Regenerative Eco-Village Masterplanning
Developing the UK’s first regenerative settlement
Bowden Pillars Future are developing the UK’s first regenerative settlement in South Devon. Set on 120 acres of farmland. This project explores regenerative eco-village masterplanning as a way of rethinking how settlements relate to land, community and ecology. Developed as a living system, the project brings together housing, food production, shared spaces and ecological restoration to support long-term resilience and wellbeing.
The Brief
To support the client and design team with a planning application for 50 homes. Coupled with a land management framework and spatial masterplan for the site and farmland.
Our Approach
Supporting Transition by Design and Incremental architecture, we are working as part of a holistic design team to bring together the high aspirations and dream of the client team, whilst grounding it in the delivery of a housing scheme and farm land project.
The Challenges
Human complexity. Site parameters. A first planning policy to be piloted (AL1) in the UK.
The Outcome
The intended outcome is a successful planning application and then build process that embeds value into each stage of the design process. Building the capacity of the system and people within it. The aim is to develop a culture here that will last and grow for generations to come.
The Future
This is a pioneering project we are stoked to be a part of. Keep up to date to follow the project as it progresses.
