AUTO.TOMY is a speculative eco-village in rural Fujian, China. Ecotourism is one of the fastest-growing parts of the tourism industry, but much of it has drifted into commercial schemes that only look sustainable. This project takes the opposite view: build a village that can sustain itself first, and let tourism follow.
The village is planned to be self-sufficient, with autonomous buildings, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy. Diagrams map how food, energy, liquid waste and recycling move in closed loops, and how land is shared between farming, housing and public life alongside the locals.
Public buildings, including a library, a kindergarten and an exhibition hall, sit lightly in the landscape under sweeping timber roofs. Visitors come not to consume the place but to learn and to live side by side with the community, so tourism becomes a side-effect of a village that works.
