Design Charette 2 - Sustainable Futures

The week 3 studio was our first introduction to our theme group - Regional.  The Regional theme is based around a development for the site, Woodfordia, which hosts the Woodford Folk Festival over the Christmas/New Year period annually amongst other events. While the site does host several festivals throughout the year, the intent is to propose a development which will provide a year round income for the organisation.  Key to any proposal is the organisations 500 year plan for the site:

• We recognise, appreciate and graciously receive gifts from our ancestors. We understand these are the gifts of lore and the celebration of our existence.
• We aim to gift future generations a clean slate: an organisation unencumbered with financial social or environmental debt.
• We’ll cultivate a convention of decision making, strengthening through time, that will resonate in our work and nurture our future.
• 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 generations with vigour, courage and imagination and encourage them to celebrate their journeys with levity and frivolity.

More information about the site and festival can be found at: http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com/

http://www.woodfordia.com/

The activity undertaken during the studio focused on creating design principles, or sustainable principles.  The end result of our groups work was very similar to town planning policy.