“Kårhus” are for farms, in a pocket village the two stars Alexandrine pattern 40; Old People Everywhere**, would be a better solution: http://www.iwritewordsgood.com/apl/patterns/apl040.htm

For children you need Adventure Playgrounds: http://www.iwritewordsgood.com/apl/patterns/apl073.htm

Yes, a common brewery would be excellent! Did you listen to the podcast at Levevei.no recently, about micro breweries: http://www.levevei.no/2015/10/episode-120-mikrobrygging-meditasjon-og-tilstedevaerelse-i-livet/

Soon next year I hope to write a post called “The Anxiety for the Pocket Village” or “Angsten for lommelandsbyen”, in Norwegian. I hope this can change the mind of the politician, so that we can cooperate about a detailed plan for Norway’s first “lommelandsby” or pocket village.

They didn’t listen to me about the new big box though: http://www.verdidebatt.no/debatt/cat1/subcat1037/thread11619766/#post_11619766

If you want to sell the idea of deep sustainability: why not interrogate the plans as soon as possible with minor details that challenge the core suburban plot thoughts that the local council will embrace. Somewhere close to the stream there needs to be plans for a collective ale-house- brewery (you can translate it as well as I can); if these weren’t prevalent in Toten then import the idea from Hardanger. How close this should be to the obligatorisk samfunnshus ( obligatory community hall) is another question. Most important of all is that according to your proposed model – no housing plans should ever again be ratified unless they include a kårhus (small cabin for the elderly/granny flat). This original Norwegian building custom was ingenious and should be reintroduced as an essential part of the communal vision as it both promotes family cohesion, and relieves pressure on child-care and elderly care models long into the future.

Bembo Davies;
The unMonastery
Bergen