Cohousing and the Thin Line between Public and Private Spaces: The Community Project
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Maria Laura Ruiu
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/100
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 105-118 File size 201 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2013-100008
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The article focuses on cohousing phenomenon in order to identify what are public and private spaces within communities. It aims to trace both the influences that this new model of living may have in defining private and public space and the effects on the context where the communities rise. The phenomenon is analyzed in relation to two perspectives: the first one considers the relationships between members and the internal public/private dimension; the second considers the relationships between community spaces and the outside. Cohousing spaces could be defined as "semi-private" or "semi-public" in relation to the degree of opening or closure toward outside. The English case-study, The Community Project, shows the difficulty in classifying this new form of living in specific public or private categories.
Keywords: Cohousing, Way of Living, Communities, Neighborhood, Public Space, The Community Project
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Maria Laura Ruiu, Il cohousing e la sottile linea tra spazio pubblico e spazio privato: the community project in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 100/2013, pp 105-118, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2013-100008