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CoHousing Café in Dublin – 12 Oct 2019

WHEN

Saturday 12th October 2019

TIME

12 – 4pm

WHERE

School of Architecture, Linen Hall, TU Dublin, Henrietta Place, Dublin 1

The ‘Cohousing Café’ is an event title borrowed from Europe, where cities hold regular events for citizens to help the development of self-organised housing projects.

This is an open networking and information event where you can learn and share information about cohousing, hear from experts and existing groups, and get involved in a project yourself.

There will be talks from pioneering Irish cohousing groups, an exhibition of selected cohousing projects abroad, and representations from relevant organisations. (via SOA.ie)

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CoHousing Café Cork, 21 Sept 2019

The “Cohousing Cafe” is an event title borrowed from Europe, where cities hold regular events for citizens to help the development of self-organised housing projects.

This is an open networking and information event where you can learn and share information about cohousing, hear from experts and existing groups, and get involved in a project yourself.

There will be talks from pioneering Irish cohousing groups, an exhibition of selected cohousing projects abroad, and representations from relevant organisations.

This event is hosted by SOA Research in cooperation with CCAE (Cork Centre for Architectural Education).

Kim O’Shea will present the Collaborative Housing Limerick group.

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CoHousing Here! conference

Join us for CoHousing Here , taking place in Dublin on 14 and 15 June 2019!

CoHousing Here is a vital discussion about resident-led housing, architecture, community and affordability.

Bringing together innovators, policymakers and activists it challenges us to think about participative design, innovative home and community building, democratic urban planning, and agency for residents in the creation of their homes.

CoHousing Here aims to inform the Irish public in regard to alternative, socially and environmentally sustainable housing models, which encourage and facilitate diversity, adaptability and community development. CoHousing Here is designed to inspire Irish people as to the possibilities for participating in and contributing to high quality diverse urban neighbourhoods, as well as the potential for self-organised development.

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The Cohousing Café is coming to Limerick!

After a very successful run in Dublin on the 23rd of February 2019, Cohousing Café is coming to Limerick. Organised by SOA and Collaborative Housing Limerick and hosted by Fab Lab Limerick, the Cohousing Café promises to be an exciting half day event where everybody interested in building, community, legal and financial aspects of cohousing is welcome to share their expertise and learn from the others. Beside invited speakers, we will have an exhibition on display, workshops and  networking sessions. Tea, coffee and a light lunch will be available.

Everybody is welcome, but please register in advance on Eventbrite so that we can get an idea of the numbers!

 

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Attending the Cohousing Café organised by SOA in Dublin

A few of us went up to Dublin on February 23rd 2019 to attend the Cohousing Café organised by SOA Research at the DIT School of Architecture in Dublin.

The programme included talks, workshops and an exhibition:

Gabriela Avram and Kim O’Shea were invited to open the series of presentations. Here are the slides we used.

A few highlights are included in the March SOA Newsletter. Sign up if you are interested! The Self Organised Architecture (SOA) Research group shared a printed Zine on the day. A digital version can be downloaded from here.

And here are some of our photos from the day!

In attendance were representatives of various initiative groups from around the country:

  • Common Ground Bray
  • ARTHOUSE
  • Build Group Dublin
  • Older Women’s Cohousing Group
  • Celbridge Co-op

More photos here – taken by Paul McGinty, the official Photographer of the event!

 

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Developing Our Collaborative Housing Vision

Following our first public meeting on 24 January, we are planning a workshop for discussing and developing a vision for future Limerick collaborative housing projects. This vision will be translated into a document we will use for presenting our project to the local authorities.
In preparation for the event, we invite you to take this survey devised by SPACE10: onesharedhouse2030.com. It will help you think about the many different types of cohousing, issues and opportunities.

The event is open to anybody and free, but registration via Eventbrite is required.

Date and time: Thu, February 21, 2019, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM GMT

Venue: The Urban Co-op, 8 Ballysimon Road, Limerick

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Workshop: Developing our collaborative housing vision

Date: 21 February 2019, 6-9pm

Venue: The Urban Coop Limerick

Following our first public meeting on 24 January, we are planning a workshop for discussing and developing a vision for future Limerick collaborative housing projects. This vision will be translated into a document we will use for presenting our project to the local authorities.
In preparation for the event, we invite you to take this survey devised by Anton & Irene in collaboration with SPACE10: http://onesharedhouse2030.com. It will help you think about the many different types of cohousing, issues and opportunities.
Tickets are free and the event is open to everybody, but booking via Eventbrite  is recommended.  Family-friendly event.