All facilities to be wheelchair accessible and have separate "gray water" and sewerage waste piping.

Residence Space

1. Earth sheltered design (if feasible)
2. Dwelling units connected by sunspace-enclosed walkways
   a. provision for aquaculture/intensive gardening*
   b. provision for "gray water" recycling*
   c. passive solar heat storage*
   d. provision for future wind-generated resistance electric heating (DC?) or wind-driven heat pumps
   e. aesthetic "lounge"/indoor park-like setting*
   f. access to outside at each dwelling unit
   * reference: The ARKS of New Alchemy Institute
3. About 50 dwelling units in multiples of about 600 square feet (20'x30') each with provision for bath and kitchen.
4. Dwelling units easily connectable or detachable (via doors) to reform into combinations of 1,2,3 or 4 units to accommodate changes in 'family' size.
5. Compact overall structure to maximize heating efficiency
6. Provide scenic vistas, through sunspace/walkways, from each dwelling unit
7. Balcony into sunspace from each second floor dwelling unit (if any)
8. Covered (enclosed?) access to covered car park (underground?)
9. Provision for future electric power supplied by photovoltaic/hydrogen storage fuel cell system. (?)
   (See Related Design Projects/Energy)

Common Space

1. Connected to residence units via sunspace/walkways
2. Main Room (Dining/Assembly/RitualSpace) Hemispherical Dome (for125 persons) (Usable as planetarium)
   a. storage for portable tables and chairs
   b. good vistas
3. Kitchen adjacent to main room to prepare food and serve 125 persons
   a. walk-in cooler (and walk-in freezer?)
   b. easily accessible "root cellar"/pantry
   c. easily accessible for deliveries - waste/compost removal
4. Men's and Woman's Lavatories (3 stall?)
5. Laundry Room with space for sorting/folding and ironing
6. Small child/infant care/playroom with access to enclosed outside play area - (#5 and 6 in visual contact)
7. Library/Reading/Quiet Study Space
8. "Commissary"/General Store (400-600 sq. ft. ?)
9. Shop/Project space with large door outside access (?)
10. "Health Spa" (Wellness Center)
    a. Exercise Room (400-600 sq. ft.)
    b. Sauna (for 10-20 persons)
    c. Massage Rooms (2 or 3)
    d. Hot tub/Whirlpool (for 10-20 persons) (Site built of Ferro cement or Gunnite) located in "tropical garden" sunspace setting
    e. small (200-300 sq. ft. ?) men's and women's locker/shower rooms

Dwelling Unit Size and Flexibility of Combination:

As persons go through various stages of life development, the amount and complexity of required living space changes. The design should provide the option of combining or disconnecting adjacent units (in 600 square foot increments) to accommodate these changes in "family" structure. An overriding consideration is that older persons may remain integrated into the community throughout their latter years.

Connected, Enclosed Sunspace Walkways:

These features should provide (in no particular order):

1. Protected movement between dwelling units and the common space.
2. Space for enclosed aquaculture and passive solar heat storage.*
3. A pleasant indoor "park-like setting for gathering, socializing, relaxing and spiritual renewal (particularly in winter)*
   
   *Reference the ARKs of New Alchemy Institute

Hemispherical Dining/Assembly/Ritual Space:

This feature should provide:

1. A lofty, esthetically pleasing space for gathering, meals and ritual
2. The ability to serve as a planetarium/theater for multimedia presentations

Health Spa / Wellness Center:

This space should provide for:

1. Group relaxation
2. Exercise and body conditioning
3. Massage practitioners practice