Sustainable village

Sustainable 21st Century Cities & Eco Village – Concepts and Development | Design Earth Synergy

Week#9 Innovative Self-Sustaining Village Model Could Be the Future Sustainable City example .

the scattered blocks are positioned to reflect the spatial pattern of a traditional village and to provide an 'inclusive rural oasis.'

A multi-talented team of local builders and Italian architects won Christchurch's urban design competition, Breathe, with an incredible residential design idea.

Eco-villages are essentially designed communities which strive to produce the least possible negative impact on the natural environment through intentional physical design and resident behaviour choices. They are consciously planned through locally owned, participatory processes to regenerate and restore its social and natural environments. An eco-village mostly ranges from a population of 50 to 250 individuals, although some are smaller, and traditional eco villages are often much larger.

Danish architectural firm EFFEKT designed ReGen Villages, self-sustaining communities that grow their own food and produce their own energy.

We teamed up with EFFEKT Architects to develop a vision for designing, building and sharing the next generation of urban homes and neighbourhoods.

Smart Urban Villages is planning to create medium-density, sustainably designed housing communities with optional shared meals, mortgage-free long term leases and pools of shared vehicles to cut down on car ownership costs.

Imagine living in a home that generates more energy than it consumes. What if I also told you that the house was constructed with only sustainable materials and no toxic chemicals? The Rachel Carson eco-village is making that dream a reality. Learn more about their visions for the neighborhood, residents, and the surrounding community. #ecovillagedesign #ecovillagecommunity #ecofriendlyliving #ecofriendly #ecofriendlyhouse #villagelife #villageaesthetic #homesteading #homesteadaesthetic…