---
title: "Compost (178)"
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
type: concept
status: compiled
namespace: pattern-language
pattern_number: 178
pattern_name: "Compost"
source_repository: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md
source_url: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md/blob/master/Patterns/Compost%20%28178%29.md
license_note: Non-commercial reuse with attribution; see namespace README and source LICENSE.md.
related_patterns:
  - "Fruit Trees (170)"
  - "Vegetable Garden (177)"
  - "House Cluster (37)"
  - "Animals (74)"
  - "Bathing Room (144)"
---

# Compost (178)

> Source pattern from the abridged `apl-md` corpus. Use as a design reference and constraint seed; do not treat as commercial-clean training data.

### Problem
>Our current ways of getting rid of sewage poison the great bodies of natural water, and rob the land around our buildings of the nutrients they need.

### Solution
>Arrange all toilets over a dry composting chamber. Lead organic garbage chutes to the same chamber, and use the combined products for fertilizer.

### Related Patterns
... the garden is a valuable part of the house, because it can help you grow fruit and vegetables - [[Fruit Trees (170)]], [[Vegetable Garden (177)]]. But it can only flourish if it gets nourishment; and this nourishment, in the form of compost, can only be created when the garbage and the wastes from the individual houses and [[House Cluster (37)]] and from the [[Animals (74)]] are properly organized.

Add to the effect of dry composting by re-using waste water; run all water drains into the garden to irrigate the soil; use organic soap - [[Bathing Room (144)]] ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 822.
> #APL/confidence/medium
>
> #APL/Building-Patterns/Gardens