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Coho US Staff Chuck Durrett, who along with Katie McCamant, brought cohousing to the US, joined us for a WebChat on cohousing design and the process he uses to design a community.
The theme of the evening was "If it doesn't work socially, why bother?"
Chuck began by sharing his earliest awareness of... Views since 5/2014: 2,531 |
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Coho US Staff Last week's webchat with architect Grace Kim was full of useful information. Whether you are already using your common house or are in the design phase, taking time to think about acoustics and learning how to make them work well will add enjoyment and possibly participation to your common meals... Views since 5/2014: 1,358 |
Coho US Staff For our 10th WebChat, Architect Laura Fitch walked us through the process her home community, Pioneer Valley Cohousing, uses for Design Review. In other words, how the community considers requests from members to make changes to the exterior of their homes.
Pioneer Valley's detailed policy... Views since 5/2014: 1,403 |
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Karin Hoskin, Wild Sage Cohousing Don't Let Your Kids Space Become an Afterthought!
Wild Sage had some cool things in our kids space, we took a small plain square room and built a loft, we added an old library ladder to access it, we painted each wall a different color and painted sparkly clouds on the ceiling...but is it really... Views since 5/2014: 2,734 |
David Barrett, FAIA I sit here on the Pacific Coast of Mexico watching the sea awaken in the soft pastels of the changing morning light of sunrise. The waves, stirred by a night of winds from the north rise and fall, then crash into transformative white foam, obscuring the boulders that define our boundary between... Views since 5/2014: 2,845 |
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The 2018 Boulder CO Regional Cohousing Conference holds the keys to creating a highly functioning cohousing community. There is something for everyone - those exploring the idea, newly forming groups or existing communities.
For Newly Forming Communities:
You will learn how to get started, meet... Views since 5/2014: 3,378 |
by Sharon Villines Communities designing their common houses often ask about what they will need. What do people really use? What kind of storage is needed and what will go in it? Is an office necessary and for what? They don’t know about storage for 8 snow shovels or 6 different kinds of brooms and mops.
When our... Views since 5/2014: 2,913 |
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I love to see communities reusing old stuff in a unique way.
Recently when visiting Greyrock Commons in Fort Collins Colorado, I had the pleasure of touring their common house. Not only do they have the absolute-most-coolest-ever-indoor-kids-play-area, but they had lovely wooden floors in... Views since 5/2014: 3,063 |
Charles Durrett, The Cohousing Company and Nevada City Cohousing Reposted from News from The Cohousing Company: McCamant... Views since 5/2014: 4,664 |
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