The Co-Housing Phenomenon: Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes (The Urban Book Series)

This book presents 50 case studies of contemporary co-housing projects spread all over the world to show how communities of shared living have become a global phenomenon that can serve as a tool to promote social and urban sustainability. By presenting evidence that shared housing experiences are capable of revitalizing sterile urban fabrics and promoting social sustainable practices, the volume situates co-housing experiences as microscale responses to the macroscale challenges posed by environmental degradation and the decline of communitarian ways of living. The volume also reviews the most famous typologies of shared living in different parts of the world across human history. By analyzing historical experiences in different regions of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the author shows that living together is part of a historical culture of sharing that is being rediscovered all over the world by people who activate public spaces, work in shared offices or live in contractual communities. The Co-Housing Phenomenon – Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of sustainable urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for public agents and civil society organizations dealing with housing, social, environmental and sustainability policies. Preface Acknowledgments Contents Chapter 1: Technocene 1.1 Today’s Crisis: Definitions 1.1.1 Environment 1.1.2 Crisis 1.1.3 Progress 1.2 Societies and Environment 1.2.1 Greece: Nature, Immutability, and Cyclicity 1.2.2 The Judeo-Christian Creation 1.2.3 Civitas 1.3 Science and Industry 1.3.1 Time, Market, and State 1.3.2 Dominator Et Possessor Mundi 1.3.3 Religious Technology 1.4 Anthropocene 1.4.1 Definition and History of the Term: A Change in the Perspective 1.4.2 Earth Overshoot 1.4.3 Responsibility Toward the Future 1.5 A New Term 1.5.1 Plunder of the Earth and Social Drying 1.5.2 Economy and Environment 1.5.3 Technique and Technological Apparatus 1.5.4 What Can We Do? Ethics in the Age of Technology 1.5.5 Technocene: A Definition References Chapter 2: Sharing as Cultural Revolution 2.1 Communitarian Environment 2.1.1 Sharing 2.1.2 The Common Good 2.1.3 Community 2.1.4 Industrial Community by Adriano Olivetti 2.2 Creating a Human Environment 2.2.1 Rationality 2.2.2 Architecture and Soul 2.2.3 Inhabitants Live with Soul 2.2.4 The “Principle of Responsibility” in Architecture 2.3 Five Architectural Ways to Create a Community 2.3.1 Commons 2.3.2 Public Spaces 2.3.3 Icons 2.3.4 Co-working 2.3.5 Contractual Communities References Chapter 3: Sharing as Cultural Preexistence 3.1 Learning from History 3.2 Europe 3.2.1 Polis 3.2.2 Cascina 3.2.3 Phalanstery 3.3 Asia 3.3.1 Tulou 3.3.2 Kibutz 3.4 Africa 3.4.1 Matmata 3.4.2 Umuzi or Kraal 3.5 America 3.5.1 Calpulli 3.5.2 Raramuri Settlements 3.5.3 Shabono 3.6 Oceania 3.6.1 Marae 3.7 Conclusions References Chapter 4: Co-housing 4.1 We Still Need to Live Together 4.2 Recent Solutions 4.3 From Communitarian Micro-Dimension to Social Macro-Innovations 4.3.1 Contemporary Territories 4.3.2 Reuse 4.3.3 Resilience 4.3.4 Designer 4.3.5 Real Estate 4.3.6 The Reverse: Gated Communities 4.4 Common Characteristics 4.5 Six Features to Define “Co-housing” 4.6 Three Main Differences 4.7 Four Categories Help in Describing the Realities References Chapter 5: Co-housing Cases 5.1 Studying the Cases 5.2 The 50 Cases 5.2.1 Belterra [1] 5.2.2 Bloomington [2] 5.2.3 Cannock Mill [3] 5.2.4 Casa Tucuna 5.2.5 Chiaravalle [4] 5.2.6 Coflats [5] 5.2.7 CoHousing Israel (CHI) 5.2.8 Copper Lane [6, 7] 5.2.9 CosyCoh [8] 5.2.10 Cranberry Commons [9] 5.2.11 Doyle Street [10] 5.2.12 Drivhuset [11] 5.2.13 Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood [12] 5.2.14 Ecosol [13] 5.2.15 Emerson Commons [14] 5.2.16 Forgebank [15] 5.2.17 Frog Song [16] 5.2.18 Il Mucchio [17] 5.2.19 Itaca [18] 5.2.20 K1 [19] 5.2.21 Le Torri 5.2.22 LILAC Grove [20] 5.2.23 Los Portales [21] 5.2.24 Milagro Co-Housing [22] 5.2.25 Moora Moora [23] 5.2.26 Mount Camphill [24] 5.2.27 Munksøgård [25] 5.2.28 Mura San Carlo [26] 5.2.29 Nubanusit [27] 5.2.30 OWCH [28] 5.2.31 Pacific Gardens Co-housing Community [29] 5.2.32 Pioneer Valley [30] 5.2.33 Pomali [31] 5.2.34 Quattropassi [32] 5.2.35 Quayside Village [33] 5.2.36 Radiance Cohousing [34] 5.2.37 Rancho La Salud Village [35] 5.2.38 Rocky Hill [36] 5.2.39 Solidaria: San Giorgio [37] 5.2.40 Springhill [38] 5.2.41 Stolplyckan [39] 5.2.42 Sunflower [40] 5.2.43 Swan’s Market [41] 5.2.44 Temescal Creek [42] 5.2.45 Terracielo [43] 5.2.46 Urban Village Bovisa 5.2.47 Vaubandistrict [44] 5.2.48 Wandelmeent [45] 5.2.49 Windsong [46] 5.2.50 Wolf Willow [47] 5.3 Comments on the Cases References Chapter 6: Hopes References Index "This book presents 50 case studies of contemporary co-housing projects spread all over the world to show how communities of shared living have become a global phenomenon that can serve as a tool to promote social and urban sustainability. By presenting evidence that shared housing experiences are capable of revitalizing sterile urban fabrics and promoting social sustainable practices, the volume situates co-housing experiences as microscale responses to the macroscale challenges posed by environmental degradation and the decline of communitarian ways of living. The volume also reviews the most famous typologies of shared living in different parts of the world across human history. By analyzing historical experiences in different regions of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the author shows that living together is part of a historical culture of sharing that is being rediscovered all over the world by people who activate public spaces, work in shared offices or live in contractual communities. The Co-Housing Phenomenon--Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of sustainable urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for public agents and civil society organizations dealing with housing, social, environmental and sustainability policies"--Page 4 of cover