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Developing a Design Brief – Observations of a Participatory Design Process
Semester Two sees the beginning of new projects and the exploration of new ideas, separated into pairs, this terms large scale design project is focussed upon the development of a CoHousing scheme in...
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Colorful Village Project – Study Cases
After all the site analysis completed, the design process will begin. The Selection of some study cases which meets the requirements is one of the process. Study cases are expected to help the...
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Hexham Community Engagement Event
Figure 1 Hexham Community Centre (Alina Pavlova, 2015) On Saturday 18th my classmates and I took a 30 minutes train from Newcastle to Hexham. The trip aim was to visit Hexham Community Centre. The...
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From all the baseline analysis we come up with our vision for the project – ‘colorful village’. Colorful, it not only means visual but also implies diversity. We have six aspects for this vision: 1.a...
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Engaging with Future Communities – Hexham Community Engagement Event
An important aspect of the majority of co-housing schemes is the way in which the development is designed, the future communities that are to inhabit them are (as mentioned in Developing a Design Brief...
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Hexham Colorful Village: Final Design
After All the process we went through, Finally, this final design created. The first thing we did when thinking of the design of this neighborhood was determining the appropriate area for cohousing,...
View ArticleA community of older people in cohousing
In this semester, our project is mainly about designing couhousing for elderly people. Durrett (2009) claims that ‘Senior cohousing is a relevant reaction to the realities of our society.’ It is...
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Understanding Cohousing and design a cohousing for old people
Figure 1 source：The Cohousing Company McCamant & Durrett Architects Cohousing is a living area built by the residents who work together, and the residents themselves will actively participate in...
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Cohousing is a form of group living that clusters individual homes around a‘common house’ or shared space and amenities. People cohousing live both ‘apart and together’ with neighbours who know each...
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Cohousing: Social Interaction target
More and More countries and places are supporting the development of more sustainable neighborhood, more activity means more livable. Besides, neighborhoods can help the redevelopment of local society....
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