Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Designing gathering spaces

[Nessa Dertnig (nessadertnig]

Hi there,

Thanks to everyone who replied about designing gathering spaces and yards -- I 
really appreciate the time and thought you've spent on this question and it has 
helped us enormously.  I've compiled it all into a document to share with other 
folks in our community, and it seems like we're working towards a solution of 
setting up a very minimal permanent yard right now, with a professionally 
facilitated design workshop to be scheduled sooner rather than later. (And I'm 
happy to hear from anyone else who has something to say about this!)


A couple more questions:  


--Liz, why do you feel so strongly recommend that a team should come up with 
the design?  Did you have a negative experience with a whole-group process?

--Laura, is your slideshow available for us to watch?

Now time to get ready for more of our Sociocracy workshop!
Have a great weekend,
Nessa



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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:51:08 -0400
From: "Laura Fitch" <lfitch [at] krausfitch.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Designing gathering spaces
To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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Hi Nessa,

We have created a slide show about community site design that may interest
you.  I highly recommend a site design "workshop" as the best way to bring
intensive discussion and creativity to the issue.  Best to do it as soon as
possible.  When folks move into a construction site of dirt and mud there is
nothing they want to do more than plant trees and flowers!  You want to
enable and encourage that but it needs and underlying plan.

Best,

Laura Fitch, AIA, LEED BD+C
Kraus-Fitch Architects, Inc.
413-549-5799
lfitch [at] krausfitch.com