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Towards a deeper understanding of the social architecture of co-housing: evidence from the UK, USA and Australia.
- Source :
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Urban Research & Practice . Mar2015, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p93-105. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This article draws attention to the micro-social practices that self-organising resident groups engage in over the years that it takes to build a co-housing community. This ‘social architecture’ is what distinguishes co-housing from superficially similar shared-space neighbourhoods. Co-housing developments are attracting renewed attention in Anglophone neo-liberal economies against a backdrop of crisis in conventional housing. Discussion draws on the views of co-housing residents from participatory research from the UK, USA and Australia. By engaging with a deeper understanding of group processes, shared visions and interpersonal capabilities – the ‘glue’ binding collaborative community relations – this paper challenges the priority usually given to the material characteristics of home and neighbourhood design. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *COOPERATIVE housing
*URBAN planning
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17535069
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Urban Research & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101623632
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2015.1011429