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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Oogst 100 a Self-Sufficient Community

clipped from www.dezeen.com
Dezeen architecture and design magazine
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Here is the second of three proposals by Dutch designers Tjep. for self-sufficient farms – this time aiming to to house and provide food for up to 100 people within a diametre of 400 metres.

clipped from www.oogst.org

The central windmill provides all the necessary energy, there is a water-well under the windmill. But clean water is mainly collected condensed water from the greenhouse.

Every community needs a space to gather, the construction halfway up the windmill has a cross (church like) floor-plan, this is where meals are served and marriages organized between communities, but be careful, never more than 100 people can join in.

clipped from www.oogst.org
clipped from www.oogst.org

Oogst is based on technology proposed in the the Greenhouse Village

The Greenhouse Village seeks seeks to combine sustainable agriculture with sustainable housing.

clipped from www.tjep.com

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