Not a neighbourhood with a farm inside it: a farm that houses twelve families.
The scope of the division
A place designed to produce what it consumes. And to sell what is left over.
The division develops agro-ecological districts on holdings of fifteen to twenty hectares close to a city: twelve high-efficiency homes, ten cultivated hectares, a complete agri-food chain and a shared energy infrastructure.
Every function that is present has passed an explicit test: it produces income, it reduces a cost, or it opens a financing channel. Anything that did none of these was deferred.
The agricultural area is not sized to the residents. The food basket of forty-two people would require five and a half hectares; the project provides ten: the surplus is the product, not the leftover.
The figures are Phase 1 design values, for a hypothetical site. The economic values stay in the dossier: they are preliminary and confidential estimates.
Produce, live, sell, teach
Ten hectares by design, meant to cover over one and a half times internal demand at full operation.
Twelve units in three standardised models, with an NZEB target.
The chain closes inside: it is processed, packed and sold on the spot.
The laboratory that opens the district to people coming from outside.
Efficiency as a design requirement
Twelve units on two levels, in three sizes, NZEB target. Same structure, same systems, same windows, same specification.
| Model | Units | Gross floor area | For |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECO 140 | 4 | 140 sq m | Couples and households of two to three |
| ECO 190 | 5 | 190 sq m | Families of three to four |
| ECO 250 | 3 | 250 sq m | Larger households or those needing a home workspace |
NZEB target, to be verified at design stage: high-performance insulation, thermal-break frames, heat pump, radiant distribution and ventilation with heat recovery.
A modular matrix with a high degree of prefabrication: it is the technology that makes the economy of repetition real across twelve units.
A plot of 600 to 800 square metres with a private garden and an adjoining vegetable plot, and an electric charging point for each unit.
No phase funds a promise
The project grows through verified phases: each must deliver its own result before the next one opens.
(about 24 months) Build the audience before the village. First crops and tree plantings, start of organic certification, a temporary market, an online channel and an agreement with a university, before a single building exists.
Moves on when: the customer base is measurable and the construction-cost check is complete.
(about 36 months) Twelve homes, ten cultivated hectares, greenhouses, processing hub, market, lab, restaurant, energy, water cycle and composting. It must work on its own.
Moves on when: steady-state operation is confirmed, the units are placed and the commercial catchment is proven.
(to be defined) Growth on the 5.56-hectare reserve. It opens only if Phase 1 works.
Works in development
The greatest self-sufficiency that makes economic sense
350–500 kWp of photovoltaics on rooftops only, 700–1,000 kWh of storage and an energy community linking homes and production. The plant is grid-connected: the grid acts as backup and takes the surplus. Going off-grid would cost far more and bring no benefit. Storage is sized to keep critical loads, such as cold rooms, running.
Drip irrigation and low-water species to cut demand, rainwater harvesting from roofs and yards, a 1,200–1,600 m³ irrigation reservoir, greywater reuse and 600–900 m² of constructed wetland. None of these replaces a licensed water source: water availability is checked before the site is chosen.
The project provides for organic waste from the homes, the hub and the fields to become compost on an on-farm platform, to be returned to the farm’s own land with no material brought in from outside.
Four capabilities, one counterpart
Engineering and major works, from feasibility to handover.
Go to the division → 02Sale and installation of photovoltaic plants on roofs and on the ground, with storage and maintenance.
Go to the division → 03National traders: we supply electricity and gas to the retail companies that serve the end customer.
Go to the division →Write to us for information on the EcoCity World project.
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