In their first attempts at innovation, the bean sprouts asked themselves: What is the 2020 status quo for housing?
Their realization? The status quo was stupid. Antiquated. Static. Surely there must have been some who already realized this… and there were!
The bean sprouts researched the fearless few who rejected all house-building norms and drew inspiration from their core principles to form their own set!
More on their 5 principles -> Here
Some radical individuals lived completely off-the-grid, modeling after ancient villagers.
Others designed brand-new housing models symbiotic with natural ecosystems.
The circle.house is not a single, individual unit, but a collection of dynamic “pods” intertwined with one another.
The first pod needed to be perfect. It would inspire all the others!
In the first pod, the wizards addressed core human needs for survival. They incorporated circular technologies of the 2020s that effectively addressed these needs, first starting with energy + temperature control
Then moving in on food.
Shape shifting shelter from the elements
Before moving into building a larger network of pods, they took one last look at their self-sustaining unit. What were the inputs and outputs?
After perfecting the first pod, the wizards began to invite “Homestayers” to live in their inventive new housing structure. However, the wizards soon realized the pods couldn’t sustain without a strong shared services infrastructure throughout the greater circle.house community.
Homestayers moved in throngs into the first circle.house pods.
As population density increased, innovative infrastructures were incorporated to dynamically shift with an evolving community.
First, previously cosmetic space was transformed into novel spaces that would nurture the community.
Walls reconfigured at the drop of a hat to create dynamic spaces that could nourish any form of human activity.
Energy was captured through renewable sources and stored so that the mining of fossil fuels from Earth was no longer necessary.
As Homestayers eased into the circle.house model, they reconciled with past housing habits of superfluous materialism, self-created isolation, and rigid structures impervious to change.
It actually required very little for a space to feel truly “home.”
A more socially-intuitive home was one that paralleled a Homestayer’s growth: from birth to adolescence, to parenting to aging.
circle.house began expanding into even more social services, such as tending to corporal and mental health needs.
Homestayers welcomed the return of the “modern hospital” back into the home (as it had been modeled in earlier civilizations).
With social systems solidified and basic physical needs tended to, Homestayers found themselves achieving greater levels of human flourishing.
Homestayers found that their core needs of health, security, and wellness were tended to — allowing for greater levels of happiness, fulfillment, and self-actualization.
A sense of belonging was a key player.
circle.house began to grow and adapt at the pace of and in unison with the fascinating, neuroplastic human mind.
Lastly, circle.house expanded beyond human models and looked to nature as keystone inspiration for ever-sustainable and ever-flourishing communities.