Village Homes
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Village Homes is a planned community in Davis, Yolo County, California. It is designed to be ecologically sustainable by harnessing the energies and natural resources that exist in the landscape, especially stormwater and solar energy.
History
The principal designer of Village Homes was architect Mike Corbett and his wife Judy Corbett, who began planning in the 1960s, with construction continuing from south to north from the 1970s through the 1980s. Village Homes was completed in 1982, and has attracted international attention from its inception as an early model of an environmentally friendly housing development, including a visit from then-French President François Mitterrand.Source: [http://www.villagehomesdavis.org About Village Homes]; {{cite web |url=http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/workup/siegel_house/vh_bkgd.html |title=The Siegel House - Background: Village Homes |accessdate=June 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609124520/http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/workup/siegel_house/vh_bkgd.html |archivedate=June 9, 2007 }}; Smart Communities, [http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/success/village.shtml "Village Homes."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817204157/http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/success/village.shtml |date=August 17, 2007 }}
Sustainability
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The 225 homes and 20 apartment units that now are the Village Homes community use solar panels for heating, and they are oriented around common areas at the rear of the buildings, rather than around the street at the front. All streets are oriented east–west, with all lots positioned north–south. This feature has become standard practice in Davis and elsewhere since it enables homes with passive solar designs to make full use of the sun's energy throughout the year. The development also uses natural drainage, called bioswales, to collect water to irrigate the common areas and support the cultivation of edible foods, such as nut and fruit trees and vegetables for consumption by residents, without incurring the cost of using treated municipal water.Source: [http://www.villagehomesdavis.org Village Homes, Davis, California]; Bill Browning and Kim Hamilton, [http://www.context.org/iclib/ic35/browning/ "Village Homes: A model solar community proves its worth"]; Smart Communities, Ibid.
References
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External links
- http://www.villagehomesdavis.org/
- Village Homes information on the Davis Wiki.
- http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC35/Browning.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070609124520/http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/workup/siegel_house/vh_bkgd.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131110035906/http://www.earthfuture.com/community/villagehomes.asp
=Documentary videos about Village Homes=
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsCvpDbMW8 Global Gardener: Urban Permaculture feat. Bill Mollison (1991)]
- [https://vimeo.com/81900784 GeoffLawton.com: Food Forest Suburb (2015)]
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Category:Sustainable communities