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Intergenerational Cohousing La Seronda. Collaborative housing in Asturias
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Inclusive Cohousing Brisas Canarias. Collaborative Housing for everyone
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Trabensol Senior Center’s cohousing architecture photographed by Amy Chang
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Basic concepts of cohousing – collaborative housing
Basic concepts to bear in mind when initiating a cohousing - collaborative housing project following the self-managed assignment-of-use cooperative model. -
Diversity in equality: vegetation, colour, information… and accesibility
The Trabensol Cooperative wanted equal apartments, but a certain diversity was necessary to identify and access homes -
Trabensol Cooperative and Equipo Bloque Arquitectos choose geothermal energy
The potential of geothermal energy is just beginning to be exploited. Trabensol Cooperative is one of its pioneers in Spain -
Cohousing for hospitality-industry workers in Toronto
Cohousing for hospitality-industry workers and their families working in a self-managed restaurant for which they grow vegetables, collect water and recycle waste in the building -
Common spaces in Trabensol Senior Centre
Common spaces in Trabensol Centre for the Elderly are the built reflection of the Cooperative members’ life project basis. -
Life in the Trabensol Senior Centre
The first residents are arriving at Trabensol Centre for the Elderly. The building is finished and their life project starts a new stage -
What does a cohousing looks like (II) Common free and built spaces
Wide common spaces are representative of cohousing’s own nature and make it clearly different from other housing options. -
A new model of care for the elderly
Caring policies for the elderly need to be redefined according to dependency levels and respecting their freedom, autonomy and diversity -
Durability economy. Planned obsolescence
Objects stop working ‘by themselves' in a few years time, according to a planned design (planned obsolescence) How much would we save with objects designed to last?