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At People Purpose Place, we're solving the housing crisis one intentional household at a time. Discover some of our plans and examples in our PLACE discussion here.

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47 Ginn Road ORIG

A Brand New Purpose Built Option

As a demonstration project, this has the unusual aspect that it has more input from non-residents than will be typical. However, membership and constitution are still in place for our investors and facilitators. Have a look at our Ginn road solution as it unfolds a brand new custom build construction.

Cairns Post 25/06/2024

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Sanctuary Magazine Published Article

With the support of national participants this project is evolving into the project of national significance that we imagined it could be. Editor Anna Cumming thanks for the kind words and support for the Ginn road solution.

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Download the Full Magazine Article here.

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Background thinking with our investor before construction commences.

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Part 1 Community
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Part 2 Household Who
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Working Drawing and Engineering complete

As you could expect with a prototype new build there are been some back and forth on this project to get to this stage. We expect that each project will have a degree of this and as a new build perhaps this has taken a while to achieve. Along this journey, all our participants have been doing their own work in parallel so the group has become tighter and more aligned even with the time taken to finalise our building design.

Some highlights

It turns out that we have achieved almost perfect solar alignment, which also captures the serenity of the location for every household member. Entertaining or communion can be a focal point at the heart of the home and yet each resident has maintained their own private space….

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Ginn Road Design Intention

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Construction Commences

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Future residents join in

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And today the slab goes down! 5 March 2024

We would argue the most significant home in Australia!

Stepped slab – Image by Juergen Freund
Placing the mud – Image by Juergen Freund
Local supply low carbon miles – Image by Juergen Freund
Place and screed – Image by Juergen Freund
Birds eye view – Image by Juergen Freund
Pumping Done – Image by Juergen Freund
Finishing – Image by Juergen Freund

Framing going up

It seems that the extended wet conditions haven’t got any better!

Address: 47 Ginn Road, Malanda QLD 4885

Region: Atherton Tablelands

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ACN: 659 425 242
ABN: 90 659 425 242
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 hello@peoplepurposeplace.com.au
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