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Forest Fusion
Blueprints for Greenwood, a low-cost, high value network of naturalist residential structures
By Anand Madhu
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Brief: Greenwood, a network of Fukuokan dwellings for individuals• Type of work: Pilot project (one UNIT)• No. of residents: 90 (later expanded to 540)
• Area of work: 60516 m2 (15 acres)– Further area needed later for expansion = 1854405 m2
• Cost of building: 50 crores (.7 Million Euros) • Positioning, Urban or rural?
– Rural• Land requisitioned from:
– Farmland, as near to a river or lake as possible• Critical scientific principle applied to this type of
dwelling:– Dwellings are designed to prevent depression/dementia
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Summing it up
• A different type of building/structure is proposed• A buildings + ecosystem (a systems approach) project• It can have many profitable applications:
– Residential– hotel/resort– school area– “rehab center” for people prone to depression and
dementia
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Inspired by Namba Parks, Osaka, Japan
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Fundamental question
Are extant dwelling designs best for mankind?
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• “The Big Apple? More like the sad apple. According to a study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, New York is the saddest city in all of America”
• Why increased sadness in New York? Because in NY, distance between the dwellings of humans – is minimum!
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• According to research inter-dwelling distance should be maximized to reduce depression and dementia.
• This reduction is brought about by a change in patterns of thinking induced by the spreading out of dwellings.
Are extant dwelling designs best for mankind?
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Forest fusion in “Greenwood”
• Greenwood, the dwelling systems in which – Inter-dwelling distance is maximized – Qualitative aspects are artificial and Quantitative
aspects are natural
• in order to increase IQ, reduce depression and dementia
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Initial construction area
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Calculations
Area of circular matrix: 11876
Area of square agglomerate: 748764
Area of Pilot Project ABCD: 60516
K= 12 meters;ABCD = 15 acres
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12 meters
12 meters
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Basic Management Principles applied
Economy of scale principle:• 90 houses are built together, to minimize costs.
Economical, intelligent building practices• Lean building, intelligent lifestyle practices emphasize:
– Small houses (most of the “living” is done outside in various common rooms and outdoors, and not in “living rooms”)
– “Portacabin” type houses (houses are built inside all-weather shipping containers (which is an increasingly accepted practice), thus minimizing labor requirements and cost)
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Houses are elevated to avoid nature’s highly entropic workings
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Common functions are served by mechanisms in the central tower (the trunk)
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Raw materials/equipment required• 90 Shipping containers • 90 Small Air Conditioners, computers etc.• 90x Solar panels• 90 beds, tables etc. (manufactured in-house, in UNIT workshop)• Workshop equipment (tools, lathes, shovels, saws, jackhammer, 3D printer etc.)• One crane• Instructing Experts (plumber, crane operator, carpenter, quality assurance guys,
silvology etc.) • Three river water pumps• Wires and Pipes, Pipe racks• Seeds, soil for planting
– Fast growing (bamboo etc.)– Green manure (i.e. plants useful as fertilizer)– Food seed (local varieties)– “Rocket” trees (giant sequoia etc.) for constituting central tower
• Animals, fish, insects• Coir rope• Grating• Weather-proof Iron alloy pillars and cantilevers• Life-support systems and provisions for use during initial phase of project
Sourcing Raw materials/equipment in the best way (Just-in-time sourcing, cheapest sources), is a significant managerial task
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Modern “scientific”
farming
From MASANOBU
FUKUOKA’s THE NATURAL
WAY OF FARMING
The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy
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The best way:
Fukuokan “do
nothing” farming
From MASANOBU
FUKUOKA’s THE NATURAL WAY
OF FARMING The Theory and
Practice of Green Philosophy
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• Is it possible? Yes: “30 years ago, Jadav Payeng began burying seeds along a barren sandbar near his birthplace in Assam to grow a refuge for wildlife. Not long after, he decided to dedicate his life to this endeavor, so he moved to the site so he could work full-time creating a lush new forest ecosystem. Incredibly, the spot today hosts a sprawling 1,360 acres of jungle that Jadav Payeng planted single-handedly”.