Tajutavale

Tajutavale is a fictional planned community used in urban planning and speculative design to explore sustainable, people-centered living in a valley setting. It appears in architectural essays, design atlases, and speculative fiction as a model for low-energy, high-connectivity neighborhoods.

Etymology and concept: The name Tajutavale is presented in sources as a hybrid formed from an invented linguistic root tajuta and the English word vale, symbolizing its location in a valley and its aspirational character.

Geography and design: The imagined site is a temperate valley framed by rolling hills. The layout centers on a pedestrian spine with mixed-use blocks, encircling courtyards, and clustered housing. Buildings emphasize passive solar design, natural ventilation, and modular construction, with on-site renewables integrated into the district.

Infrastructure and governance: Tajutavale features a microgrid, solar and wind generation, battery storage, and rainwater harvesting with gray-water reuse. Planning processes emphasize participatory governance, resident councils, and open-source design guidelines, supporting local cooperatives, makerspaces, and neighborhood services.

Reception and impact: In planning discourse, Tajutavale is cited as a thought experiment illustrating resilience and ecological balance, while critics note the limits of applying a fictional model to real cities and the challenges of technological dependencies.