Shortlist (first version)
My proposal for a shortlist (to go through from top to bottom, renting the first space that fits our budget and time window):
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Eco Domes. Reasoning: lots of space for the festival. Most aligned to the OpenVillage “DIY great life” vision due to dry toilets, water-recycling shower, solar water heater, geodesic domes – it fits the image for outreach / prototyping of an OpenVillage house. Great separation of living and working spaces, with the big living room being the co-working space. Also, private beach
Might even be possible to negotiate a longer / recurring collaboration with the owners. Disadvantages: Quite a bit outside of Essaouira. We will need to set up a shuttle service or get us electrical bicycles … -
Cap Sim House.
Because it’s a great place close to Essaouira (means: closer to shops, to more people and to more “fun stuff”).(Edit 2017-10-02: It’s instead close to Sidi Kaouki, and close to the Eco Domes house. Corrected in the description since, and see the resulting updated list due to this correction.) -
E.S. house. Because, practical, affordable and cute.
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L’Air De La Mer house. Great and good, but probably too big / too expensive for us (“can fit 25 people”) so the E.S. house is preferable, if available. (Both are inside Sidi Kaouki.)
Comments, esp. @nadia and @unknown_author? I’d like us to start going through a shortlist like that, so we need the list first 