Chapter 2. Design opportunities

If the goal to create a self-sustainable Texel is to be achieved by 2065, a great amount of change will have to take place, both in the development and scale of the technology, and the behavioural patterns of the inhabitants. This is such a large task that it cannot be grasped in one piece. This chapter exists in order to find the design spaces and systems with the most opportunity for change

Before the design spaces can be analysed, first the present parties, opinions and knowledge (assorted baggage) must be defined. This assorted baggage is known as a presence. Unlike the most commonly known meaning of the word, their presence is not restricted by their physical location. It has gotten a much wider meaning, in the new and upcoming world of virtual realities, long distance…