university of oregon - school of architecture and allied arts - department of architecture
architectural design studio – arch 484/584 fall 03 – prof.
nancy cheng
Eco-design / Intentional Communities / Universal Design / Housing / Misc
HD7293 .N67 1995
Rebuilding
community in America : housing for ecological living,
personal empowerment, and the new extended family / by Ken
Norwood and Kathleen Smith
HD7287.67.D4 M37 1994
Cohousing : a contemporary approach to housing ourselves / Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (2nd edition)
HD7287.86.E85 F76 1991
Collaborative Communities / Dorit Fromm
Compares Danish, Swedish and American examples of shared living. Explains how built environment supports or confounds social interaction. Includes architectural plans, factual information
Intentional
Communities
This site is a good place to start for information on co housing.
http://www.cohousingresources.com
This
site is a good site for case studies of co housing projects going on right now.
Comprehensive index of Canadian projects with contact info, weblinks, strong images
Co-housing
Tour of Denmark
http://www.communitarian.net/cohonet/denmark/tour.html
This site is good for pictures of co housing projects.
Mobilizing communities to reclaim space as the first step towards grassroots activism
Also see
Housing as If People Mattered / Clare Cooper Marcus,
The Grand Domestic Revolution / Dolores Hayden.
The Lure of the Local / Lucy Lippard addresses how ethnic communities assert their identities through reclaiming environments with art and design.