Life is Elsewhere, a Collective Community at Chrisrandlhof
The development of urbanization has brought opportunities on the one hand and many challenges on the other. In particular, it has created imbalances in development between regions and between urban and rural areas. At the same time, in the post-epidemic era of continuous technological development, digitalization has greatly affected people’s lives. Under this circumstance, especially with the emergence of digital nomads, new rural design may be able to provide more diverse ways for people‘s mechanized and routinized work and life, to feel the real world, while forming new communities, alleviating the imbalance of regional development, and bringing new vitality to the countryside.
The scattered buildings can facilitate the movement of people throughout the village and activate the vitality of the whole village in an effective way. At the same time, these spaces can also be used by villagers, encouraging them to form a new community together, developing more activities, and attracting more people to the village.
Besides, using materials based on bioregions can provide a broader range of areas with opportunities for further development. Through enrichment workshops, people can be attracted to the countryside and effectively participate in the making and building process. In this way, knowledge can be exchanged and make the countryside more sustainable.
