Seeking stories about common house development processes | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Laura Beck (laurabeckecovillage.ithaca.ny.us) | |
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:00:04 -0600 (MDT) |
> > I am writing from the second neighborhood group (SoNG) at Ecovillage at > Ithaca. We are in early stages of creatively envisioning our future common > house. Soon, however, we will be getting more into the nitty gritty of the > schematic development process, and we are seeking stories from other > communities about how they structured a CH development process that is highly > inclusive and collaborative, yet very efficient and effective. Note that we > are doing this without an > architect, as we have people in the group with the appropriate skills. Just > a little background on where we are with this: -We (the SoNG Common House Design Ctte.) have created a four part creative envisioning process that has allowed us, as a group, to start big and vast in our thinking, eventually whittling toward more specific descriptors and expectations. This part of the process most directly incorporates large group thinking. We are halfway through this process. - We have created a draft timeline detailing all of the steps from the envisioning process to the creation of construction drawings and permit acquisition, and everything in between. -Up until this point, the Common House Design Ctte. (CHDC) has focused on bigger picture process issues around getting development of our common house off the ground. Once the Envisioning Process comes to a close, we plan to create a sub-committee that has a specific directive to create schematics. The point of the focused sub-committee is to get others involved in the process, who want only to work on schematics creation and leave the other meta issues to the CHDC. Members of the CHDC can choose to participate in the nitty gritties of schematic development and join this sub-committee. Other community members will be invited to participate in the work of this sub-committee. Remaining members of the CHDC will participate in more of a 'big picture' watch dog capacity, making sure that the design sub-committee stays true to the results of the large group envisioning process, as well as ensure that communication between the large group and this design sub-committee remains clear and constructive. - -This design sub-committee will take the results of the group's envisioning process and create specific guidelines. These guidelines will be the foundation from which the design sub-committee will create draft schematics. There will be three opportunities during the schematics creation process for the group to offer feedback. In closing, I'll say that we've been our own developers for our whole project, and while it's been rewarding, it hasn't been easy on the group. We're hoping to create a CH design process that is empowering, inspiring, and frankly, healing after the long process of getting our homes built. So, we're hoping to pick your brains about creative ways to reach our goal. Thanks in advance, Laura Beck SoNG at EVI > _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Seeking stories about common house development processes Laura Beck, April 29 2003
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Re: Seeking stories about common house development processes Tree Bressen, May 5 2003
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Re: Seeking stories about common house development processes Tree Bressen, May 5 2003
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