Examples of eco-housing

ECO-TEKTURA :

the International Festival of Eco Architecture and Live Housing

The Eco-Tektura festival will run for 3 days: from 30th September till 2nd of October 2012 in Guslitsa (Moscow region). Guslitsa will bring up the topic of eco architectures new challenges, such as availability and feasibility, associated with its location in Russia, and will discuss possible solutions and approaches in public during the festival.

The festival program :

Introduction to Guslitsa concept Showcase of Nara Eco park project Exhibition of eco housing designs from invited architects and designers Announcement of international eco-housing competition Workshops, seminars and discussions with invited architects, engineers, designers and thinkers

Examples of eco-housing

The festival theme

Sustainability? Harmony? Green capitalism? Symbosis? Growth? Comfort conditions: Form + Eco + Community The key topics : Eco- and recyclable materials, Harmonious eco-housing, Bionic architecture, Eco systems, Architecture with psychology, such as feng shui

The Guslitsa concept

We are a non-government and non-profit organization with a mission to create a new mindset for improving human living conditions in an artistic, conscious and sustainable manner. Guslitsa invites all the architects and designers who share the same ideas to lead workshops, seminars and discussions related to the festivals key topics that will ignite a national public discussion in Russia. The focus point: to find solutions, ranging from detailed levels of concept design, infrastructure system to interior design employing eco materials and techonology that should reflect the general condition of eco-thinking in architecture in Russia and thus contribute to the wide public awareness in the country. The purpose: to highlight future architectural ideas and solutions on how housing and community environments can be achieved in a sustainable manner with innovative ideas for advanced eco materials, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.

Plot location, with the Greater Moscow above (left); on the map of Serpukhovskij district (right)

Nara Eco Park: location

In a very picturesque location on the river Nara, on the 56th km of Moscow-Simferopol highway and only 12 km from the new boundaries of the Greater Moscow, Nara Eco Park with the total building area of 20 hectares will be constructed. The main idea is to blend an eco-park and resort village built for the purpose, promoting ecological way of living in a harmony with nature and a healthy lifestyle. For the purpose, we plan to implement and actively use pioneering and most innovative energy-saving technologies (such as geothermal heating), eco-materials (e.g., papercrete), and location-conscious infrastructure. The village will be built in a historical place. Both Ray-semenovskoe village (originally - Ray, that stands for Paradise in Russian), famous for its noble estate in the style of Italian villas with a fine church by Matvei Kazakov, a world-reknown Russian neoclassical architect, and a former Catherine II palace are in the immediate vicinity of the Nara Eco Park.

The proposed development concept: Nara Eco-park master plan

Nara Eco Park: main features

Ideologically Nara Eco Park general plan is divided in few different zones - a resedintial area; a visitors area with eco-hotel, tree guesthouse and vegetarian restaurant; a communal area providing various health, arts, sports and activities facilities and amenities. One of the distinguishing features of the village living resort will be an artificial geothermal lake, 60 m in diameter with running water flowing from the river Nara that will be warm all year round (Japanese style onsen/hot spring spa). Adjacent to the lake there will be also a health centre specialized in alternative medicine, such as Tibetan and Chinese, run by well-known experts in the fields and banya (traditional Russian sauna) complex. There are plenty of other attractions - both for the residents and the visitors will be provided, to mention just a few - an alternative school, an animal farmyard, a sculpture park, Nara riverbank beach with cafe and relaxation facilities. And, of course, the natural beauty of the setting and it surroundings, rich in cultural and historical context, is one of the main attractors that will compliment Nara Eco Park in an organic and harmonious manner and outline the idea and concept of the project.

Nara Eco-park master plan

Contacts & more information

Visit our web-site:

www.art-guslitsa.com
We will be happy to provide you with additional information and accomodate your inquiries: for international correspondence Mayuko Ogawa, e-mail: mayuko@art-guslitsa.com for Russian correspondence Daria Kho, e-mail: daria@art-guslitsa.com

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