range of archetypal patterns for the planning of new reservoirs, and the reﾭdesign of old reservoirs, should be developed. Christopher Alexander, who proposed the use of archetypes in the planning process, suggests that: 'we can locate local reservoirs and distribution reservoirs so that people can get at them; we might build them as kinds of shrines, where people can come to get in touch with source of their water supply' (Alexander 1977: 325). The following archetypes will be discussed below: wild reservoirs, agricultural reservoirs, urban reservoirs, new town reservoirs, park reservoirs, habitat reservoirs, forestry reservoirs, recreation reservoirs and children's play reservoirs [Fig 5.8].