Towards a deeper understanding of the social architecture of co-housing: evidence from the UK, USA and Australia

Helen Jarvis

Urban Research & Practice, 2015, vol. 8, issue 1, 93-105

Abstract: This article draws attention to the micro-social practices that self-organising resident groups engage in over the years that it takes to build a co-housing community. This 'social architecture' is what distinguishes co-housing from superficially similar shared-space neighbourhoods. Co-housing developments are attracting renewed attention in Anglophone neo-liberal economies against a backdrop of crisis in conventional housing. Discussion draws on the views of co-housing residents from participatory research from the UK, USA and Australia. By engaging with a deeper understanding of group processes, shared visions and interpersonal capabilities - the 'glue' binding collaborative community relations - this paper challenges the priority usually given to the material characteristics of home and neighbourhood design.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2015.1011429

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