Creating Cohousing : building sustainable communities. / Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett. txt
Canada : New Society Publishers , 2011Descripción: xiv, 321 p. ill. ; 23 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- HD7287.7 M33 2011
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Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:
The cohousing "bible" by the US originators of the concept.
A man's home is his castle. But demographic and economic changes haveturned our castles into islands. How can we regain the elements of the traditional village - family, cooperation, community and a sense of belonging - within the context of 21st century life?
Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities is an in-depth exploration of a uniquely rewarding type of housing which is perfect for anyone who values their independence but longs for more connection with those around them. Written by the award-winning team that wrote the original "cohousing bible" and first brought cohousing to North America, this fully-illustrated manual combines nuts-and-bolts practical considerations and design ideas with extensive case studies of dozens of diverse communities in Europe and North America.
Cohousing communities create unique opportunities for designing more sustainable lifestyles. Whether urban, suburban or rural; senior or intergenerational; retrofit or new, the authors show how the physical structures of cohousing communities lend themselves to a more efficient use of resources, and make everything from gardening to childcare to socializing easier.
Creating Cohousing puts the "neighbor" back into "neighborhood"; and is an essential resource for anyone interested in more environmentally and socially sustainable living.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents :
Acknowledgments ix --
Foreword by Bill McKibben xi --
Preface xiii --
Part One : Introducing Cohousing --
Chapter 1 Addressing Our Changing Lifestyles 3 --
Chapter 2 How Cohousing Works 12 --
Chapter 3 An Old Idea – A Contemporary Approach 24 --
Part Two : Cohousing Communities in Europe : An Inside Look --
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Cohousing in Europe 39 --
Chapter 5 Trudeslund 51 --
Chapter 6 Sun and Wind + Overdrevet 59 --
Chapter 7 Jerngarden 73 --
Chapter 8 Jystrup Savvaerket 77 --
Chapter 9 Tornevangsgarden 83 --
Chapter 10 Bondebjerget 88 --
Chapter 11 Drejerbanken 93 --
Part Three : Two Decades of Cohousing in North America --
Chapter 12 Frogsong Cohousing 109 --
Chapter 13 Hearthstone Cohousing 117 --
Chapter 14 Bellingham Cohousing & Pleasant Hill Cohousing 127 --
Chapter 15 Muir Commons 135 --
Chapter 16 Doyle Street 143 --
Chapter 17 Southside Park Cohousing 153 --
Chapter 18 Jamaica Plain Cohousing 162 --
Chapter 19 Berkeley Cohousing 167 --
Chapter 20 Temescal Commons and Temescal Creek 174 --
Chapter 21 Swan ‘ s Market Cohousing 180 --
Chapter 22 WindSong Cohousing 184 --
Chapter 23 Quayside Village Cohousing 189 --
Chapter 24 Fresno Cohousing 194 --
Chapter 25 Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage 202 --
Chapter 26 Yarrow Ecovillage 206 --
Part Four : Creating Cohousing --
Chapter 27 From Dream to Reality 215 --
Chapter 28 The Participatory Design Process 235 --
Chapter 29 Cohousing Design 247 --
Part Five : Sustainability , Longevity , and the Cohousing Legacy --
Chapter 30 Cohousing and Community 273 --
Chapter 31 Happily Ever Aftering in Cohousing 282 --
Chapter 32 The Legacy of Cohousing 289 --
Afterword 302 --
Selected Bibliography 306 --
Notes 309 --
Index 311 --
About the Author 321 --
Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Charles Durrett and his wife Kathryn McCamant are award-winning architects who introduced the concept of cohousing to the US. with their book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves . Charles wrote The Senior Cohousing Handbook and, together with Kathryn McCamant, has designed over fifty cohousing communities in the United States and consulted on many more around the world.
Kathryn McCamant , and her husband Charles Durrett co-authored Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves and founded McCamant & Durrett Architects and The CoHousing Company. They coined the term "cohousing" for which they are credited in the Oxford English Dictionary. Kathryn has designed and developed dozens of cohousing communities and founded Cohousing Partners in 2006 with developer Jim Leach.