Country Utopia
Jun Da Ling 811977 Studio 40
Dja Dja Wurrung Country Plan
Land
Enterprise (Djandak)
Cultural heritage
The Dja Dja Wurrung seeks to restore the land to its original state.
Through Djandak, the Dja Dja Wurrung seeks to obtain an economy without compromising on culture or community.
Connection to country, acknowledging the way of indigenous Australian understanding of country and sharing that with others.
The processing of the agriculture and activities on site will boost local economy without compromising culture but actually boast it.
Creating avenues for education and cultural exchange of indigenous Australian culture.
Mining during the 1800s had changed the landscape significantly and brought to the land many toxic contaminants into the soil. This site aims to restore Country to its original state through the cultivation of endemic agriculture which roots can restore the health of the landscape.
Cultivating a Natural Utopia Masterplan
Main Crops Kangaroo Grass (Themeda Triandra)
GOLDFIELDS TRACK
Murnong (Yam Daisy/ Microseris Lanceolata)
MAIN ROAD ENTRANCE
Shelter and event spaces
Meeeng points
Wetland agriculture
Walking track
Dryland agriculture
New trees
Cultivating a Natural Utopia Isometric
MAIN ROAD ENTRANCE GOLDFIELDS TRACK
Shelter and event spaces
Meeeng points
Wetland agriculture
Walking track
Dryland agriculture
New trees
Dja Dja Wurrung Seasonal Diagram
Connection to Country What will contribute towards the Post-Colonial Utopia is the significance of country by the Aboriginal people. Country means to be interdependant with yourself and the ancestral lands and seas of the indigenous people. The land becomes their very identity because it provides spirit, food and culture. This becomes contrary to how we see land as we see it as something that we own and is portioned. Whereas the connection to Country the indigenous people had is much more than that, it is their spirit, their identity and culture. This projects aims to create a utopian village where its architecture will lightly touch the earth as well as have minimal impact towards the environment. But also seeks to become an extension of country to help experience it better through spacial arrangements and framed views.
Precedents Millevaches Plateau Competition, USUS Architects
Rolling Huts, Olson Kundig
Tetra Shed, Innovation Imperative
Site Isometric
Form concept
Efficient footprint
Massing
Height implemented
Slope for Solar Power and Water run off
Slope for Solar power and water runoff
Lightly touches the landscape
Circulation to create relationship between events space and shelters
Lightweight construction to blur the lines of outdoor and indoor
Examples of program
Assembly Diagram Structural Insulated Panels
Empty space
Kitchen
Bedroom
Living
Examples of configurations Timber/steel hybrid structure
Bedroom + Study
Bathroom
Site Plan
Renders
Plans A
B
C
B
C
A
Sections AA
BB
CC
Renders
Plans
D
E
Sections D
DD
EE
E