Episode 48: Cohousing - A solution for the future

Tell me more about cohousing

English - January 10, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 47: How to get to Cohousing: What's the Roadmap?

Next Episode: Episode 49: How cohousing improves Houston's livability vision

In Episode 48 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Sophy Botsford, a 5th year architecture student at Oxford Brookes University, UK about her cohousing project.

Sophy's project is about developing a series of intergenerational cohousing communities in Camden, London designed for the year 2050. We discuss:

The aims of the project: improve mental and physical health, develop a framework to make it easier for cohousing communities to be developed.The characteristics of her project: urban, intergenerational, sustainable, community inputA holistic approach to planning for the future informed by the Arup 2050 Scenarios (link: https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/2050-scenarios-four-plausible-futures)The benefits of intergenerational living (reference: https://www.matterarchitecture.uk/research/intergenerational-housing/)

Refer to Sophy's framework diagram describing the holistic approach to her design: LINK

Listen in to find out more. Check out our website at www.cohousinghouston.com. Let us know if you have any comments or ideas by emailing us at [email protected].