Presented by Rafaele Joudry
Why I chose Atamai Village
Most places are not designed for resilience
Atamai is consciously designed for resilience
Much thought has gone
into resource needs
Could this be replicated
in cities?
Designed for Resilience
Atamai Harvest Festival
Atamai Harvest Festival Video
Designed for Resilience
Presentation Outline
Food & Water
The Vision &
Concept
Energy Technology
& Transport
A Village
Settlement
The Community &
Economy
Permaculture
Design
Designed for Resilience
Is it real?
Designed for Resilience
Food & Water
Vision & Concept
The Vision &
Concept
1. The
Challenges
3. The Concept
2. The Vision
Designed for Resilience
Atamai – Common Sense
A new approach to development
Integration of innovative and proven technologies
Solutions to resource
constraints
Control over
essential services
Designed for Resilience
The Vision &
Concept
Atamai – Goals
A ‘full service settlement’ for connection, safety
and shelter
Lightest feasible ecological footprint
Subdivision that increases the land’s natural
productivity
Conversion of low value areas into productive
land
Designed for Resilience
The Vision &
Concept
A Sustainable Life
“Fundamentally, sustainable
development is a notion of
discipline.
It means humanity must ensure that
meeting present needs does not
compromise the ability of future
generations to meet their needs.”
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Designed for Resilience
The Vision &
Concept
Nicole Foss
The Vision &
Concept
Futurist and systems analyst
TheAutomaticEarth.com
“More joined up thinking”
Facing the Future
Designed for Resilience
“Home”
The Vision &
Concept
Safety
Belonging
Comfort
Security
Beauty
Sharing of Enjoyment
Life satisfaction beyond ‘life-styles’.
Designed for Resilience
Community
The Vision &
Concept
Friendship
Support
Self governance
Sharing resources
Conflict resolution
Culture
Beyond DIY
Do It With Others - -- DIWO
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A Village Settlement
A Village
Settlement
4. Architecture &
Built Environment
1. The Site
2. Layout
Designed for Resilience
3. Governance &
Tenure
Atamai Village Site
Designed for Resilience
A Village Settlement
10 Min from Motueka by car
25 Min by bicycle
95 ha of land with the core zoned rural
residential
Good rainfall
Sheltered valley site
Ideal settlement location
40-60 households
Settlement Layout
Provide for
alternative
public
Long
tradition of human scale
access ways - such
settlements
as cycle-paths,
walkways and
Central Village with green
bridle-paths – to
connect
dwellings,
Recreational
amenities
linking them with
each other,
to exchanges and community interaction
Social
public amenities,
and other
Nestled into natural environment
community
Built environment which provide food, water
services”
Designed for Resilience
A Village Settlement
and services
Governance & Land Tenure
Atamai Village
Council Inc.
Village Stewards
Designed for Resilience
Atamai Village
(Owner & Manager
of the Commons)
markets &
sells
Organisation
& Governance
Participatory
Trustee for
Democracy
Affordable Housing
Freehold Titles
Land Use Rights for Commons
A Village Settlement
develops
Atamai Land Trust
The Developer
advises
Architecture & Built Environment
Clustered & widerspaced housing
Seek to locate
dwellings to take Passive solar
advantage of site Local materials
features, such as
sun exposure,
Healthy natural building materials
shelter, privacy
Common aesthetic theme
and outlook.”
Car free areas
“Seek to locate dwellings to take
advantage of site features, such as sun
exposure, shelter, privacy and outlook.”
Architectural Review board to ensure building
guidelines
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Permaculture Design
Permaculture Design
1. What is
Permaculture
Designed for Resilience
2. Application at
Atamai
What is Permaculture ?
Permaculture Design
Sustainable human settlements
Weaves together
Microclimate
Plants
Animals
Soils
Water management &
Human needs
Productive communities
Designed for Resilience
Application at Atamai
Latest PDC
training course
May 2015
Designed for Resilience
Permaculture Design
Community Values
Community &
Economy
Living as part of a village community brings
back the currency of values, not money
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No romantic notions
Thoughtful settlement designs help
Informed behaviour
Designed for Resilience
Honesty & transparency
Integrity of promises
Consistency of actions & beliefs
Culture & Education
Inter generational
Multi professional
Performance and public spaces
Integration with wider
community
Education centre
Living Skills
Village Library
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Community &
Economy
Greenwashing
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Community &
Economy
Economy & Finance
Localised economy
Local food production aiming at surplus
Local livelihoods
Leasing Commons
Designed for Resilience
Community &
Economy
Current enterprises
Work online
Upcycling in local area
Food and produce from the land
Cottage industry
Natural health services
Designed for Resilience
Community &
Economy
Energy
Wind & micro-hydro
Solar array & wood pyrolysis
Food and energy crops produced for local demand
Agri-Char direct carbon sequestration
Bio-gas production
Micro-hydro
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Energy
Technology &
Transport
Layered Technology
Energy
Technology &
Transport
Layered Technology Principles
High Tech – independent layers where desirable safe and
available
Low tech for critical systems
Lister power back-up engine
Designed for Resilience
Atamai Transport Policy
Designed for Resilience
Energy
Technology &
Transport
Transport Provisions
Car Free Internal Transport
Foot traffic
Bicycles/Electric bikes
Public transport system
(electric vehicle based)
Public scheduled shuttle service into Motueka, Richmond
&
Nelson (Bio-diesel)
Commercial car
sharing company
Designed for Resilience
Energy
Technology &
Transport
Food Production & Distribution
Food & Water
Te Mara Farm
Atamai
nursery
Designed for Resilience
Food Protection & Storage
Reliance on natural preservation
Permaculture & Biodynamics
Root cellar – underground food preservation
Designed for Resilience
Food & Water
Water
Food & Water
Maintain riparian buffers
Mapped springs
Rainwater catchment
Maximise water storage
Water for irrigation aesthetics &
recreation
Each lot with 48,000l storage
2 x 24,000L
tanks
Designed for Resilience
Many ponds and springs
The Commons
Food & Water
Community demonstration
orchard
Part of purchase of titles
Preserved in perpetuity
20
Managed by Village Council
20
11
19
Leasable
Builds community & educates
Designed for Resilience
Biomass Management
Biomass balancing
Compost
Composting toilets
Designed for Resilience
Food & Water
Project Status – Phase 1
2
1
5165m2
4270m2
3
5210m2
0
Utility
trees
2
1
7000m2
5165m2
Phase 1 virtually complete
12 Families in residence
11
For sale – title now available
For sale pending title
Sold (titled)
Sold pending title
Commons
Grazing(AVC
land owned)
Road 11
Cycleways (max 10% gradient)
Ponds – existing and planned
4
4270m2
5
3
6
5210m2
8
7
20
19
12
0
Utility
trees
2
3
4
20+ by end 2015
2680m2
Orchard Pond
4220m2
17
18
11
19
2250m2 214
4580m2
3350m2
4740m2
4630m2
22
4750m2
33
16
27
B
4500m2
Orchard
Communi
ty Garden
10
10
1
6
7
19
D
2920m2
8
Cherry
Demonstration
Orchard
Main pond
2370m2
5
29
9
2
A2
7000m
1905m
(stormwater
detention) 12
2090m2
Planned
Village Centre
E
4740m2
C
7150m2
30
20
15
3600m2
3280m2
29
3090m2
5190m2
25
31
4870m2
14
13
9
23
5
24
12
2820m2
11
26
8430m2
6
2
Grazing11000m
land
10
28
F
8
G
11
7
20
19
12
Te Mara Farm
Forestry
Block
Main pond
9
Cherry Orchard
Demonstration Orchard
12
19
10
Community Garden
10
Lot 5 Phase 1
Designed for Resilience
Orchard Pond
New Homes in the Village
Wellspring Place
A variety of local materials
Hybrid Homes
Lot 5 Phase 1
Designed for Resilience
Getting started on my Lot
My boat
My cool cellar
My shed
Lot 5 Phase 1
Designed for Resilience
Project Status - Phases 2 and 3
Redesign complete
Village centre design
Designed for Resilience
Summing Up
Implementation of Carbon Neutral Living
A living and functioning localised economy
Community owned infrastructure
A fully functioning village
View east from Lot 10 Phase 2
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