ÇEDBİK Sustainability Student Idea Competition - 1st Prize
Lavia New Generation Eco-Village
Project has zero carbon target and inspired by perennial herb lavender. The roots of lavender increase carbon holding capacity. Lavender can become a brand and create a touristic attraction with its easy production, usage areas, characteristics.
Purpose: A self-sufficient, compatible with nature, in compliance with sustainability, zero carbon and innovative Eco-village design.
Principles: Woods from forests for building frameworks will be used. Structure material will be adobe. In the north of the buildings, with stucco’s thickness increased and windproof membrane on wind-dominated facades, energy will be conserved.
A water-retaining felt membrane will be used to collect water on the roof and a plant will be planted. Thanks to the roof canopy, direct sunlight will be prevented from entering the buildings. The south oriented panels will generate electricity efficiently and meet the energy needs. Minimum energy consumption is aimed with electrical appliances based on movement in high efficiency and circulation spaces. Fresh air circulation is provided, and passive heating and cooling is provided from the floors with the labyrinth system.
With deciduous trees around the building, the brightness of the sun is aimed, without letting in the summer heat. The gutters on the roof will store the rainwater, the gray water will be filtered and used in the siphon and the garden, and water consumption will be minimized. Carbon emission will be reduced by growing crops with regenerative organic agriculture in personal gardens and common agricultural areas and agricultural forestry in forestry areas. Wetland buffers have been proposed in the area between the river and the forest and can help filter the farm runoff while the roots stabilize the banks of the river to prevent erosion.
It has been suggested that all agricultural vehicles be electrical. Reject, reduce, recycle, reuse! Zero waste principle has been adopted by the separation and recycling of wastes. For the collection of wastes, the route will be determined according to the occupancy rate of the garbage bins in the village with the smart system and carbon release will be reduced. Reimbursement will be made for returnable wastes left for recycling machines. It was aimed to develop tourism with the workshops in the old factory, agricultural-tourism activities in common agricultural areas, the use of important agricultural-tourism products such as lavender, water sports in the river, and the use of the ruined house as a museum. It is planned to be carried out on certain days of the week to reduce carbon emissions.
Saving and consciousness and remote sensing can be provided by new technologies in changing world. With the designed mobile application CO2 emissions in the village, energy changes, transportation, activities, and systems will be able to control; furthermore, village life-specific behaviors, exchanging seeds and agricultural products between locals, booking places for tourists, and agricultural-touristic activities will be able to provide. Lavia Eco-village project is designed with zero carbon emission design criteria which include energy, green, water and waste strategies. Basic educational activities will be held in the old factory area that has been organized innovatively.
