Nicholas Darby's concept
design of self-sustaining units within the current work-from-home, energy challenges (Eskom)
and climatic (water shortage) conditions in South Africa.
Vertical farming facilities create
dramatically improved spatial use. Solar panels, battery storage, UPS, invertor equipment, JoJo
tank water storage and rain-water harvesting.
This green, landscaped lawn space creates a
serene, pleasant experience to look out onto, and will greatly encourage interaction between home
owners. This incentive is also strengthened by the presence of the surrounding vertical farm spaces
which are also introduced for encouraged interaction. This common land scenario becomes essential
for happy living communal spaces.
The lawns form the courtyards and thus the
common land between the units as practical spaces on which to walk on, experience and intermingle.
These lawns with intended, fast growing African trees dramatically upgrades the value of the unit’s
views, and consequently their value, and presents opportunities for protected privacy between
units.
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