Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: "built environment"

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

I think in this context--- explaining how "built environment" figures  
in cohousing -- the 'building community' aspect is key.

Examples: People need to do certain things like eat, do laundry, park,  
pick up mail. We can design things so that, while doing such things,  
people also encounter each other and have a chance to connect. Shared  
meals, laundry facilities, parking clusters, mail boxes in the common  
house. Paths that pass by people's windows and porches. Lots of  
windows in our common house let us see that something is happening  
there in the evening, and we may be drawn to go see what it is. Or we  
come to the CH to pick up mail, and see the bulletin board, smell  
cooking, hear laughter.

Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA
where we have a sunny, spacious home for sale, and the great Blizzard  
brought us about two inches of snow-- rare for here, and the kids are  
loving it.