Utopia

Pronunciation:/juːˈtəʊpɪə/

noun

• an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. 
  
  
  
  
  As my idea for a utopia is imaginary, it still is somewhat realistic. But it surely is not a picture of a whole world, because most people would not be able to live in this utopia, let alone understand it.
  
  
  The Utopia starts with 20 individuals teaming up. 20 is an arbitrary number, but it's the least amount of people needed to start it up.
  
  
  The first phase would consist of preparation; spotting and buying a large enough plot of land, arranging building materials and temporary living facilities. 
  In Phase Two, two buildings are constructed; a community building which will serve as the main living facilities for the duration of Phase Two, and a growroom, which will be used to produce most of our food items. Also during this phase, agricultural preparations should be taken, as the community might need a livestock, mainly cows and chickens. 
  Phase Three consists of constructing 20 housing units spreaded around the community building. 20 houses for 20 people is sufficient, even when there are population changes. Empty houses can be used for new recruits or even a visitor. Livestock and growroom should be up to speed by now. As the housing units are finished, the community building can be transformed and even expanded for group purposes.
  
  
  These broad outlines would be the first phases to realize the project. The goals of the Utopia are self-sufficiency, living in harmony with nature and of course, collective happiness through personal happiness. 
  Also, I do not believe there is any purpose for personal possessions within this community. Everything belongs to everyone, as we are all equal.
  As for government... A much needed debate is still needed for this topic, so I will leave this for another topic.
  
  
  I must remind you, this is a very broad outline of the project, I will go into much deeper detail in following posts. I would love to hear suggestions or maybe bugs you see in this project.
  
  
  
  
  

A smaller community.

While this blog is mainly about a relatively large community, we had a vision the other day about how it would look when there were only 4 or 5 people living together in a densely populated area, thus on a small plot of land.

So we've decided to make it all in one single building, with a large public living room and kitchen, and 5 private appartments. This all would be relatively cheap to accomplish, when building with concrete and doing most things ourselves.

We have enclosed a floor lay-out as we have quickly drawn up in the spur of the moment. If you have any suggestions or remarks, please leave them in a comment.

Welcome to the Utopia Project

Dear visitor,

Thank you for visiting this blog about the Utopia Project.

In the next posts you will be taken on a tour around the Utopia Project. It is an idea, a way of living, nay a radical change of life in pursuit of happiness in harmony with nature. That is the goal of the Utopia Project, to form a community, even a small city, living together in harmony with the nature and the people around us, and in doing so, set an example for the whole world.

Feel free to comment on all our posts to let us know what you think, how you would improve our plans, etc.