Week 08 - master planning

We as a group split up how we would do the master planning and it was my role to develop a background story and general ethos for the community. Here is what i produced:

BACKGROUND:

The Woodfordian community site, was formerly the site for the once a year folk music festival where city slickers could escape their mundane daily grind and experience a rich and diverse cultural exchange. Today it has become a continuous year round festival with an average of 200 visitors at any one time, whom all contribute to a perpetual creative arts exchange.  This economic activity supports 800 residents to live a self sufficient life-style on site permanently. 

The Woodfordia community began when a group of 20 people decided to become custodians of the land by running, maintaining and developing the festival from the site. In the first year they began building homes and stages, growing food and harvesting rain water. That year the festival was a great success and as a result a lot of festival attendees also decided to live there permanently. Many of these new residents made the sea change due to the peak oil crisis which made city living uncomfortable due to increased costs of living. 

To cope with the sharp incline of population a master plan and strategies for future development were developed. These were developed using two key principles, which were:

1.      Permaculture

·        Passive design

·        Renewable energies

·        Local materials

2.      Indeterminacy

·        Lightweight structures

·        Ability to facilitate growth

These proved to be successful guidelines for development as the community culture and creative arts program both flourished, and they were getting closer to their self-sufficiency targets. Despite some negative views from some social factions the community has become a catalyst for permaculture and sustainable living worldwide.

ETHOS:

·        We recognise, appreciate and graciously receive gifts from our ancestors

·        We aim to gift future generations a clean slate, free from financial or social debt

·        We’ll cultivate a convention of decision making, strengthening through time

·        We’ll plant a forest of goodwill and benefit from its shade

·        We will build with the eyes of artists

·        We’ll provide space for our descendants to meet the challenges of their generation with vigour, courage and imagination and encourage them to celebrate their journeys

·        We respect the natural environment and all living things, which is why we adopt the “permaculture’ principles

·        We believe the Woodfordia site is an extension of our very selves

·        We follow principles of indeterminacy in the way we build, communicate and live

·        We believe in eating a vegan diet to reduce our impact on this earth and also maximise our health

·        We use the creative arts as a fundamental base for  cultural exchange and a means to maintain a dynamic living environment and defy stagnation

·        We aim to be a leading example to the rest of the world of how life can be harmonious, fulfilling and successful. 

aand it was henry bennets role to develop a rough master plan from which we could develop our own individual design ideas. here is what he produced:

all of the figures to figure out areas where researched and calculated by alex hipgrave and scott wilson:

Masterplan Area Schedule_
Agriculture_
1 - 1,900,000 
2 - 1,000,000  
3 - 1x50,000 
4 - 22,000 
5 - 28,000
Total - 3,000,000 

Cultural_
6 - Dining & Eating - 650
6 - Studio Space - 760
6 - Retail - 37,500

7 - Ampitheatre (Existing) - 50,000

Total - 88,910 (200,000)

Manufacturing_
8 - 30,000 (40,000)

Visitors Accomodation_
9 - Dorm - 1600
9 - Apartment - 600
9 - Private - 300
9 - Studios - 760

Total - 3,260

Permanent Accomodation_
9 - Attached - 6,000
10/11 - Detached - 37,500 (2x18,750)

Education_
12  - 300 (10,000)
Existing Camping_
13 - 24,500