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Narara Ecovillage Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions
- NEV Stage 2 Flyover December 2020 by Julian Bassett
- NEV Building & Landscape Standards Home
Architectural Designs by Graham Hunt for CLaN sub-group (this material is copyright)
If you'd like to use any of the following plans for a full build application then please contact Graham Hunt at DHW for the copyright:
- Large House Concept 1_060621
- Large House Concept 2_090621
Co-housing and Collaborative Living
Websites
Collaborative Housing - building a better life together : Web resources created by the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures which is packed full of case studies, information about the legal side of things and other resources. There are case studies of three ‘building groups’ include Nightingale 1 in inner Melbourne to be found under the ‘Stories’ tab. Building Groups involve a collective of prospective owner-occupiers coming together to have input into the design of a ‘development’. There are a number of ways this might occur, ranging from groups of friends coming together to develop, to strangers being brought together by an architect or construction company (or ecovillage) who is facilitating a development.
Cohousing Australia: promotes collective models of housing, housing diversity, and housing choice. Its mission is to create and expand the sector, network and conditions necessary to make cohousing an option for all interested.
New Economy Network Australia (NENA) Housing Week - 7-11 2021: Recordings and PowerPoint presentations from practitioners and researchers from dozens of organisations, who came together to discuss social justice and environmental sustainability issues of housing and human settlements in Australia.
Radio, Podcasts, Videos
Creating Community through Co-Housing: ABC Radio National’s Blue Print for Living interviewed Chuck Durrett who first coined the term cohousing. He first came across the concept in Denmark, its modern birthplace and then kickstarted the first cohousing projects in the US. On his first visit to Australia, ABC radio talked to him about cohousing movement and its contribution to the challenges we face as a society. And take a walk around one of Australia's early cohousing inspired eco-communities, Adelaide's Christie Walk, to hear first-hand from the residents what it's like to live so closely with your neighbours you even split the bills. Chuck Durret’s website for The Cohousing Company in Nevada http://www.cohousingco.com/
Share Housing with Friends or Family Later in life: ABC radio program / podcast about sharing accommodation in later life and across generations.
The Best of Both Worlds - Cohousing's Promise: film explores the concept of co-housing as expressed through first-hand observations of residents of four co housing communities in the United States accompanied by observations by architect Charles Durrett, who brought the concept to the US from Denmark.
Books
The Sun Villages Model: mixes those with money to invest (including super funds) with residents with capital to bring and allows for all to co-own their home, no matter their financial situation
Australian Examples
NewCoh: A sustainable neighbourhood underway in inner Newcastle, NSW of architect designed apartments and townhouses with community facilities and gardens that you co-own. NewCoh describe their co-housing initiative as “a Scandinavian way of combining private and shared space that’s designed to enrich everyone’s living experience”. They are working with a forward thinking construction company who will buy the land and sell the complex ‘off the plan’ to NewCoh members before building commences. The website conveys a lot of information is a very efficient way and there is a PDF of their 14-page members handbook which also has a good list of resources and links on the last page.
Christie Walk: an inspiring multi-residential infill development on the edge of the Adelaide CBD, accommodating 27 dwellings and approximately 40 residents on a 2,000m2 lot. Dwelling types include apartments, town house and detached cottages.
