The Plan-less Concept is strongly related to Catalytic Planning; both being strategic approaches. Although referred to as Plan-less, but this does not mean that the planning was conceived without any thoughts or considerations. This planning model does not, in the end, come up with an actual plan as regular planning models do; its end result, instead, is a spatial program.

This type of planning model can be used to restore functions, and control planned zones that have been violated. The consideration towards implementing this concept is the characteristic of Catalytic Planning itself where a new, so to say, “ingredient” is introduced into the existing context. This new element will then influence the context in such a way according to the predetermined program.

The changes that this new element cause are of course (hopefully) for the better; thus the “chemical reaction” which takes place should be closely observed and controlled to ensure that it doesn’t cause damage to the original context. And since the characteristic/pattern of the “chemical reaction” is not predetermined, therefore there is no such thing as “one formulae for all circumstances”. In my opinion, this is a weakness of the Catalytic model.

The beauty of this model, however, is in the new “ingredient” itself. Its formulation is strongly influenced by the context to which it will be introduced, and ultimately it will influence the context itself. Thus this new component must first of all be well understood, considered, and accepted.

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