Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: "New" Seeking Tucson, AZ contacts/discussion

[Kristin Becker (kbecker]

Milagro cohousing in Tucson is built almost entirely (exterior mostly) of
adobe bricks and Sonora cohousing, also in Tucson did build their common
house with strawbale.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_"New" Seeking Tucson, AZ contacts/discussion


>
> On Dec 19, 2003, at 12:31 AM, Ronald Greek wrote:
>
> > It's just not made sense to me why the
> > "environmental", or co-housing efforts, fall back on
> > essentially the same design and construction methods
> > of every other housing development.
> >
> One reason is local zoning. In DC going the route of straw-bale and
> sweat equity would have taken many many years. Another is that people
> are taking a financial risk to build these communities and "safe"
> building processes at least make the bank feel a bit more secure.
>
> That said, more experimentation I'm sure is welcome all around.
>
> Sharon
> -----
> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
>
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