@article{e21b6551-4619-483b-a3fc-3febfdbd43ae, author = {Magdalena Jagiełło-Kowalczyk, Michal Ptaszynski}, title = {Cohousing – the idea of collective housing}, journal = {Housing Environment}, volume = {2017}, number = {21/2017}, year = {2018}, issn = {1731-2442}, pages = {14-24},keywords = {collective housing; habitat; cohousing; ecology}, abstract = {A safe and comfortable place to live is a basic need of every human. However, modern tendencies in housing construction appear not to answer this deeply rooted human need: the need to live in a sustainable environment and to create neighbourly ties. One of the forms of neighboirhood units is Cohousing. The name has been coined as a combination of the words „community” and „housing”, and describes a situation in which a group of people initiates the construction of a settlement in which social ties and integration go hand in hand with respecting the autonomy and privacy of an individual.}, doi = {10.4467/25438700SM.17.062.7919}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/cohousing-the-idea-of-collective-housing} }