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CIRCL - centre for innovation in regenerative communal living - aerial overview
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Idea of a real-time digital twin of a neighbourhood ecosystem managed by CIRCL OS
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detailed overview of a single communal housing cluster - featuring modular prefab timber structure - with units for seniors on the ground floor and visitors on the top floor gallery
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modular housing system allows for different configurations of clusters and neighbourhoods - adapting to specific locations
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detailed overview of an adaptation of XIX century granary barn for a multi-purpose public building with studios, workshops, gallery and auditorium space - serving entire village
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adapting existing rural infrastructure of a former State Owned Farm typology to create distinctively local public spaces
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Final recipe for Reviving the Rural - image presenting a man at a heart of productive garden right after brief summer storm
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Board summarising entire project
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Reviving the Rural
Michal Kasperski. Budachów, Poland
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Name of work in English
Reviving the Rural
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Name of work in original language
New perspectives for the European Countryside in the circular economy
Prize year
Young Talent 2023
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Work Location
Budachów, Poland
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Author/s
Michal Kasperski
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School
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment - Delft University of Technology.
Delft, The Netherlands
Young Talent 2023 YT Shortlisted
Reviving the Rural
New perspectives for the European Countryside in the circular economy
Program
Mixed use - Cultural & Social
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Labels
Aggregation · Elderly · Collective housing · Nature · Community
Project explores a new model of regenerative communal living for economic and social revival of the European countryside through strategic re-development of State-Owned Farm typologies. Applied at scale, it envisions a more locally productive, globally-connected, economically competitive and self-sufficient countryside in a circular economy
Reviving the Rural – explores new models of regenerative communal living and the potential of regional forestry for economic and social revival of the European countryside. It started with an investigation of the evolution of Polish countryside settlements across different economical periods. From early-capitalist through socialist to late-capitalist models - it became clear that the ways of organising territory are always closely tied and shaped by the socio-economic climate. Therefore, the project seeks an answer to, “What could the countryside be like as we shift towards the circular economy?” The result is a revitalisation strategy model proposing a re-development of former State-Owned Farm typologies - once popularised around Germany and Western Poland - now often abandoned. They present a unique opportunity to revive the rural areas while helping already established communities. A case study located in Budachów village in Western Poland explores an innovative model of regenerative communal living. It combines housing for seniors, permanently occupying the site, with a rich educational, cultural, and touristic programme for visitors, in areas of permaculture, farming and dining. In the light of local forestry and manufacturing potential, the architectural intervention focuses on careful adaptive reuse, paired with a more industrialised way of producing quality housing, while returning to locally sourced pine as the primary construction material. CIRCL– Centre for Innovation in Regenerative Communal Living – aspires to create a wide range of new economic opportunities for the area while providing much-needed housing for seniors and more responsible food production and resource management models. If applied at scale, the model envisions a more locally productive, globally-connected, economically competitive and self-sufficient countryside in a circular economy.