Co-housing

Designing Multigenerational Dwelling A Workshop with Four Flemish Architecture Firms

Due to social shifts, demographic changes and spatial challenges, housing is at the top of the social agenda in Flanders. Recently, communal housing concepts are being put forward to strive against these general developments. This paper presents research on multigenerational dwelling.
2015

Senior Cohousing: An Alternative for Hawaii's Elderly

The goal of this project is to encourage the concept and building of senior cohousing communities in Hawaii.
2014

Housing Alternatives for an Aging Population

This Canadian paper looks at the social benefits of ageing in a cohousing environment. Social connection is the key to flourishing in old age. How can housing support flourishing through social connection in an aging society? Harbourside Cohousing in Sooke, BC, is a prototype.
2014

Opportunities and Challenges of Innovative Housing and/or Support Service Models in fostering Aging in Place for Older Adults: A Critical Review

This capstone project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000 to 2013) focused on three types of innovative housing and/or service models and aging in place to address housing needs for older adults. By comparative analysis of their differences and similarities, opportunities and challenges are identified for Villages, Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) and Cohous
2014

Differences between Cohousing and Gated Communities.

On the basis of the literature about gated and cohousing communities, this work analyzes how these communities differ from each other. The analysis suggests that cohousing and gated communities are different in the nature of relationships between residents and in the reasons why they arise, even if there are some points of similarity.
2014
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My House or My Home? The challenges of ageing and housing

Discussion points from the Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King's College, London) 2014 Annual Conference.
2014

The All-Ages City

By 2030, 20% of the U.S. will be senior citizens, compared with 13% today. Cities will have to adapt, not just to a growing population of elderly, but to the baby boomers’ idea of what it means to be elderly. An Indiana architect has come up with a new idea for retirement living. Instead of bringing Main Street to retirement communities, why not bring retirement communities to Main Street?
2014

Cooperatives and Co-housing of older people. German Case Studies in Rhineland-Palatinate

This paper, presented at the 2014 AESOP Conference, examines the emerging interest in the co-housing model as a means to address the paucity of housing options for older people in Germany. Interest in the neighbourhood has increased considerably by housing companies and social policymakers in recent years.
2014

Innovative housing solutions for an ageing population - a case study

Common Ground Tasmania is about providing people with the support they need to recover from the trauma of homelessness, to exit an endless cycle of homelessness and crisis accommodation, to stay housed and to rebuild their lives. Four key features of the Common Ground supportive housing model: - Permanent, affordable accommodation with design features adding value to the surrounding community - A
2014

Is cohousing a suitable housing typology for an ageing population within the UK?

The study investigates why there are so few cohousing communities in the UK, particularly in light of their success in Europe and the US. It asks why cohousing has not taken off to the same extent as it has in Europe.
2014
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