Community Housing - Models for the Czech Republic

The research is focusing on detailed analysis of self-organized community oriented housing, cohousing, for different types of communities: 1 / multigenerational, 2 / senior and 3 / community 40 +, in three different environments 1/urban, 2/suburban and 3/rural. The research proposal follows the quality of living for all generations, especially with regard to the neighborhood character of cohousing projects. Since any cohousing project in the Czech Republic has been finished yet, realized foreign examples of cohousing communities will be analyzed. Collected characteristics will be evaluated and compared with urban-architectural, town-planning, legislative, legal, cultural and social aspects of living in the Czech Republic. The aims of the research are 1/ to create type models of various communities in the most specific urban environments for the Czech Republic and 2/ to present the elaborated type models to the professional and general public.