Buy a wood/forest
Budget £50 – £60,000
Scottish Borders for access & planning laws
resources:
1 acre = 66ft x 660ft = 43,560sq ft
1 acre = 63.615m x 63.615m = 4047sqm
inspiration:
Andrea Zittel – www.zittel.org/az-west
Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat, two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo www.alpinemodern.com/inspirations/a-platform-for-living
Food Forests – projectfoodforest.org
treetop trail/outdoor gym
aims:
“What do we really need?” – Zittel
bushcraft, building, growing, cooking, learning
not a single building, many platforms, huts, tents, flexible structures with a central cooking, washing social space
experimenting alternative methods of construction, tools, techniques, materials
collaborative working