This paper investigates residents living experience in the common courtyards of cooperative housing and cohousing in Canada,and their sense of happiness associated with it.Cooperative housing as a form of social housi...This paper investigates residents living experience in the common courtyards of cooperative housing and cohousing in Canada,and their sense of happiness associated with it.Cooperative housing as a form of social housing established in Toronto,Ontario,Canada as early as the 1910s.Cohousing as its subsequent name has evolved into a global movement since the 1960s,to promote residents sharing and caring for one another through active participation in community lives and cooperative management.A key feature of this housing is the inclusion of shared spaces,such as common courtyards.This research explored what make residents happy and/or unhappy in the common courtyards,and how to improve their living experience in the common courtyards.Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 residents in three cooperative housing in Toronto and three cohousing across Canada.The findings suggest that the Courtyard is a central component to promote social happiness of residents.The paper contributes to the topic of Housing and Happiness that is rarely studied.It finally proposes a courtyard garden housing scheme that can be a template for universal application.The main conclusion is that there is a need for more courtyard configuration in contemporary Canadian urban planning and architectural design to promote community development.展开更多
The article examines the existing infrastructure of open common spaces within two New Belgrade mass housing blocks(Blocks 23 and 70a)through a typo-morphological analysis.These spaces between the buildings,although th...The article examines the existing infrastructure of open common spaces within two New Belgrade mass housing blocks(Blocks 23 and 70a)through a typo-morphological analysis.These spaces between the buildings,although the most neglected,underused,and deteriorated components of mass housing neighbourhoods,are at the same time crucial to the quality,vitality and integrated governance of these neighbourhoods.They represent the primary tangible commons in cities and neighbourhoods.The question of urban commons is increasingly present in scientific literature,urban and architectural discourse.Nevertheless,approaches exploring the spatiality of the urban commons are scarce,leading to insufficient understanding of the spatial aspect and potentials of the already existing commons.Therefore,this study includes(1)identification,typological decoding and classification of the common spaces,focusing on the case of New Belgrade blocks,followed by(2)analysis of the spatial patterns and integration of the identified spaces within the blocks.The study confirms the complexity and diverse typology of the common spaces.It finds that the in-between,common spaces contribute to higher integration of different segments of the blocks.The open common spaces have an essential role in humanisation of the blocks,and thus the quality of life in the blocks as integrated neighbourhoods.The findings indicate that the spatial setting of the open common spaces in New Belgrade blocks allows for(re)emergence of collective practices,leading to inclusive and integrated rehabilitation of the neighbourhoods.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates residents living experience in the common courtyards of cooperative housing and cohousing in Canada,and their sense of happiness associated with it.Cooperative housing as a form of social housing established in Toronto,Ontario,Canada as early as the 1910s.Cohousing as its subsequent name has evolved into a global movement since the 1960s,to promote residents sharing and caring for one another through active participation in community lives and cooperative management.A key feature of this housing is the inclusion of shared spaces,such as common courtyards.This research explored what make residents happy and/or unhappy in the common courtyards,and how to improve their living experience in the common courtyards.Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 residents in three cooperative housing in Toronto and three cohousing across Canada.The findings suggest that the Courtyard is a central component to promote social happiness of residents.The paper contributes to the topic of Housing and Happiness that is rarely studied.It finally proposes a courtyard garden housing scheme that can be a template for universal application.The main conclusion is that there is a need for more courtyard configuration in contemporary Canadian urban planning and architectural design to promote community development.
基金This article is part of an ongoing PhD research of the first author.The field work and the student workshops were supported by Erasmus+mobilitygrants。
文摘The article examines the existing infrastructure of open common spaces within two New Belgrade mass housing blocks(Blocks 23 and 70a)through a typo-morphological analysis.These spaces between the buildings,although the most neglected,underused,and deteriorated components of mass housing neighbourhoods,are at the same time crucial to the quality,vitality and integrated governance of these neighbourhoods.They represent the primary tangible commons in cities and neighbourhoods.The question of urban commons is increasingly present in scientific literature,urban and architectural discourse.Nevertheless,approaches exploring the spatiality of the urban commons are scarce,leading to insufficient understanding of the spatial aspect and potentials of the already existing commons.Therefore,this study includes(1)identification,typological decoding and classification of the common spaces,focusing on the case of New Belgrade blocks,followed by(2)analysis of the spatial patterns and integration of the identified spaces within the blocks.The study confirms the complexity and diverse typology of the common spaces.It finds that the in-between,common spaces contribute to higher integration of different segments of the blocks.The open common spaces have an essential role in humanisation of the blocks,and thus the quality of life in the blocks as integrated neighbourhoods.The findings indicate that the spatial setting of the open common spaces in New Belgrade blocks allows for(re)emergence of collective practices,leading to inclusive and integrated rehabilitation of the neighbourhoods.
