Concept design of the Ren Xue Centre Australasia (Steve Campbell Design)
Retreat Centre Update
Planning for the Ren Xue Centre Australasia (RXCAA) Retreat Centre - is progressing well.
The Steering Group is tasked with overseeing the strategic planning of the RXCAA.
Resource consent was achieved in April 2023. This was a major milestone for the project as it gave New Zealand/Aotearoa planning consent under the Resource Management Act 1991 for the activity to undertake the development of a Retreat Centre on the Land at 1317 Takaka Collingwood Highway Onekakā, along with associated activities based on the Farm and Coastal dwelling.
Many ideas and considerations were discussed as part of the initial design process which produced these plans. A special thank you to Ollie Clifton, Steve Campbell, Isabel Marques, Simon Sangmeister, Jill Corson and Stephan Meijer who all contributed their time and effort towards this process.
The Steering Group is tasked with overseeing the strategic planning of the RXCAA.
Resource consent was achieved in April 2023. This was a major milestone for the project as it gave New Zealand/Aotearoa planning consent under the Resource Management Act 1991 for the activity to undertake the development of a Retreat Centre on the Land at 1317 Takaka Collingwood Highway Onekakā, along with associated activities based on the Farm and Coastal dwelling.
Many ideas and considerations were discussed as part of the initial design process which produced these plans. A special thank you to Ollie Clifton, Steve Campbell, Isabel Marques, Simon Sangmeister, Jill Corson and Stephan Meijer who all contributed their time and effort towards this process.
This is what 1317 Takaka Collingwood Highway Onekakā the site of the retreat Centre currently looks like. It is being managed as part of the Ren Xue Farm. To find out more about the farm's management click here: The Farm.
Yuan Tze, Melissa and the Steering Group on the Site of RXCAA March 2024
After the planning consent was granted, the Steering Group received a proposal from Steve Campbell Design to develop the initial concept design and provide a 3D fly-through render to help the Ren Xue Community understand and see the whole project in 3D.
Steve is a valued member of the Steering Group who, in addition to being a fully qualified Ren Xue practitioner, is also a qualified Building Designer in Australia and based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. You can find out more about Steve at Steve Campbell Design at: Home - Steve Campbell Design or Life Cultivation at: https://lifecultivation.com.au/
Steve’s interests in design is based on having a good understanding of client's visions and helping create them into reality:
With these design interests and his experience with Ren Xue, Steve was a perfect choice to develop the concept plans for the RXCAA.
Steve used all his experience from attending retreats and workshops, feedback from Ren Xue practitioners and the community, feedback from Yuan Tze, conditions from the resource consent and his own experience working on sustainable heart lead projects to develop the concept plans. You can see a copy of the plan below.
Steve is a valued member of the Steering Group who, in addition to being a fully qualified Ren Xue practitioner, is also a qualified Building Designer in Australia and based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. You can find out more about Steve at Steve Campbell Design at: Home - Steve Campbell Design or Life Cultivation at: https://lifecultivation.com.au/
Steve’s interests in design is based on having a good understanding of client's visions and helping create them into reality:
- Passive Sustainable Design
- Natural materials
- Simplicity
- The wellbeing and health of people
- Sacred Geometry
- Feng Shui
- Positive Development – holistic design
With these design interests and his experience with Ren Xue, Steve was a perfect choice to develop the concept plans for the RXCAA.
Steve used all his experience from attending retreats and workshops, feedback from Ren Xue practitioners and the community, feedback from Yuan Tze, conditions from the resource consent and his own experience working on sustainable heart lead projects to develop the concept plans. You can see a copy of the plan below.
Vision for the Project
- At its initial stage, the Centre will be a venue for holding events – programmes covering all stages of life, from childhood and pregnancy to old age, and for specific purposes such as healing.
- A focus will be the training of professional teachers.
- Later stages will include Ren Xue in its existing disciplines as well as a centre for scientific research, combining medical care, education, and Totality Healing (Yuan Ming).
- The Centre will be a prototype for living according to the laws of health and life and aspires to become a societal model for the future.
- The centre will be sustainable, both financially and environmentally. The land will allow for food production and will have its own sources of water and energy.
- The Centre embodies values of simplicity, naturalness, practicality, and health.
- The Centre will be non-profit and charitable.
- The Centre will be a base from which Ren Xue can reach out to everyone in Australasia and the rest of the world (until other centres are built), as well as a vehicle for Ren Xue to become an effective tool and realise its value.
Kaupapa Projects ( About | Kaupapa Projects) has been engaged to price the concept plans and offer advice on procuring experts in New Zealand/Aotearoa as the development planning progresses.
The next step is to engage an architect who will take the project to the next stage of development providing plans for New Zealand/Aotearoa building consent regulations.
If you would like to know more about the planning of the RXCAA or would like to visit the site please contact Rosie, the Centre Manager who would love to hear from you: [email protected]
The next step is to engage an architect who will take the project to the next stage of development providing plans for New Zealand/Aotearoa building consent regulations.
If you would like to know more about the planning of the RXCAA or would like to visit the site please contact Rosie, the Centre Manager who would love to hear from you: [email protected]