Arches are cool. (also bowties)
https://youtu.be/BZTWphHnsBw
It warms my heart to see a group of hopeful folks mix ancient and new techniques and materials.
#aircrete #alternativeHousing
Timelapse: Locals Laughed at the Innovative Building Method of our Dome, Now They're Amazed

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Mold report for 25-plus Lawrence Tower rooms reveals larger growth issue; all building residents to move by start of spring semester

  Following initial reports of mold and mushroom growth in Lawrence Tower, a larger problem is being brought to light, as the university has announced plans to conduct broad dorm testing and relocate all residents by the beginning of spring semester. The Lantern obtained documents Nov. 15 detailing mold tests executed in 28 Lawrence Tower […]

The Lantern

If you could live in any ideal solarpunk living arrangement, what would it be?

In this episode, @arielkroon talks to Hermina Joldersma, professor emerita at University of Calgary, about alternative housing arrangements, focusing on co-housing. They discuss not only Hermina’s experiences living in different types of housing, but the mindset necessary to co-housing and communal life, and the way that community often has to be intentionally created. Tune in now!

#CoHousing #CoHousingCommunity #Community #AlternativeHousing #Housing #HousingCrisis #CommunalLife #IntentionalLiving #IntentionalCommunity #Alberta #Edmonton #Calgary #Yellowknife #CommunalHousing #solarpunk #UofC #UniversityOfCalgary #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #SolarpunkPresents#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #SolarpunkPresents

https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/season-four/solarpunk-considers-cohousing-with-hermina-joldersma

Solarpunk Considers Cohousing, With Hermina Joldersma — Solarpunk Presents

In this episode, Ariel talks to Hermina Joldersma, professor emerita at University of Calgary, about alternative housing arrangements, focusing on co-housing. They discuss not only Hermina’s experiences living in different types of housing, but the mindset necessary to co-housing and communal life,

Solarpunk Presents
‘We have brothers, sons, lovers – but they can’t live here!’ The happy home shared by 26 women

With residents aged from 58 to 94, New Ground is the UK’s first cohousing community exclusively for older women. Setting it up was an 18-year battle – but with soaring numbers of people living alone, is this an idea whose time has come?

The Guardian
#Introduction Housing advocate, designer, researcher, writer, & project developer based in Portland, Oregon, & N. California. Director of HousingAlternatives.net, writing/editing Village Buildings: West Coast Housing From the Bottom Up; & Apology for the Builder, on speculative & terraced #housing from 17thC London to today. US/UK dual citizen.
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