Size matters. How does the number of dwellings affect housing co-production?

Autor: Gérald Ledent
Přispěvatelé: UCL - SST/ILOC - Faculté d'Architecture, d'Ingénierie architecturale, d'Urbanisme
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, (2020)
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Vol. 1, no.1, p. 1-19 (2021)
ISSN: 1573-7772
1566-4910
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-021-09863-8
Popis: This paper investigates the influence of size when co-producing housing. Based on Olson’s logic of collective action and a literature review of collaborative housing, the research builds an analytical framework comparing small, moderate and large co-produced housing projects. The research is based on a cross-disciplinary qualitative study of collaborative housing projects in Nantes, Brussels and Zurich. The analysis of the projects links a spatial investigation of the dwelling spaces with in-depth field observations and interviews to bring to light housing configurations, residents’ practices and settlements’ populations. Larger collaborative housing projects yield two major benefits. On the one hand, size reduces spatial particularisms, thereby allowing for a multiplicity of dwelling practices. On the other hand, the benefits generated by critical mass and the possibility for residents to avoid mandatory interactions with others can favour social inclusion both within the project and in the neighbourhood. Given their greater spatial diversity and social mix, large-scale collaborative projects tend to offer more resilience to familial and societal changes. Size could hence be a valuable asset in new sustainable design, provided some precautions are taken, viz: ensuring solidarity despite heterogeneity, preventing oversizing and establishing the cultural and legal conditions for alternative developments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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