Cohousing Concept
Two thirds of the houses in The Netherlands are built for what a household is in the popular imagination: two parents and two point four children.
In fact, two thirds of households in the Netherlands are comprised of one or two people. There is a massive mismatch between supply and demand. Neither the market, nor the government, is creating what people need: affordable and suitable housing for one of two inhabitants.
Resident-owned cohousing is emerging as part of the solution to the unfolding housing crisis. Cohousing is a typology to create affordable, and suitable, housing for the contemporary working class (precariat). It can play a pivotal part in guiding us to a system where co-ownership is a viable and desirable option in the popular imagination.
"Stijn provides practical design elements such as flexibility in space usage, clusters of units to foster community, shared spaces like courtyards and laundry rooms, and technical features, sustainable materials, and prefabricated elements."
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community? I use space and process to drive and fast-track community building.
