"An abandoned military village in Germany could get a new lease of life as a hippy commune fit for the 21st Century. "Patrick Henry Village, near the German city of Heidelberg, was not born to hippy ideals. "In fact, it was opened by the US Army as a military base after World War Two, and was described by those who lived and worked there as a tiny slice of 1950s America transported to Europe. "The vision, says Prof Carlo Ratti - who runs the design company Carlo Ratti Associati and heads up … Continue reading