Cohousing communities : designing for high-functioning neighborhoods / Charles Durrett ; with Jinglin Yang [and three others]

By: Durrett, Charles, 1955- [author.]
Contributor(s): Yang, Jinglin, 1981- [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]Description: 1 online resource : color illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119897736; 1119897734; 9781119897729; 1119897726; 9781119897712; 1119897718Subject(s): Housing, Cooperative | Community development, UrbanDDC classification: 334/.1 LOC classification: HD7287.7 | .D87 2022Online resources: Full text is available at Wiley Online Library Click here to view.
Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction 1 Part 1 Intergenerational Cohousing Design 13 Chapter 1. Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Neighborhood Site Design 15 Chapter 2. Haystack Heights Cohousing: Site Planning Workshop 49 Chapter 3. Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Common House and Common Facilities Design 79 Chapter 4. Haystack Heights Cohousing: Common House Workshop 101 Chapter 5. Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Private Houses Design 125 Chapter 6. Haystack Heights Cohousing: Private House Workshop 145 Part 2 Senior Cohousing Design 173 Chapter 7. Senior Neighborhood Design: Site Design 175 Chapter 8. Quimper Village: Site Planning Workshop 207 Chapter 9. Senior Cohousing Design Concepts: Common House Design 237 Chapter 10. Quimper Village: Common House Workshop 255 Chapter 11. Senior Cohousing Design Concepts: Private Houses Design 279 Chapter 12. Quimper Village: Private House Workshop 295 Part 3 The Rest of the Story 317 Chapter 13. Affordability 319 Chapter 14. The Details of Cohousing: What Components Lead to High- Functioning Neighborhoods? 363 Afterword 397 About the Authors 409 Acknowledgments 413 Other Books by Charles Durrett and Company 415
Summary: "Explore a groundbreaking and holistic new approach to designing community-first neighborhoods. In Cohousing Communities: Designing for High-Functioning Neighborhoods, distinguished architect and affordable housing advocate Charles Durrett delivers a complete, start-to-finish guide for designing anything where the emphasis lies with the community. This book describes the consequential role that architecture and a healthy design process can play in the success of neighborhoods, churches, towns, and more. It's an inspiring collection of ideas that prioritize high-functioning neighborhoods. In the book, the author draws on the success of hundreds of community-first projects to show readers how to design a project that addresses both timeless and modern challenges--from aging to climate change and racism--in its architecture and urban design. He compiles facts and concepts that are essential to the design of a high-functioning community, where people can participate in a way that reflects their values, improves their social connections, and retain their autonomy and privacy."--Amazon.com.
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Includes index.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1 Intergenerational Cohousing Design 13

Chapter 1. Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Neighborhood Site Design 15

Chapter 2. Haystack Heights Cohousing: Site Planning Workshop 49

Chapter 3. Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Common House and Common Facilities Design 79

Chapter 4. Haystack Heights Cohousing: Common House Workshop 101

Chapter 5. Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Private Houses Design 125

Chapter 6. Haystack Heights Cohousing: Private House Workshop 145

Part 2 Senior Cohousing Design 173

Chapter 7. Senior Neighborhood Design: Site Design 175

Chapter 8. Quimper Village: Site Planning Workshop 207

Chapter 9. Senior Cohousing Design Concepts: Common House Design 237

Chapter 10. Quimper Village: Common House Workshop 255

Chapter 11. Senior Cohousing Design Concepts: Private Houses Design 279

Chapter 12. Quimper Village: Private House Workshop 295

Part 3 The Rest of the Story 317

Chapter 13. Affordability 319

Chapter 14. The Details of Cohousing: What Components Lead to High- Functioning Neighborhoods? 363

Afterword 397

About the Authors 409

Acknowledgments 413

Other Books by Charles Durrett and Company 415

"Explore a groundbreaking and holistic new approach to designing community-first neighborhoods. In Cohousing Communities: Designing for High-Functioning Neighborhoods, distinguished architect and affordable housing advocate Charles Durrett delivers a complete, start-to-finish guide for designing anything where the emphasis lies with the community. This book describes the consequential role that architecture and a healthy design process can play in the success of neighborhoods, churches, towns, and more. It's an inspiring collection of ideas that prioritize high-functioning neighborhoods. In the book, the author draws on the success of hundreds of community-first projects to show readers how to design a project that addresses both timeless and modern challenges--from aging to climate change and racism--in its architecture and urban design. He compiles facts and concepts that are essential to the design of a high-functioning community, where people can participate in a way that reflects their values, improves their social connections, and retain their autonomy and privacy."--Amazon.com.

About the Author

Charles Durrett is an architect, author, and advocate of affordable, socially responsible, and sustainable design. He has designed over 50 cohousing communities in North America and consulted on many around the world. He is Principal Architect at The Cohousing Company based in Nevada City, California.

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