Guided tour of Christie Walk Ecocity development

Visit this unique urban community of 27 dwellings in the centre of Adelaide, which includes apartments, standalone strawbale houses, and townhouses.

Sustainable design features include:

• passive solar design

• photovoltaic cells with battery storage

• solar hot water – flat plate and evacuated tubes

• composting

• underground stormwater storage

• community spaces – meeting room, laundry, bike shelter, produce garden, roof garden

Christie Walk was purpose-built as a model ecocity development. It’s designed to showcase how biodiversity, low emissions and community-living can be fashioned into a vibrant and verdant inner-city development.

https://www.urbanecology.org.au