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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Cohousing"”.
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The Frolic Model : transforming single-family homes into urban cohousing
… are cooperative financing, co-development, and cohousing. The cooperative financing structure enables crowd-investing and a decoupling of share ownership and tenancy. This allows residents to act as long-term tenants of a project without requiring a large down payment or a personal mortgage. It …
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Social Capital in Cohousing: Understanding How One Community Builds Ties
… single case study that examined Blueberry Hill Cohousing (BBHC), an American cohousing community, and both the processes the community uses to foster social capital among residents, and the challenges that have arisen over time within the community. Cohousing, a little-known residential planning …
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Cohousing and sustainability rating systems : opportunities for planning groups and developers
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Environmental Design, 2010
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Architecture By and For the Community. The Case of Cohousing in Barcelona
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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This is not my beautiful house : cohousing as an alternative American Dream
… In the past ten to fifteen years the word "cohousing" has been used to describe a strategy that attempts to redress the problems of rising housing costs, work vs. family time, and community isolation. This idea although it has gained strength in Denmark is by no means new. Old models such as …
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Comparative analysis of energy consumption trends in cohousing and alternate housing arrangements
The sizes of both single-family and multifamily homes have grown steadily in the United States over the last fifty years. During this time, despite more efficient production processes, energy consumption in the country also rose. The many concerns associated with increased energy consumption …
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Practices of shared living: Exploring environmental sustainability in UK cohousing, community living, and coliving
The environmental impacts of the UK’s domestic sector must be lowered if they are to meet UK government greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction targets. However, government initiatives to lower domestic GHGs have had little success, and progress has been too slow. Given this lack of top-down …
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Questioning the SENIOR COHOUSING CHALLENGE: A Cross-Sector Analysis of Interviews with Leading Experts
… seniors experience isolation and loneliness. Cohousing can offer older adults a place to age in place, within a 'community-of-care'. However, the challenges of creating senior cohousing are numerous - the failure rates staggering. What factors contribute to this challenge? What could the way …
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Rezidenční mobilita a naplňování idejí cohousingu v každodenním životě obyvatel: případová studie projektu Klidná
The thesis deals with cohousing; a concept of living based on common spaces and shared facilities. In the first phase, the aim is to provide a summary of the development of cohousing and other similar forms of housing in the world and also in Czechia. The second phase focuses on a concrete by …
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Community and the Habits of Democratic Citizenship: An Investigation into Civic Engagement, Social Capital and Democratic Capacity-Building in U.S. Cohousing Neighborhoods
… of place-based community development called "cohousing" to enhance the quantity and quality of resident civic engagement. Cohousing neighborhoods marry elements of social contact design with democratic self-governance and intentional social practices designed to build trust and cohesion among …
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Creating Participatory Space through Partnership Exploring the relationship between a faith-based day programming organization and a cohousing community for individuals with and without disabilities
This thesis examines the relationship between a cohousing community and a related ministry center in a mid-Atlantic state that seek to encourage an environment for people—with and without disabilities—to live together while fostering the individuality and autonomy among members of both groups. This …
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Architecture of Connection: A Mixed-Use Housing Strategy for Building Urban Community
… community-oriented housing type, informed by cohousing, student housing, and German baugruppen, is an important response to the social isolation brought by increased urban density, less public social space, and current demographic trends that increase the likelihood of our living alone. In an …
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Disorientations
… and the domestic. I consider the planned cohousing community where I grew up as an influence on my work, and my whiteness. By contrast, my sculptures reference three sites where unplanned but established communities of color were displaced by travel infrastructures, which in some cases …
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Aqua House
… Through the use of these spaces the idea of cohousing is introduced. Cohousing is defined as the use of design to generate a community that builds connection and insights collaborative participation. The system that occupies this communal space is aquaponics, defined as the growth of aquatic …
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LIVING TINY
… middle. Based on case studies of tiny houses and cohousing principles, Living Tiny envisions a two-part system of collective living that involves tiny house accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and communal buildings for shared amenities. Sited in Austin, Texas, the thesis presents its design for …
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Established and emerging group build (Baugruppen) development processes
Regulatory reforms aimed at increasing the housing supply also create new opportunities for households to jointly develop housing for their own use. To achieve goals in sustainable urban development, planners may leverage natural household incentives to prioritize building lifecycle cost and social …
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Participace obyvatel domova pro seniory
Retirement homes provide a versatile facilities and services to their clients not only to secure the basic needs of seniors but also to offer an opportunity to satisfy their secondary needs for instance by participating on social events. Such involvement of seniors is beneficial for themselves and …