A Shared Sense of Belonging: the politics of defining in sustainable community housing typologies Sasha Maher, Jacqueline McIntosh

Origins of research Design request for a shared element in two joined houses Sustainable motivations Seeking to reduce the amount of individually owned space, environmentally conscious Seeking social benefits of closer proximity for selves and immediate family Seeking to achieve economies

Our objectives are to… 1. Define this ‘new’ housing type 2. Position it within the literature 3. Explore the connection to ‘sustainability’ 4. Obtain an understanding of any issues relating to the New Zealand context 5. Identify some of the theories that might underpin and inform design

Finding and defining ‘conjoined’ housing Scott Wong (pbase supporter) Usernamegenghis45Personal URLhttp://members.tripod.com/ih71/index.html1LocationUnited Stateshttp://members.tripod.com/ih71/index.html1

Types of conjoined twins depicted by French Renaissance surgeon Ambroise Pare From On Monsters and Marvels (orig, 1573), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1982.

sustainable community housing typologies Shared housingCollective housing

Shared housing Rented accommodation Usually individuals Shared kitchen, living room and sometimes bathroom Minimal private space Economically driven Little autonomy Examples Multi-family dwellings (MFD) Single room occupancy (SRO) Mingle Units Group homes Home sharing

Collective Housing Resident-owned Self-contained dwellings or suites Shared facilities in a common building or central common space, for cooking, dining, social activities and childcare depending on the model Decision-making is always by way of consensus Generous private space Usually multiple single families Belief in community, utopian roots Examples Co-housing Cooperatives Green Housing om

Schindler House

conjoined housing Schindler House, 1921

Conjoined Housing Small scale Occupant owned Designed for non-discrete, non-traditional households Designed for both common and private space use Mainly purpose built, may also be formed from two or more detached houses that are joined together to create shared space(s). No single, stated philosophy in residents’ housing choice

Ecology EquityEconomics Introducing Sustainability

Re-plotting sustainable community housing typologies

Adding time to the model 1960’s1940’s 2000’s

Some conclusions… NZ lacks alternatives to the single family house Household structures are not static and change with society Greater diversity in housing types are required Different models are not being recognised and researched ‘Sustainable housing’ is overly narrow in its current definition All three components of sustainability need to be included in any models of sustainable housing