Nuevos modelos
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?
First the person, then the house
15% of the world’s population, 8,5% in Spain, has some kind of disability. A different form of house planning, designing and building is necessary
