Cohousing-L Mailing List: Fwd: great dissertation on cohousing design

[Tree Bressen (tree]

Hi folks,

I thought you might like to know about this resource.  The dissertation is 
278 pages long and about 10MB if you download it.  I skimmed a few sections 
and it looks clear and well-written; a wonderful resource for people who 
are into this kind of thing.  The focus is on architectural design issues 
in coho.  I think it would be particularly useful for any forming 
communities that are heading into the common house design phase soon.

> The Dissertation with the excellent literature discussion is
> temporarily here:
> http://design.uoregon.edu/nywc/torres_cohousing_dissertation.pdf
>
> The book about Nordic cohousing is
>
> Fromm, D. (1991) Collaborative Communities: Co-Housing, Central living,
> and Other New Forms of Housing with Shared Facilities. New York: Van
> Nostrand Reinhold.

Cheers,

--Tree



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