Re: office space in Common House
From: Mmariner (Mmarineraol.com)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 95 00:51 CST
Ray Gasser, EcoVillage at Ithaca, talked about the various aspects of office
space.
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Providing facilities and resources for people to make their living on site, I
feel is a a key to making cohousing lifestyle sustainable, e.g., minimize
commuting, maximizing cooperation and resource sharing among the residents.

Does your common house also include day care so that people wanting to office
there can have child care available?

One Boulder coho group was considering a site plan that would have offices
and "light" retail on the lower level with housing up and above.  This would
allow even more diverse businesses on site than offices only.  (Haven't heard
if this plan has moved past the proposal stage.)

As a computer consultant, I'm sure you've thought about having ample wiring
for having a network among the offices to provide for things like shared fax,
printers, email,  How about also running extra pairs (assuming 10BaseT
twisted pair wiring) to some of the homes to where folks had offices in their
units could also communicate/share.

Are the offices in the CH to be cubicles or have other flexibility for
increasing/decreasing the number and size of the offices beyond the 2-3 you
mentioned?  What with the big trend for home offices, it will likely happen
that people who don't need an office now will soon.

=M=

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