Cohaus

Cohaus — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:58:29 +0000

Grey Lynn, Auckland

As the first ‘full-coho’ urban Auckland development to progress to through site acquisition this community project represents a serious step for cohousing in Auckland.

Cohaus plans for their Grey Lynn site to include shared gardens, laundry facilities, car parking, bike parking, storage, guest room, garden house and common room. Transport plans are heavily skewed towards the multimodal habits of existing and future members, with 50 cycle and 9 car parks.

Plans propose a three-storey building on Surrey Cres and a two-storey building behind, with 19 units, around a shared north-facing courtyard. Units range from 50 m2 one bedroom to 190m2 with five bedrooms.

With many members relying mainly on cycling, walking and public transport to get around, the location by the new cycleway and major bus routes is perfect.

Cohaus represents a cross section of people and families at different stages of their lives. With the wide range of unit sizes, shared resources mean that as families shrink or grow, they can remain part of the cohousing community over time.

The design encourages interactions with the street and neighbours. Many community members have already lived in the area for 20 years or more and greatly value the opportunity to continue to positively contribute to it.

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New Brighton

Developer — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:30:45 +0000

Christchurch

Redeploying a council owned car-park to a develop highly affordable and sustainable cluster of homes on Christchurch’s coast is thise groups aim, inspired by the VIVA project.

Around nine homes are planned, mixing one, two and three bedroom houses with space for several of tiny houses, all in all ranging from 19sqm to 116sqm .

Community facilities planned include a communal building, community hall, conservatory, extensive gardens and a chicken shed.

The group is looking to solar for power, with roof top gardens to provide food and tanks to harvest rainwater.

Affordability is also a priority, with homes to be accessible by people with average incomes. Private purchase is expected to be the main ownership model, but lease and rent-to-buy options will also be considered

A first public meeting was held in in February 2014 yielding a core group of eight people committed making the project happen, with openings remaining for more participants.

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