Re: Common house use | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: cynthia . e . carpenter (cynthia.e.carpenterus.arthurandersen.com) | |
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:17:18 -0700 (MST) |
Rowena wrote about Cambridge Cohousing: >>> The living room, however, is underutilized. It's quite a pretty room - lots of light, a fireplace, and an eclectic but clean and comfortable collection of furniture from residents' "extras." We also have a grand piano, fish tank, plants, an excellent supply of magazines (from shared individual subscriptions), and a wonderful collection of artwork created by community members. .. The space remains underutilized, however, and don't know if we'll ever have people using it as a place to drop by. ... What brings folks to Commonhouse? Food:-^) The mail room is there as are the many notice boards. decision board and community calendar. The most lively part is the "white board" which has a constantly changing stream of information, questions and comments. Does doing/not doing laundry there matter >> Unfortunately, our laundries are not designed for socializing, although there are certainly discussions which take place in the area over folding and ironing. >>> If I had to do it over again, I would design the mailboxes along one wall or corner of the living room, with daily white board and bulletin boards in the same area, too. The white board and mailboxes bring people in every day, and I believe that if a chair or couch were just a step or two away and visually accessible, more folks would end up sitting down to read their mail, and then chatting. Going out of the mail room, into the next room, turning on another set of lights, etc. is too much of a barrier. I would also put the laundry room right next door, so that you passed through the living room area on your way to other things... which would encourage laundry users to hang out and take a break while waiting for the next load. Rowena didn't mention that we also designed large foyers into each floor of the common house (we have five apartments on each of the upper three levels of the common house). These are barely used. Everyone passes through them, but there's no reason at all to stay there and socialize, and no one does, even with parts of our library collections and nice furnishings on each floor. Perhaps if we had dutch doors for the front doors of the apartment that would change? - Cindy, also of Cambridge Cohousing *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
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