tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28773754083546329122024-03-12T17:06:00.774-07:00It's a Co-opThe architecture of co-ops and other cooperative housingAlfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-87386502126619599652015-12-21T21:36:00.002-08:002015-12-21T21:36:30.199-08:00Bay Area Regional Planner - a board game on housing and zoning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While sharing spaces allows existing buildings to house more people, the housing demand in the Bay Area is so great that significant amounts of new construction will be needed as well. In the next 25 years, around 2 million new homes are needed just to keep up with estimated job and population growth, while even more will be needed to bring rents down. Where should it go? Try to figure it out in my latest board game, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700980409/bay-area-regional-planner">Bay Area Regional Planner</a>.<br />
-AlfredAlfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-75892662232819776092015-06-23T23:04:00.001-07:002015-06-23T23:04:12.378-07:00Campus CoLiving closes<a href="http://www.buildcampus.com/">Campus CoLiving</a>, the company that master leased large houses and then rented out individual rooms, has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/campus-co-living-san-francisco-new-york-closes-2015-6">announced that it is closing at the end of August</a>. The reason? The business model was not economically viable (it wasn't making money). <br />
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I wrote about them in a <a href="http://itsacoop.blogspot.com/2015/02/campus-coliving-large-master-leased.html">previous post</a>. Let's revisit their business model: It involved:<br />
- Master leasing houses in high priced neighborhoods<br />
- Charging $1000-2200 for a room (less than what one would pay for a bedroom in a 3-bedroom apartment)<br />
- Providing furniture, hot tub, other amenities, kitchen staples, cleaning services, conflict resolution and social activities. <br />
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It's the extras that probably tipped their business model into the unprofitable zone. In most communal living spaces, residents do a few hours of cleaning work every week, pool their own money for food and parties, and furniture and amenities are often from the free section of craigslist. <br />
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What is the future of these houses? It is unknown what will happen when the master leases expire. If current residents are willing to put in their own time and money to offset the cleaning goodies that Campus used to provide, one option would be for them to negotiate an extension of the lease with the building owner. On the other hand, maybe the type of people that move there would not live communally without the amenities. We'll know in a few months...<br />
<br />Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-10782499333376891252015-02-15T22:50:00.001-08:002015-02-15T22:50:12.816-08:00A highrise of co-opsWith highrise apartments being common, why I don't live in one? Well,
#1) I can't afford to and #2) with most condos being 1 bedroom or 2
bedroom units, there are no options on the market that offer communal
living.<br /><br />The sketches below are an idea that blends communal living (loosely based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Student_Cooperative#Lothlorien" rel="nofollow">Loth </a>in
Berkeley) and stacks several communities in a single building. Compared to a regular tower, there are twice the number of
bedrooms, half the per-bedroom cost, and lots of spaces for social
interaction. To address the management issues previous high rise
communities of this type faced, this design separates the building into individual
communities of 50-90 people: small enough to know everyone, large enough
to keep things lively. One of these 2 to 3 story communities could
also be made by remodeling a few floors of an office building. <br /><br />When
a region's most beloved streets are done in a quirky Victorian or
Craftsperson style, shouldn't its biggest buildings also be something
other than a glass box? <br />
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Design is based on Loth and also previous Victorian highrise design used in the <a href="https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Eatwu/firstcultural/sfgardens/sfgardens.html">Hanging Gardens of San Francisco story</a>.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Can it work?</b><br />
This is a rare but not unprecedented building type. The first batch were built in the 1960s. <br />
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<a href="http://www.pro-unit.org/2012/02/11/anhua-lou">Anhua Lou</a>, Beijing, China - an urban commune built in the 1960s, had a single dining hall for several hundred people. The common spaces were later divided into regular apartments a changing society led to de-collectivization of living arrangements. </div>
<a href="https://files.nyu.edu/spores01/public/rochdale.html">Rochdale College</a>, Toronto, Canada - built in the 1960s as student housing, this 18-story building had management problems that led to a high vacancy rate. It was converted into regular apartments in the late 1970s. <br />
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In the last decade, this idea has returned. Learning from past mistakes, these new communities divide the building into several communities of manageable size. In addition, the market has changed. Whereas in the mid 20th century, massive investment in public housing and new suburbs kept housing costs low elsewhere, today, the housing market lacks supply in most desirable cities. The green movement has also given living small mainstream appeal. Finally, a rising age of marriage and childbirth means a longer segment of time living single. <br />
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As a result, communal living is no longer just for young hippies or a last resort for the urban poor, it now appeals to a large section of the middle class, and has the potential to take on the attributes of middle class housing: socially acceptable, easy to finance, and boring in a good way. <br />
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<a href="http://collegehouses.org/house/laurel/">Super Co-op</a>, Austin, Texas - a student housing cooperative, built in the 2000s, that has 3 stacked communities.</div>
<a href="http://1532harrison.com/">1532 Harrison, San Francisco</a> - a proposed CoLiving project in San Francisco's SOMA district. <br />
<br />Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-17843805317361010952015-02-05T00:26:00.003-08:002015-02-05T00:26:25.521-08:00Campus Coliving - large master-leased houses for communal livingProperty management company <a href="http://buildcampus.com/">Campus Coliving</a> master-leases large (<a href="http://buildcampus.com/communities/">most are 5 to 9 bedroom</a>) apartments and houses, and then leases out the rooms individually month-to-month. What makes them different than a typical manager though is the services they provide, which include:<br />
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Campus currently charges <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/21/tech-savvy-communes-could-be-the-answer-to-sfs-housing-issues/">$1000-2200 for a private room</a> (all rooms are singles), which is somewhat lower than the going rate for a bedroom in San Francisco. Their target market is recent college graduates who are relocating to a new city to start their career. <br />
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To help people new to communal living learn how to do it, they have a <a href="http://buildcampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Campus-Guide.pdf">Living with Housemates Guide (PDF)</a> that gives suggestions on decision making, chore sharing, food sharing, guest policies, etc. It feels similar to the Berkeley Student Cooperative's <a href="http://www.bsc.coop/docs/2013-2014manual.pdf">Owners' Manual (PDF)</a>, with a few notable differences. <br />
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<li>Whereas the BSC has most policies (such as food budgets and hours of housework per week each resident owes) decided already, Campus leaves many up for each house to decide on their own. </li>
<li>The BSC manual has a section on why co-ops are awesome and the history of cooperatives, while the Campus guide doesn't try to sell the concept - it just dives into the practical stuff.</li>
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On the operations spectrum, Campus seems to be somewhere between student housing and ad-hoc communal houses started independently - indeed, their prototypical resident is probably between those two types of housing. Cost-wise, it's slightly cheaper than a regular apartment, somewhat more than a ad-hoc community. The premium comes from the convenience of being able to meet people when new to the area, the common space furniture, and the short leases. <br />
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<b>Any side effects?</b> <br />
This being the Bay Area, there's been concern on the effects this type of housing might have on housing costs for everyone else, though <a href="http://sfist.com/2015/01/09/welcome_to_campus_airbnb_for_moving.php">Campus CEO Tom Currier states that no evictions are taking place when he opens the houses</a>. <br />
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So who is this type of housing competing against? Not so much ad hoc communities, who are likely to look for older, cheaper buildings. Most likely, wealthy couples. Most families don't have enough people to need 5 or more bedrooms, but there's a certain prestige in having a nice house. Several working people without children are going to outbid most individuals or couples. <br />
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<b>Is senior coliving next?</b><br />
While right now the main market for this type of housing is people in their 20s, the serviced house model could also be a great way to do senior housing. Senior cohousing, where residents have individual kitchens and bathrooms, already exists. Senior shared houses would be lower cost and also lower the cost of home health care. The UK is ahead of us on this one, with 10-20 room "<a href="http://startups.co.uk/business-ideas-for-2014-boutique-care-home-business/">boutique nursing homes</a>" recently opening, combining the less institutional atmosphere that comes with a small size with the economies of scale of multiple residents. <br />
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<b>Closing thoughts on household size</b><br />Throughout most of history the typical household has had a size of 10-20 people, and perhaps the nuclear families, couples, and singles of the 20th century are a historical anomaly, when transportation and migration moved faster than society could catch up. <br />
<br />Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-26535900952504865532014-11-16T19:02:00.000-08:002014-11-16T19:02:16.292-08:00How not to start a co-op: Gentrification at 1040 Folsom StreetOne of the unfortunate side effects of the rising popularity of communal living among middle and upper income people is that certain types of housing, once thought to be gentrification-proof, are now on the front lines.<br />
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1040 Folsom Street in San Francisco is one such example. Former a SRO (single room occupancy) residential hotel, the three story, 10,000 square foot building was <a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/park-hotel-residents-left-with-pile-of-ash/Content?oid=2174522">gutted by a fire in 2011</a>, displacing 90 residents. The building, built in 1912, is subject to rent control regulations, which specifies that displaced residents have the right to re-rent their rooms at the original price after repairs are made. <br />
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The building owner instead master-leased the property to <a href="http://www.thenegev.com/">The Negev</a>, a property management startup that converted the building into a high-end co-op targeted towards tech workers. Rent was doubled from $634 to $1250 for a room. The Negev also <a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/apa/4763384328.html">reduced the number of rooms to 40</a>, using the additional space for bars, game rooms, theaters, and other recreational facilities. <br />
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While The Negev attempted to buy out the former residents, <a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/former-tenants-sue-after-sro-housing-made-into-group-apartments/Content?oid=2911878">not all of them took the $500 buyout offer</a>. The Negev proceeded to rent out the entire building anyway. About a month after the new residents had moved in, some of the old residents noticed, and filed complaints and <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/startup-exploits-evictions-to-create-party-pad-for-codd-1658583764">lawsuits</a>. <br />
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You can look up complaints via San Francisco's <a href="http://propertymap.sfplanning.org/?dept=planning">Property Information Map</a> - just enter 1040 Folsom Street. <br />
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At this point, the situation looks bad all around - not only is the building essentially double-booked, but as the number of bedrooms has decreased, even if it were vacated, it would be impossible to rehouse all the old residents. <br />
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<b>Broader Implications</b><br />
While The Negev and other similar tech co-ops have proven that there is a market for this kind of housing, the displacement of low-income residents is a bad way to do it, and likely to lead to a backlash. Currently, SF has regulations that limit conversion of residential buildings to other uses, I can foresee regulations prohibiting the conversion of bedrooms into non-bedroom space. <br />
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<b>McMansions - a potential alternative?</b><br />
The size of 1040 Folsom is similar to about 2 or 3 McMansions. These types of buildings are quite common throughout suburbia, and a precedent has been established via Cupertino's <a href="http://www.rainbowmansion.com/">Rainbow Mansion</a>, a 5,000 square foot house in Silicon Valley. <br />
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The conversion of large houses to communal living is already common in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods of the South Bay (just look for streets where the number of parked cars approximate 5-10 per house). However, as zoning currently makes this illegal, and immigrants lack political capital, this model has been kept under the radar. Tech companies, on the other hand, may be more willing and able to take the risks required to disrupt suburbia in a more visible way. Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-20316359439269861912014-09-20T14:24:00.000-07:002014-09-20T14:24:10.835-07:00One of my other projects, the High Speed Rail Board Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aside from researching cooperative housing, I've also made a series of rail maps, including the <a href="http://www.californiarailmap.com/" target="_blank">California Rail Map</a>, the <a href="http://www.northeastrailmap.com/" target="_blank">Northeast U.S. Rail Map</a>, and the <a href="http://www.californiarailmap.com/us-high-speed-rail-system" target="_blank">U.S. High Speed Rail Map</a>. Based on the latter is the <b>High Speed Rail Game</b>, a fast, fun, and educational game for 2 to 6 players where players act as politicians and make deals to get their voters connected. </div>
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The game's designed to be simple to learn and play, and is fun for both housemates and experienced gamers. <br />
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I'm currently fundraising for a first print run on Kickstarter, you can get a hard copy for as low as $15, shipping included within the US. Details are at <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700980409/high-speed-rail-board-game">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700980409/high-speed-rail-board-game</a>Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-24837232072839471632014-07-03T12:52:00.003-07:002014-07-03T12:55:01.301-07:0034 unit "CoLiving" on Octavia in SF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.buildinc.biz/">Build Inc</a> has released plans for its proposed<a href="http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/06/floor-plan-price-174-square-foot-suites-san-francisco.html"> 34-unit CoLiving building on Octavia Boulevard</a> in San Francisco. </div>
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The project features 34 residential suites<b>. </b>28 of them are 174 sf standard units and 6 are 273 sf wheelchair accessible units. The regular units feature:</div>
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<b>Rooftop and 5th floor common space</b><br />
The site presently has a community garden, that will be relocated to the roof. <b> </b>Just below it on the 5th floor there will be two common areas (kitchen and dining on one side, living room on the other), each around 700 sf. This is an unusual location for common space, as residents would not pass by the space on their way home. However, the choice to locate it at the top floor does ensure more sunlight and closer access to the garden. It will be interesting to see if residents end up using these 5th floor and roof spaces often, or if they just hang out in cafe and parklet on the ground level. <br />
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<b>By the numbers</b><br />
- The site is 120' long and about 25' deep, for a total area of around 3000 square feet.<br />
- The building appears to have a total of 15,000 square feet. Of this, roughly 2,000 looks like retail and the other 13,000 residential. <br />
- The 34 units provide a total of 6,510 sf rentable space, which at the developer's estimated rent of $1,350 per unit per month, would bring in around $550,000 of rental income per year. As this is classified as group housing, no below market rate units are required.<br />
- 34 residents makes a good community size, many successful communities are about this large.<br />
- Private space is about 50% of total residential area.<br />
- Bedrooms are about 26% of total residential area. This is comparable to <a href="http://itsacoop.blogspot.com/2011/09/lothlorien-limits-of-sustainability.html">similarly sized Berkeley student co-ops</a>, however, Build Inc's project has less common rooms and instead opts to provide each bedroom its own bath and kitchen.<br />
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<b>Compared to a traditional apartment building</b><br />
An <a href="http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/06/micro-units-retail-headed-hayes-valley.html">identical site next door</a> has a 22-unit apartment building proposed.<b> </b> This one features 10 two-bedroom units (avg 600 sf) and 12 studios (avg. 271 sf), for a total of 32 bedrooms and 9,252 sf rentable space.<br />
As such, the population density of Build Inc's CoLiving project will probably turn out to be similar to that of a traditional apartment building, and possibly less - because in SF, people will use living rooms as bedrooms.<br />
- Assuming that studios will rent for $2000 and two-bedrooms for $3500, and 20% of the units are below market rate units that go for half price, the traditional apartment will bring in around $600,000 of rental income per year. <br />
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<b>Different, but not dramatically more profitable or denser</b><br />
It appears that CoLiving as designed will have slightly less revenue than a traditional building, though the modular suites (to be built offsite) may bring enough time and cost savings to give it comparable profitability. The need to provide all those bathrooms and kitchens eats up a lot of space. <br />
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<b>What's next? 10-bedroom full floor apartments?</b><br />
While a departure from the typical apartment building with it's mix of one and two bedrooms, Build Inc's CoLiving fails to realize significant space efficiencies. Understandably, professionals paying $1,350 a month probably don't want to share bathrooms with 34 people. However, a smaller community size, of perhaps 10 people, might make it more palatable.<br />
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A 10-bedroom apartment could easily fit on this size of site, and would be more efficient than either the CoLiving or a traditional apartment as it would not need as many hallways on each floor. The popularity of old Victorian houses for group living suggests this could be a future model. <br />
<br />Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-73510359398538666362014-05-21T00:38:00.002-07:002014-05-21T00:38:39.454-07:00Are intentional communities the new exclusionary zoning?In the 20th century, people who were racist or classist would write zoning laws to keep certain other people from moving into their neighborhood. Civil rights legislation has struck down most race-based discrimination, at least on paper, though not entirely in practice. However, zoning codes that mandate minimum lot sizes, maximum densities, or maximum number of occupants continue to exclude people on economic grounds. <br />
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Shared housing in theory is a workaround, as a group living together has more buying power. However, at least in the Bay Area, where even shared housing spots are in short supply, the application and interview process done by existing residents can make it even harder for people who are not of a certain social class or culture to get housing. <br />
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Unlike an apartment building manager, who is bound by housing laws that apply when separate apartments or SRO's are leased, someone seeking roommates has much greater discretion to choose who they want to live with - understandably. <br />
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Housing wanted / housing offered ads often will list things such as<br />
- favorite bands<br />
- where people work<br />
- food preferences<br />
- politics<br />
- emotional traits<br />
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Sometimes it's just things such as "Likes quiet" or "No drugs" but occassionally it goes into territory such as "Positively directed" or "World shifters". Some of the highest profile communities such as <span id="goog_189309130"></span><a href="https://sf.embassynetwork.com/">The Embassy<span id="goog_189309131"></span></a> or the <a href="http://www.sandboxhouse.us/">Sandbox House</a> have explicit goals to be not just a place to eat and sleep but also a collaborative space for people to share ideas. <br />
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In San Francisco, there are about 2 residents per house or apartment. Last year, however, <a href="http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/04/san_jose_crosses_the_million_mark_san_francisco_grows_b.html" target="_blank">the city gained 10,600 residents but only 1,900 apartments</a>. As most new apartments are 1 or 2 bedroom, most of this increase is being absorbed by people doubling or tripling up. <br />
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<b>Will applying for housing eventually be like applying for college?</b><br />
There is a potential that even as shared housing advocates work to remove exclusionary zoning barriers, they will create new forms of exclusion based on their member application and interview process. I only know of two cases where there is member intake free of judgement by existing residents. One is the <a href="http://www.bsc.coop/">Berkeley Student Cooperative</a>, which has over 1,200 members in 20 houses averaging 30-60 people in size. The other was a punk house. <br />
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I'm not sure what a solution to this might be, as in a small (under 10 people) community, each person is a critical part. But maybe this is one of those housing problems that is really part of a bigger societal problem, in this case, a widening gap between social classes.Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-59627729078627746272014-01-22T02:26:00.001-08:002014-01-26T14:21:07.766-08:00The 10,000-apartment tech campus: what if companies provided on-site housing?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tech workers' impact on housing prices is a hot-button issue in the Bay Area. The issue stems from a shortage of housing in Silicon Valley, which was originally research labs and electronics factories. Now, software is dominant, and a lot more programmers can fit in the same space. In fact, many don't need a desk at all. <br />
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This has upended the city planners' calculations for balancing workspace with housing. The Valley lacks housing, especially the hip, trendy type of urban housing that young programmers love. Tech workers to move to San Francisco and Oakland, creating waves of gentrification. <br />
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Building more housing is seen as the only long term fix to the housing crisis. How much housing would a major tech company need, and what would it look like?<br />
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Let's use Google as an example. Google employs 10,000 at its Mountain View headquarters. Surprisingly, that number of apartments can fit on the parking lots and open spaces of the suburban campus. Most would be in towers of 30 to 50 floors, with the rest in lower blocks lining the site. <br />
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While this level of development is not allowed under current zoning and would require new infrastructure to even be physically possible, the density is similar to the Rincon Hill in downtown San Francisco. Such a concentration of people would also create the critical mass to attract the trendy services and amenities that currently only San Francisco offers. <br />
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<a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=138ef578b2ca9891303db17200ce336b&result=4" target="_blank"><i>Download the 3D model at 3D Warehouse</i></a></div>
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This study assumes regular apartments, with an average of 800 square feet per family of 2 (400 square feet per resident). It also assumes very limited parking (presumably folks would walk to work and take the Google Bus elsewhere). Co-op style housing typically can get down to 200 square feet per resident, roughly double the efficiency of apartments. That would still be a lot of housing in one spot though.<br />
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While Google does not have any plans for on-site housing that I know about, they have made some small investments in housing in Mountain View, most recently a <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/google-invests-sparkly-housing-development-mountain-view-calif/story?id=20167618" target="_blank">51-unit apartment complex</a>. But perhaps one day, an real downtown will be the ultimate tech job amenity...<br />
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<b>See more at</b> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/techcampushousing/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/techcampushousing/ </a><br />
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<br />Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com130tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-29674349501847405382013-12-12T16:32:00.001-08:002013-12-12T16:36:17.299-08:00Tech communities - the business case, and potential side effectsRecently, tech communities such as <a href="https://sf.embassynetwork.com/" target="_blank">The Embassy Network</a> have been getting lots of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/fashion/Bay-Area-millenials-intentional-communities-communes.html?hpw&rref=fashion&_r=0" target="_blank">press attention</a>. These may well be some of the first instances of modern upscale communal living- a significant development, as it could be the first step of the mainstreaming of communal living. <br />
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Communal living and the innovation adoption lifecycle </h3>
The adoption of new ideas or products often begins with "innovators" - typically people who are young, well educated, wealthy, and willing to take risks. These folks have the cash and the capacity for risk to handle the inevitable challenges and failures of testing out new ideas. <br />
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Once something starts to catch on, a larger number of "early adopters", who might have less wealth to risk but more social connections, spread the word to the majority of the population. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tech communities - just for some, or the start of a trend?</span></h3>
Software engineers and other tech workers certainly fit the description of innovators. However, for all the hubbub, it's important to note that they did not invent modern communal living. Students, religious communities, immigrants, queer people, and punks have all formed self-governing residential communities. A few factors that work in their favor include:<br />
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Tech workers are unique in that they actually have abundant cash. However, the tech community has a lot in common with college students, and crucially, many tech workers are recent grads. The "sense of purpose" factor is also important - at tech communities I've visited, there were a lot of startup and founder types, and no so many rank-and-file coders from large companies.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tech communities - the next sharing app?</span></h3>
Housing's capital-intensive nature has limited the formation of large scale communities. However, here is where the tech industry's capital-light approach could come in. Similar to how startups like AirBnB or Lyft provide large amounts of short-term housing or transportation without having to own any rooms or cars themselves, a communal living startup could get started by master leasing houses and entire floors of apartment buildings. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Affordability and inclusivity?</span></h3>
If it does scale up, there are several social issues on the horizon. Currently, except for the Berkeley Student Cooperative, every community (of all types, not just tech communities) I've encountered has an extensive and very competitive application and interview process where existing residents choose new ones. <br />
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However, our entire system of rent control and fair housing is based on the idea that individuals and families individually lease or buy apartments from developers and landlords in a purely business transaction.<br />
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Unlike other groups that currently live communally on a large scale, most tech workers don't have to personally deal with gentrification or housing discrimination, and may lack knowledge on the subtleties of these issues. At one tech community I visited, the residents were all white or Asian, and there were no children or senior citizens. Policy, either at the community or government level, will be needed to avoid entire neighborhoods from turning into equivalent of an exclusive college or social club.Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-11083060476487313642013-12-12T15:38:00.002-08:002013-12-12T15:38:22.524-08:00Dunbar's number revisited - why 70-80 people is the max size for a community.When the question of how big a community should be, a number sometimes given as a maximum is 150. This is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number" target="_blank">Dunbar's number</a>, a suggested limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. <br />
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In practice, unless the community is very isolated, 70-80 people is a better limit. Why? In addition to live-in residents, a community will have peripheral members that hang out at the house, such as former housemates, boarders, and residents' friends and romantic partners. These peripheral members effectively double the size of the community.<br />
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In the Berkeley student co-ops, houses with 50-70 residents often have the strongest house cultures, while the two houses with 120-150 people are so large that residents don't know all their housemates. This pattern also appears at the Austin co-ops, and may have been an issue at Pacifico in Davis as well. <br />
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It is worth noting that Dunbar's number was originally derived from pre-industrial farming villages, where the community involved not just living together, but working together. Members of such a 150-person community would not have outside jobs or social contacts outside of the 150. Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-55303569755045331092013-11-27T23:13:00.001-08:002013-12-09T00:10:10.612-08:00400-person group housing complex planned in San FranciscoIn the last couple years, "micro-apartments", otherwise known as small studio apartments of around 300 square feet, have been proposed and built in San Francisco. In contrast, a typical small 1-bedroom apartment comes in at about 500-600 square feet and a 2-bedroom apartment is around 800 square feet. <br />
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Now, developer <a href="http://www.buildinc.biz/home.html" target="_blank">Build Inc</a>. is proposing a <a href="http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/11/big_plans_for_hightech_group_housing_on_harrison_have_b.html#more" target="_blank">400 person group housing complex</a> at 1532 Harrison Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco. The facility layout is as follows:<br />
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- 1 or 2 beds in a bedroom suite. Each bedroom suite is like a hotel room, but has a mini-kitchen. The ktichen is a big deal, more on why further down.<br />
- 9 bedroom suites in a "house". (9-18 people per house)<br />
- 10 "houses" in each building. (90-180 people per building)<br />
- 3 buildings (Total of 235-470 people).<br />
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- This building is significantly wider than your typical apartment building. Building codes require windows in bedrooms and living rooms. This is significant as often the number of rooms in a building is not limited by the size of the land, but the width of the land. <br />
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Interestingly, the wide floorplate of this kind of group housing layout is very similar to that of mid-20th century glass box office towers. <br />
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- Group housing such as 1532 Harrison virtually eliminates corridors, which cost money to build but can't be sold/rented.<br />
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- <b>The real biggie is parking</b>. Outside of downtown, San Francisco zoning usually requires one parking space per apartment, but <a href="http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/planning/article15off-streetparkingandloading?f=templates$fn=altmain-nf.htm$q=[field%20folio-destination-name:%27Table%20151%27]$x=Advanced#JD_Table151" target="_blank">requires none for group housing</a>. This is a San Francisco only thing - in places like Oakland and Berkeley, every two bedrooms in a group housing building requires a parking space. Parking spaces take up 300 square feet each - the same size as a studio apartment, but a parking space only rents for $200-400 a month, while a studio apartment can go for $2000.<br />
Under SF zoning, 1532 Harrison isn't group housing though, as SF zoning defines dwelling units as "A room or suite of two or more rooms that is designed for, or is
occupied by, one family doing its own cooking therein and having only
one kitchen". Those mini-kitchens, though small, are still kitchens. So this is really a building of studio apartments. Nonetheless, it is still an unusual building, and as such, Build Inc. has had to apply for a conditional use permit<strike> in order to not provide parking</strike>. (edit 12/8/13: parking appears not to be require for this area).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Operational issues, or why kitchens are critical:</b></span></h3>
- No information so far on how 1532 Harrison will be operated. Will rooms be leased/sold individually, or will each of the 9-room "houses" be leased/sold to a group? Since each bedroom suite has its own mini-kitchen, under fair housing regulations, each is its own housing unit. Unlike 9 people sharing a large single family house, residents of one of these 9-room "houses" would not be able to evict someone in their house if they didn't like them. The big shared living room and kitchen would effectively be treated as an apartment building community room and lobby, even though in reality the role would be different. <br />
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- The big difference between this and the classic residential hotel is the division of the building into "houses" of 9 bedroom suites. This creates communities of manageable size within the larger community.<br />
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<u><b>Kitchens, Parking, and Resident Selection - a summary for most parts of San Francisco: </b></u><br />
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<b>Individual mini-kitchens + large shared kitchen </b><br />
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<li>1 parking space required per kitchen. (there's some philosophical epiphany here...)</li>
<li>Anyone can move into a bedroom suite.</li>
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<b>Shared Kitchen Only</b><br />
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<li>No parking required<b> </b>in San Francisco.</li>
<li>Residents sharing the kitchen have some discretion over who else lives in a bedroom that is connected to their kitchen.</li>
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Given the controversy surrounding these types of buildings, it will be interesting to see if 1532 Harrison is able to get the conditional use permit for not having parking. Without the CUP, either half the building would be a parking garage, or the mini-kitchens in each bedroom suite would have to go. <br />
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<b>December 8, 2013 update: clarification on the parking issue and the potential use as student housing:</b><br />
- It appears that parking requirements for this particular area allow zero parking spaces even if the building has studio units with kitchens.<br />
- Comments on SocketSite suggest that this building may be marketed as student housing for CCA, Academy of Art, or other nearby colleges that currently have more students than dorm beds. Students have been one of the largest users of shared housing historically, more thoughts on this in a future post.Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-56410512145194021422013-09-28T18:05:00.000-07:002013-09-28T18:11:34.133-07:00Berkeley/Oakland port and highway air pollution map<b>"Don't cut corners on the location, as the rest you can fix up later when you have the money."</b> - that was the advice I received from folks who in search of cheap land, had built a cohousing complex next to the BART elevated tracks a few decades ago.<br />
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Whereas those treating housing as a commodity can easily trade up to a better neighborhood, when establishing a community find it harder to move. As folks have expressed interest in purchasing or building new housing, transportation access has been mentioned as something not to skimp on. <br />
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The flip side to transport is pollution. Oakland is one of the largest container ports in the world and is full of freeways.<br />
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<b>Air Pollution Hazards: Cars, Trucks, and Container Ships.</b><br />
Freeway health risks are well known, with the first block downwind being extremely hazardous and problems persisting for another 700-1500' depending on whether the freeway is elevated.<br />
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The effects of port pollution from the container ships is a bit harder to track down, but based on public health asthma and cancer data it appears to be most severe in the first couple of miles, with effects as far as 20 miles away. In areas near the ports, pollution can be over 10 times the regional average.<br />
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Ships are basically barely-regulated ocean-going power plants, spewing sulfur dioxide, particulates, and other pollutants in quantities far beyond what is allowed for vehicles registered in the USA. <br />
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<i> Click map to enlarge. Heavier lines are elevated freeways. </i> <br />
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<b>Fight for cleaner air, but for now, build elsewhere.</b><br />
Many of these heavily polluted areas in Emeryville, West Oakland, Chinatown, and Downtown already are home to thousands of residents, and port and freeway air pollution have been a major environmental justice issue. In recent years, community activists have demanded and won funding from the Port to upgrade trucks to reduce diesel pollution.<br />
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The Port has goals to reduce total pollution by 85%, though it expects to fall short on controlling ship pollution (only a 67% reduction is projected) as Oakland and California have little ability to regulate the international shipping industry. <br />
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As a result, even though the pollution has decreased and will continue to decrease, it is still much worse in these areas than the rest of the region. Therefore, in the near term, it would not be prudent to create new housing in this area and subject more people to risk.<br />
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<b>Driving further out is not the solution.</b><br />
While the origins of suburban housing came from an era of even worse industrial pollution, relocating to the suburbs may not necessarily lead to better health<b> </b>as drivers and bus passengers are subject to heavy air pollution while on a freeway. Until shipping gets cleaner, the best plan may be to avoid the areas closest to the docks while remaining near BART stations. <br />
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<b>Could Oakland remove its freeways like San Francisco did?</b><br />
In the 1990s and 2000s, San Francisco removed a couple miles of downtown freeways, clearing up dozens of blocks for housing and making several neighborhoods much more liveable. Mass transit, biking, and trip reduction have made this possible without major traffic problems. Right now, roughly 25% of Oakland is within the downwind zone of a freeway - could it do the same?<b> </b><br />
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More Resources:<br />
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<a href="http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Planning-and-Research/CARE-Program.aspx" target="_blank">- Bay Area Air Quality Management District CARE Program</a><br />
<a href="http://www.portofoakland.com/environment/seaport.aspx" target="_blank">- Port of Oakland Emissions Inventory</a><br />
<a href="http://www.portofoakland.com/environment/maqip.aspx" target="_blank">- Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Improvement Program</a> <br />
<a href="http://emlab.berkeley.edu/~moretti/boats.pdf" target="_blank">- Pollution, health, and avoidance behavior: Evidence from the Ports of Los Angeles</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scpcs.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">- Southern California Particle Center</a>Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-45573599433592769752012-08-27T19:58:00.002-07:002012-08-27T19:58:56.791-07:00Household size and economies of scale, part 1A couple years ago while hanging out in the basement of Synergy Co-op in Palo Alto, my friend Xander and I were talking about co-op living. Xander brought up that of various economic indicators, household size is rarely studied. It's an important topic though, as every other aspect of human organization and economic life has seen a trend towards consolidation, whether it be businesses, government, or nonprofit organizations. These businesses and organizations benefit from economies of scale, which provides buying power, insurance against random events, and political power. Why not households?<br />
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<b>Some Statistical Background</b><br />
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Currently, the average US household is around 2.6 people. This is actually a bit higher than most industrialized nations. Back in the 1930s it was around 3.7. The Census defines households as follow:<br />
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A <strong>household</strong> includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit.
A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a
group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for
occupancy) as separate living quarters.
Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately
from any other persons in the building and
which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall.
The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families
living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share
living arrangements.
(People not living in households are classified as living in group quarters.)<br />
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This excludes <a href="http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0073.pdf" target="_blank">group quarters, for which US census data is available here</a> (PDF). Currently 8.3 million Americans report living in group quarters. Of these, prisons & jails make up 2.2 million, nursing homes 1.8 million, and college housing 2.4 million. Total of these 3 largest groups = 6.4 million, the remaining1.9 include juvenile halls, homeless shelters, monasteries, barracks, group homes, worker camps, and other institutional housing. <br />
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Key elements of the definition of a housing unit:<br />
- Has direct access to outside or a common hall (i.e. you get your own key)<br />
- People within that housing unit eat separately from other people not in that unit. <br />
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- In a rooming house or residential hotel without shared meals, each room is a separate housing unit.<br />
- Student co-ops are classified as group housing.<br />
- A non-student co-op house such as <a href="http://itsacoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/fort-awesome-berkeley-ca.html" target="_blank">Fort Awesome</a> is classified as a single household.<br />
- Cohousing where residents live in separate units is classified as separate households, even if residents eat meals together.<br />
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<b>Why this matters - public policy on housing:</b><br />
Housing goals in public policy are often defined in the number of units (houses or apartments, regardless of size). Incentives are often given to maximize the number of units built. However, what's actually important is the number of bedrooms... or perhaps the number of beds*. It is much cheaper to build a 3-bedroom apartment (1000-1200 square feet) than to build three 1 bedroom apartments (500-600sf each for a total of 1500-1800sf). Likewise the bigger apartment is also cheaper to heat and cool and maintain.<br />
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Affordable housing often gets criticized for its high per-unit costs vs. market rate apartments. However, market rate apartments are typically studios, 1 bedrooms, and 2 bedroom units. Affordable housing apartments often have a majority of 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom units. Often funding requires a minimum of the units (20-33% is typical) to be 3 bedroom or larger. <br />
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*Xander also mentioned once that the number of mattresses can be correlated to the amount of fascism in the country, as more mattresses means that people aren't sleeping together. <br />
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<b>The flip side:</b> Except in college towns like Berkeley where group living in a house is common, most cities such as San Francisco do their zoning by counting kitchens. When an area is said to allow a maximum density of 10 units per acre, it means that at most 10 kitchens are allowed. When the planning code says one parking space is required per unit it means that one parking space per kitchen is required (this actually makes some sense even in the co-op context). Typically 5 bedrooms is the maximum viewed by planning codes as still falling under the category of "dwelling unit" as opposed to "group housing". <a href="http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/planning/planningcode?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca$sync=1" target="_blank">Example in SF Planning Code</a>. <br />
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<b>Architectural Efficiency</b> <br />
Apartment buildings designed to have lots of 5-bedroom apartments would be somewhat different than those made up of mostly studios and 1&2BR's. The building would be the same size as in most urban areas height limits are the main limit to building's size. Less of the building would be hallway or parking, making it a more profitable building. The number of bedrooms (and therefore residents) would be double than that of a building made up of 1-bedrooms. Imagine if the price of housing in SF dropped in half! <br />
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While it's true that out in the suburbs there are often 5-bedroom houses with 2 people living in it after the kids move out, this would be a non-issue in a co-op environment, where household size naturally increases to fill all available bedrooms. <br />
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Outside of old Victorians with three stacked apartments, I don't know of any examples of apartment buildings with large units. Perhaps I shall sketch one out sometime...<br />
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That concludes Part 1. In Part 2, I'll discuss what widespread co-op housing means for food systems and the division of household labor.Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-64278176180269067922012-07-12T20:48:00.000-07:002012-07-12T20:48:23.314-07:00Save the Domes! the book is now available!<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/firstcultural/_/rsrc/1340769539314/home/savethedomes_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://sites.google.com/site/firstcultural/_/rsrc/1340769539314/home/savethedomes_cover.jpg" /></a>The UC Davis Domes, also known as Baggins End, are a community of 26 UCD students living in a village of 14 fiberglass domes. Two people live in each dome. Although each dome has its own kitchen and bathroom, the Domies share meals together a few times a week. It is a great example of a student cohousing community in a low density setting. <br />
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"Save the Domes!" follows the story of how the Domes almost got shut down in 2011, how the Domies rallied the greater community of co-opers and cohousers to lobby for saving the Domes; and organized hundreds of people to make repairs and renovations. Also inside are photos of life at the domes and information on how the domes are run. <br />
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You can <a href="http://domes.firstcultural.com/" target="_blank">read the story online</a>, <a href="http://zinelibrary.info/save-domes" target="_blank">download a free PDF</a> of the story, photos, and other info, or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Save-Domes-Defense-Rebirth-California/dp/1477631836/" target="_blank">order a hard copy from Amazon</a>.<br />
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Here's some pages from "Save the Domes":<br />
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<br />Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-13128926497006971312012-07-07T22:34:00.000-07:002012-07-11T11:57:35.880-07:00National Cohousing Conference 2012 Part Two: Temescal Creek and Mariposa GroveAgain, greetings! We pick this post up right where we left off last time, namely my recent East Bay cohousing bus tour. Following our brief sojourn at Berkeley Cohousing, we continued to North Oakland to visit <b>Temescal Creek Cohousing</b>, a prime example of what has been termed "retrofit cohousing." Retrofit cohousing is just a cohousing community that bought pre-existing homes that were next to each other, knocked down a fence or two and voila!! a cohousing community. Here's a picture of Temescal Creek's gate:<br />
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Pretty, right? Temescal Creek was started in 1999, when five families came together around the site. Since then a common house has been built and four units added. The common house:<br />
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My understanding of the story behind the common house is that each family in the community pitched in 20k and the finished upstairs unit was sold to finance construction. It includes a kitchen, dining room, bathroom and laundry area.<br />
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Temescal Creek has plenty of outdoor space for its six kids and four teens to roam around freely. Here are a couple pictures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Communal living often grows plants in addition to people.</td></tr>
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Retrofit cohousing is much cheaper than starting from scratch, just as using leftovers is cheaper than making a new meal. But the result, with a little work, is just as delicious! It's also a more viable option in high population density areas such as the Bay Area, since untouched plots of land are uncommon.<br />
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Here is Temescal Creek by the numbers:<br />
<b>Site:</b> 1 acre located at 328 45th St, Oakland CA. Right across the street from Oakland Tech High School.<br />
<b>Units: </b>11 (four duplexes and three single family houses)<br />
<b>Price Range: </b>Units now worth $350-$600k. Originally they were worth $117-$300k.<br />
<b>Residents:</b> There are 30 residents (20 Adults, 6 kids, 4 teens), including two renters.<br />
<b>Governance: </b>Two committees and the rest of the decisions are made by the whole group. Fallback 80% majority.<br />
<b>Meetings: </b>Once a month.<br />
<strong>Dinners:</strong> Twice a week.<br />
<b>Features: </b>Solar powered hot tub! Also solar panels on roof of the common house and one of the units. Basketball hoop, swing, chickens, rabbits, and kale.<br />
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One of my favorite things about Temescal Creek is the number of kids and teenagers who live here. After defeating one of the teens decisively in a game of ping-pong, I asked him what he thought of growing up in a cohousing community. Though stereotypically monosyllabic, he effectively said that it was great, and his friends love coming over because of all the space. Not to mention the solar-powered hot tub!<br />
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<b>Mariposa Grove Cohousing</b><br />
Leaving Temescal Creek, we found ourselves headed north to Emeryville<b> </b>and its Mariposa Grove, presumably named after the grove of giant sequoia trees in the southwest corner of Yosemite. While there exist no sequoias in Emeryville, this Mariposa Grove did have an awesome willow providing shade for a self-built outdoor stage in the middle of the community. A photograph:<br />
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By the way, if you've never visited a sequoia grove, you really should stop reading about cohousing and drive out to the Sierras. They are, without question, one of the most spectacular things I've ever been in the presence of. I could rave endlessly about their majesty, golden bark, unparalleled girth and the feeling of being on another planet when next to them. But I won't.<br />
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Anywho, there exists a chicken co-op (wordplay alert!) at Mariposa Grove which produces eggs for the community (as chicken co-ops at other cohousing communities and for that matter, all over the world do). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I, too, strive to be a purveyor of premium poop.</td></tr>
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Mariposa Grove is another great example of retrofit cohousing. They started in 1998, with the purchase of three dilapidated buildings and have grown to comprise six condo units, a common house, and a rental house. They also have a nice outdoor space in the middle of the houses where they grow a bunch of vegetables and enjoy sun time. <br />
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Here is Mariposa Grove by the numbers:<br />
<b>Site:</b> 1/4 acre located at 828 59th Street Emeryville, Ca.<br />
<b>More History: </b>Redeveloped by Northern California Land Trust (NCLT) as a Limited Equity Low Income Cohousing, meaning that 70 percent of the member households must have an adjusted gross annual income less than 80 percent of Oakland Metro's median based on household size. NCLT aids low income owners to receive deferred payment low-interest loans and grants.<br />
<b>Units: </b>6 condos, a common house, and a rental house which is currently being renovated into a three-plex with a shared unit, a single family residence and an office space.<br />
<b>Price: </b>In 2008 condo units sold for between $250k and $320k ($50-$100k after subsidies). Rental house is $2100/month divided amongst four adults.<br />
<b>Residents: </b>18 (14 adults, 4 kids), including four renters.<br />
<b>Governance: </b>As part of a land trust, Mariposa Grove is part of a homeowners association which uses a 2/3rd majority rule. At the community level, they use consensus (minus one vote), and multiple sub-committees and working groups are empowered by the Management Committee.<br />
<b>Meetings: </b>The community meets twice a month and also participates in quarterly homeowners association meetings. There are also twice quarterly work parties for property maintenance and improvement.<br />
<b>Features: </b>Greywater, permaculture, chicken co-op, kids' playroom, other great things.<br />
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One of my favorite things that Mariposa Grove had was a big corkboard full of photos of the community members in the common house. Here's a photo of the photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The heart of community: beautiful people.</td></tr>
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Here are some other pix:<br />
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And so dear friends, I am saddened to inform that here ends another magical virtual cohousing tour. I too regret our departure, but never fear! Cooperative living is closer at hand in the real world than we oft realize. Let these words and pictures serve as an inspiration to those of us still confined to single-family households, awaiting the day when we too break free and can finally rejoice in the communal hymn, our voices loud and strong, resounding at once in collective harmony!<br />
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Until then, keep checkin' back here at "It's a Co-op!", <i>your</i> source for anything and everything co-operawesome!Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003595177426359475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-71501392258494718182012-06-24T12:48:00.000-07:002012-06-24T16:17:34.766-07:00National Cohousing Conference 2012 Part One: Berkeley CohousingGreetings! My name is Elan and I'm the newest contributor here on "It's a Co-op!" Our name reminds me of the fictional radio show "It's a Wise Child" in J.D. Salinger's stories about the precocious Glass children. Hopefully our blog will provide the kind of piercing insight that would make Franny and Zooey proud... Anyway, I bring you my first post and believe it to be a goodie. Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the National Cohousing Conference which was held at Oakland's Marriott Hotel, the first time the annual conference has been in the Yay Area since 2001.<br />
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Seeing as this is a co<i>housing</i> post within a co-<i>op</i> blog, I'll clarify the distinction between the two before I go any further. Our friendly and familiar co-<i>op </i>is a more general term which technically refers to a specific type of legal ownership, but is loosely used to refer to many types of communal living arrangements--often those in which members share all of their food. Co<i>housing</i>, although occasionally run legally by the definition of a co-<i>op</i>, refers more to a way of life. This way of life is characterized by multiple units which are individually owned or rented (often by families) which together form their own intimate neighborhood, replete with common house, chore contributions, and communal dinners a few nights per week. Cohousing communities vary widely in the number of individual units (and therefore people), ranging from just a few to over a hundred! Most of the cohousing communities I looked at in the East Bay had a dozen or so, and therefore averaged 20-30 people in their community.<br />
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Onwards and upwards! The best part of the conference (besides an endless supply of free Marriott pens) was a full-day bus tour of cohousing communities in Oakland and Berkeley. As one man on the tour said "Seeing is believing." I must agree--there's no better way to learn about the wonders of cohousing than visiting the places themselves. That said, I'll do my darndest to give you an impression of what they're like in words and pictures.<br />
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Up first was "<b>Berkeley Cohousing</b>," which is technically unnamed and has therefore assumed the name of the town it resides in by default, which originally got its name from George Berkeley, an 18th century philosopher best known for his work on "immaterialism," the notion that nothing exists without being perceived, and since a community must have a name to be perceived (work with me), is a fitting title for an unnamed community. Regardless, I have photographic evidence of this community's existence:<br />
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The site for Berkeley Cohousing, at Sacramento and Allston, was purchased in 1994 and subsequently underwent a three year period of development in which a few new units were added, a fence was knocked down, and much renovation was performed on the pre-existing 12 units to create what I considered to be the most aesthetically pleasing cohousing community I visited. Here are Berkeley Cohousing's bare-boned numbers:<br />
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<b>Site: </b>Three quarters of an acre.<br />
<b>Units: </b>Fifteen 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units. Detached cottages and duplexes.<br />
<b>Price Range: </b>Original prices: $135,000-275,000. Limited-Equity Condos--meaning that price increases are limited to the Area Median Income (AMI) appreciation plus any capital improvements that have been done to a unit since last sale. Purchasers limited to 120-150% of the AMI. Basically, it costs way less than market to live here. Trouble is, turnover is exceedingly low (~1 unit/10 years).<br />
<b>Style: </b>Homes are aligned along a pathway leading to a beautiful lawn and common house.<br />
<b># of Residents: </b>28 Adults: 21 Over 60: 5 Kids (0-12): 6 Teens (13-18): 1 Renters: 2<br />
<b>Governance: </b>Six strong committees: Agenda, Landscape, Maintenance, Finance, Operations (Common House), People. Other ad-hoc committees come and go.<br />
<b>Meetings: </b>Monthly 3-hour HOA meetings with consensus decision-making.<br />
<b>Dinners: </b>3 nights/week.<br />
<b>Common House:</b> Kitchen, dining area, living room, sun/multipurpose room, kids' room, laundry room.<br />
<b>Features: </b>Permaculture approach to gardening and water systems. Use
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The beautiful common lawn area.<br />
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The common house dining room.<br />
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The common house kitchen.<br />
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The common house living room (featuring people on a tour).<br />
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A private residence. Enchanting.<br />
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I shall feature other East Bay cohousing communities shortly in "National Cohousing Conference 2012 Part Two." Ciao for now!Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003595177426359475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-61852389859872394532012-02-21T15:30:00.016-08:002012-04-27T12:22:54.289-07:00Casa Zimbabwe Student Co-op House, Berkeley<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpJPJ5GurAns5_yB181X9ukvx90UYhvWHq93lvsVoORCOKXhS3NZrM7YvLb3vmm2Nv8awmiUR9Q7KwbuGneZAtanvIasx4M5Ju9NeqyiWFcmAtVzUuLLQnZFxXxzx9AMbJaY1su6uXuNq/s1600/sketch+exterior.tif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711741200846639794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpJPJ5GurAns5_yB181X9ukvx90UYhvWHq93lvsVoORCOKXhS3NZrM7YvLb3vmm2Nv8awmiUR9Q7KwbuGneZAtanvIasx4M5Ju9NeqyiWFcmAtVzUuLLQnZFxXxzx9AMbJaY1su6uXuNq/s400/sketch+exterior.tif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 304px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span> <br />
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The first time I set foot in Casa Zimbabwe, CZ, I was a freshman at UC Berkeley living in the dorms. There was a couch up on a table in the main dining room occupied by two students in a very vocal, flagrant philosophical debate. The kitchen was overflowing with co-opers cutting garlic and talking loudly over the sound of the rock-music. The room we visited had bits of broken cds glued to the walls and a black light. When I moved in a few years later, I got a better look at the murals covering the walls. I slowly got used to the dinner ritual: big pots of food are placed on the central tables and about eighty people crowd around the dishes and elbow their way to the serving spoon. I was spending late nights studying on campus and would come home at 3 am on a Friday night to find a jazz band playing and thirty people dancing the night away. Some people say living in CZ is like living in a night club. While living there, I never found the perfect spot to do yoga and only made about five friends that I am still in contact with. My informant, Hamutahl, had a very different experience. </div>
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CZ is the first co-op that was built to be a co-op. It opened in 1966. At the time it was called the “Ridge Project” because it was built on the plot of a co-op named “Ridge”. It was one of the first co-ed student housing options in Berkeley—the men occupied the 10’s wings and the women occupied the 100s wing along with the house mom (room 99). The two wings were offset half a level from one another to make it less dorm-like. </div>
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A summary of changes made to the house:</div>
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<li>1979: forty solar panels are installed on the roof </li>
<li>1987: name changed to Casa Zimbabwe</li>
<li>2006: the house closed for extensive seismic retrofitting, the brown stucco exterior is painted yellow, and skylights were installed in the common room by a house-improvement manager</li>
<li>2010: beehive set up in rose garden</li>
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<li>124 residents (better known as “czars”)</li>
<li>Single Bedrooms: 32<br />Double Bedrooms: 28<br />Triple Bedrooms: 12<br />P<span style="font-size: 100%;">arking Spaces: 15</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Shared </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">living room, dining room, full kitchen facilities, laundry, food, printing and house computers, garden, piano</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">1 main entrance, 2 secondary entrances</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Favorite places for conversation: roofs, study room</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">Unfulfilled needs: stairs made out of something s</span><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">ofter and safer than cement, communal spaces that aren’</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">t in the center of the house (a comfortable sitting area), different exterior surface</span></li>
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CZ is just north of the UC Berkeley campus next to a small hub of shops and restaurants that serve the campus community. Up the hill to the West is a five way intersection with a church on every corner. The czars call this the “Holy hill”. There is also a church directly across the street. </div>
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Just within CZ’s entry gate is a courtyard with a few painted gargoyle planters and several very full bike racks. This area gets very little direct light. The central courtyard, on the other hand, gets several hours of midday sunshine. The picture below was taken on an overcast February day around 3 pm.</div>
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The sectional diagram above gives the sun's approximate orientation during the hours just before noon. The courtyard and common spaces beyond get a good amount of direct sunlight during the middle of the day. The courtyard is only used occasionally for a special event that requires some open air (i.e. a BBQ or a fire-dancing performance). The planters are overgrown and, during my time on garden crew, contained bits of broken glass and beer cans. The gazebo stands above several picnic tables allowing czars to climb from the courtyard to some of the bedrooms in the 20s floor. There is a hot tub in the courtyard. Around the corner from the courtyard is the rose garden (see photo below)—an out of the way nook where several rose plants have been thriving. It is easy to live in CZ and never notice this corner. A few past residents I spoke with confessed that the rose garden was one of their favorite places. The bee boxes are called “the home of unwanted bees” to echo the mural in the main entrance hall that reads: “the home of unwanted children”. </div>
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The two roofs get full sun and a good amount of use. The 100s wing roof (see photo below) is also home to the study room. Ambitious garden crews usually grow some food in the planters: currently there are some celery plants and leafy greens—probably enough for 2-3 big vegetable dishes for the 124 residents. While less than 1% of the house food is homegrown, the bee hive produced 5-6 gallons of honey in a year. </div>
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The 10s wing roof is home to the enclosed bar room (see photo below), unused furniture, a bit of gardening equipment, and an array of solar panels. </div>
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Two primary common spaces connect the two wings. The upstairs common room is a dining room with a sound system, a balcony, a wooden floor, and access to the kitchen. I visited the dining room twice in less than a week and the dining furniture had been rearranged so take the positioning of tables and couches with a grain of salt. </div>
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Hamutahl said the dining room is a place to sit with friends. She said it is very social and you can see everything all the time. This space hosts dinner, council, and most parties. It is a great place for parties because there are no hidden nooks for someone to pass out unnoticed.</div>
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The balcony overlooks the courtyard and the interior walls of both wings and gets full sun through the middle of the day. The view beyond the courtyard is of a parking lot and the edge of the UC Berkeley campus. Hamutahl said the balcony holds an interesting place in CZ history. It is a place known for smoking, partying, fires, interruptive conversation during council, graffiti, and Alice in Wonderland murals. It is a place where some people spend most of their time and some people rarely set foot. </div>
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The kitchen is vibrant, hectic, and a great place to rub elbows with unfamiliar housemates. People in the common room can’t see or interact with people in the kitchen and at dinner time there are traffic jams in the two doorways leading into the kitchen. Czars doing dishes and pots face a blank wall with their backs to the main kitchen area. The pantry is small and dark and one czar named it the “torture chamber”. The skylights and the small window in the door are the only sources of natural light in the kitchen </div>
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The downstairs common space is called the “Red room” (the walls are painted red). There is a fireplace, a wheelchair access ramp, a piano, a pool table, an out-of-order bathroom, and at least a couch or two. Before the 2006 renovation, there was a space called “The Den of Iniquity”, filled with curtains, cushions, and a record player. </div>
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The hallways, bathrooms, and stairwells act as informal, out-of-the-way common spaces to a minor extent. I remember having a few short interactions with housemates in these in-between spaces, but always had the sense that everyone in the hallway is listening in on the conversation. </div>
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The 10s wings:</div>
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This layout of the 10s floors is c-shaped with the bathroom in the center. This was the male wing originally. Hamutahl lived on the 10s floor her first semester and called it the “most social floor ever”. There were only 9 people living on the floor and they would all hang out on the ground in the hallway. The fact that they all applied to be managers the following semester suggests to me that they all became very invested in the community due to their experience together in that tiny 10s floor. There are 4 total floors in the 10s wing; the 10s floor has seven rooms and the 20s, 30s, and 40s have 9 rooms each. </div>
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Shared amenities:</div>
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<li>Food, kitchen, eatable garden</li>
<li>Printing and study room computers</li>
<li>Sound systems (common room and kitchen)</li>
<li>Piano</li>
<li>Hot tub</li>
<li>49 cuft meat and cheese/“cook’s frig”, walk in refrigerator, walk in freezer</li>
<li>Ice machine</li>
<li>Cold milk dispensers</li>
<li>Laundry</li>
<li>Maintenance tools</li>
<li>Free pile of hand-me-down items</li>
<li>Common space piano, pool table, projector</li>
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Heat:</div>
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<span style="color: red;"> </span>The 10s floor sits into the ground a bit on the south side and can get pretty cold. Every room has a personal heater that plugs into a central heating system. The kitchen can get really cold—especially when skylights are left open</div>
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Privacy:</div>
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The rooftops and the rose garden are the only common places in the co-op that offer opportunities for privacy. The courtyard is not a private space because the common space windows and room window look out to it. Noise from the balcony is a constant problem for people with courtyard windows. Courtyard and balcony shown below (outdoor couches proliferate). <br />
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The walls between rooms are very thin so residents can easily hear one another. They held Womens’ Meetings at CZ in individual rooms because there was no common space with enough privacy to set the right atmosphere. </div>
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Regular layout:</div>
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Hamutahl suggested that the regular layout of the rooms may actually increase the chaotic quality of the house. She lived in another co-op, Lothlorien, where the rooms are much more irregular and found the atmosphere to actually be much calmer. In fact, it was only where the regular layout of CZ breaks, on the smaller 10s floor, that she found friendship and community. </div>
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Conclusions:</div>
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The central courtyard in CZ is not effective at creating a strong community. The privacy of the people with courtyard windows is at jeopardy when the courtyard is in use, and the privacy of the courtyard space is jeopardized by the surrounding windows. The adjacent common space is the red room which is commonly unoccupied. The overhanging balcony is almost always occupied but the socializing rarely makes it all the way down the stairs and into the courtyard. </div>
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The lack of smaller, more private common spaces means there are fewer places for conversation. </div>
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The long straight hallways in the 100s wing are less effective at creating friendship between floor mates than the C-shaped layout of the 10s wing. </div>
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The lack of visual access to the kitchen leads to traffic jams around dinner time and prevents the atmosphere of informal interaction from spilling out into the main common space. There are no windows to the outside and the pot-washing sink, in particular, feels closed off from the outside world. The kitchen facility itself, with the large central island and massive stove top, promotes a lively cooperative spirit. </div>
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Despite the shortcomings CZ’s layout, it maintains its sense of humor. While this house may not actually be a “home” for most people who live there, it serves a purpose within the Berkeley Student Cooperative system. The large common spaces and lack of privacy mean great parties. The rooftops are treasured landscapes, places to ponder the chaos below. </div>
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Article of interest:</div>
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<span class="citation">Gross, Rachel. </span><a href="http://bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/keeping-housemates-fed-and-green-at-a-berkeley-student-co-op/"><span style="color: windowtext;">"Keeping Housemates Fed and Green at a Berkeley Student Co-op"</span></a><span class="citation">. <i>The New York Times</i>. 22 February 2010<</span>bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/keeping-housemates-fed-and-green-at-a-berkeley-student-co-op/></div>
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<span class="citation">Bloomekatz, Joshua. </span><a href="http://archive.dailycal.org/article/630/tours_of_homes_focus_on_solar_panels"><span style="color: windowtext;">"Tours of Homes Focus on Solar Panels"</span></a><span class="citation"><u>.</u> <i>The Daily Californian</i>. 18 October 1999. </span></div>Sarah Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879650051351322406noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-29460799009838651502012-02-09T15:47:00.000-08:002012-02-14T10:34:28.408-08:00Andres Castro Arms Student Co-op: Berkeley, Ca<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg089l2Az0BH5EhET6U9L2c-Z5GTov0ZefbltBQ93Nyi5_xrRQq6dxBMooonlHTKEDiXbtRlNu69rXuo9vsofEnLP7GIijpfuyiU_txZ-yc2GC5tcXoVLfOL7vMMujovnvyOD_7CgkXvi2o/s1600/perspective+drawing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" 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style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It was named after Andres Castro, a cook at the BSC’s central kitchen during the period in which meals for all the cooperative houses were prepared centrally.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Overview:</p><ul><li>56 residents</li><li>Single Bedrooms: 7<br />Double Bedrooms: 20<br />Triple Bedrooms: 3</li><li>Accessible Rooms: 1<br />Parking Spaces: 8</li><li>Shar<span style="font-size:100%;">ed </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >living room, dining room, full kitchen faciliti</span><span style="mso-bidi-mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >es, laundry, food, printing and house computers, garden, pianos</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >2 main entrances (front and back), 4 secondary entrances</span></li><li><span style="mso-bidi-mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The front porch is the only ADA accessible outdoor space.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The porch overlooks the front staircase and garden.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Julia Morgan celebrates the front stairway as an important social landscape by extending it halfway across the yard.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The staircase has taken on a different personality since the view of the bay was blocked by multi-story student housing; residents traveling up and down generally greet each other and keep moving.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The addition of the west wing also makes the front stairway more visible to those with rooms with south facing windows.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p><br /><a 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style="line-height:normal"> In 2010, the monthly cost of energy and natural gas ranged from $90-$160 per resident<sup>1</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">ADA accessibility:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"> For Alex, Castro is the best house to live in with a wheelchair because the common space is largely on the main floor.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He also has access to a sunny porch and his own personal restroom with a key—sharing the bathroom would tricky.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He chose not to live in other co-ops because they lacked sufficient common space on the main floor, were too far from the university, and/or they were just too big of a house (120+ residents).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He would have preferred more outdoor accessible common space and access to the study room at Castro.<span 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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Conclusions: </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Castro’s ADA accessibility is greatly enhanced by all of the interconnecting common rooms on the main floor.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The significant difference in the quality of the rooms in the east and west wings poses a serious challenge for this co-op.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It is important for new members of a co-operative house to interact with older members of a house and feel welcomed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The spatial division of the house into older and younger members will systematically decrease those interactions. West wing shown below.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: normal;"><sup><span style=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FL-v7RkQynIPSw1btPVLzIftr1uuT81zl4E25S6JVge2XRqHkRQfZKneRVSn_-aYmfUyX7gVZXpxp_ZkJ05hUUgTV2QQ35YyXvKEbJ6HI9lGzIgw5e9nopzpw14Avbpa7FDv6NYzgMB2/s1600/front+of+n+wing.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FL-v7RkQynIPSw1btPVLzIftr1uuT81zl4E25S6JVge2XRqHkRQfZKneRVSn_-aYmfUyX7gVZXpxp_ZkJ05hUUgTV2QQ35YyXvKEbJ6HI9lGzIgw5e9nopzpw14Avbpa7FDv6NYzgMB2/s400/front+of+n+wing.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707287353310522690" border="0" /></a></span></sup></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:normal"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">1</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Advanced Home Energy Audit. BSC Sustainability: Houses. Feb 8 2012. <</span>https://sites.google.com/a/bsc.coop/sustain/houses/castro></p>Sarah Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879650051351322406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-69942827045022435322012-02-05T15:14:00.000-08:002012-02-05T15:14:32.225-08:00Mini-dorms, Group Living Accomodations, and ParkingCo-ops and other shared houses tend to have higher population densities than their neighbors, and this can sometimes cause conflict, especially over parking. At the last City Council meeting, the City of Berkeley heard legislation to add regulations to rooming houses. The action was prompted by 2133 Parker Street, a 19-bedroom rooming house six blocks south of UC Berkeley. The building was once a 3 story duplex with a garage on the first floor and two apartments with a total of six bedrooms on the upper floors. Two years ago, the building was sold and the new owner expanded and renovated the building with the following notable additions:<br />
- Garage converted into a 3rd unit.<br />
- Attic space expanded into a 4th floor with more bedrooms.<br />
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2133 Parker is located in a R2-A low/mid density residential area consisting of houses, duplexes, and small apartment buildings. See map below. <br />
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Not surprisingly, neighbors were unhappy about the expansion - which violated some zoning regulations - and took their case to the City. A detailed description of some neighbors' reaction to the project, as well as before and after photos of the building, can be found at the <a href="http://2133parker.blogspot.com/">2133 Parker blog</a>. <br />
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The neighbors' main land use related complaints were:<br />
- Building has too many bedrooms<br />
- Building has insufficient parking, leading to shortage of streetside spaces<br />
- Building is too tall<br />
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Once residents moved in, a couple more complaints surfaced:<br />
- Noisy parties<br />
- Recycling and garbage out of control.<br />
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The outcome of the meeting was the following: <br />
<ol><li>The property owner had to make 2133 Parker comply with the zoning code by reducing the number of bedrooms from 19 to the code compliant 7. The zoning code limits the number of bedrooms a building can have based on the size of the piece of land, in this zone, one per 800 square feet. </li>
<li>In R-2 multiple family residential zones, buildings adding bedrooms beyond the 5th to a house or apartment would no longer be eligible for residential parking permit (RPPs). RPPs are permits sold to residents at a nominal $35 a year to park for unlimited amounts of time in 2-hour zones in their neighborhood.</li>
<li> Mini dorms would require an onsite manager to handle noise complaints and deal with recycling. The city define mini-dorms as follows: <br />
<div align="left" class="CCreport">Section 13.42.020.A. is amended to read:</div>“A. “Mini-dorm” means any building in a R-2 or R-2A Zoning District in which any Dwelling Unit in the building contains more than five Bedrooms and the Gross Floor Area of that Dwelling Unit devoted to Bedrooms is more than 60% of the total Gross Floor Area. For purposes of this subdivision, the Gross Floor Area of any room, closet or other ancillary space that can be entered only through a Bedroom shall be considered part of the Gross Floor Area of that Bedroom. Permitted and Legal non-conforming Sororities, Fraternities, and Student Co-ops shall not be considered Mini-Dorms, as long as they have a resident manager.”</li>
</ol><b>Let's take a co-op look at all of this...</b><br />
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<b> </b>The Parking Issue: <br />
The city's zoning code requires 1 space per 5 residents in R-2 zones. Experience in the student co-op (which are located mostly in R-3 and R-4 zones closer to campus) has been that about 1 in 10 to 1 in 8 residents will keep a car in Berkeley. (<a href="http://itsacoop.blogspot.com/2011/09/lothlorien-limits-of-sustainability.html">See the article on Lothlorien</a>) So 1 in 5 is reasonable. In fact, at non-student co-ops, which are more likely to be in R-2 zones, car ownership is often 1 in 3 or 1 in 4. <br />
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However, requiring more onsite parking might not be the most effective way of making sure there are enough street spaces to go around. At $35 a year, the permits are underpriced. Often in the student co-ops, onsite spaces sit empty because residents would rather pay $35 a year to park on the street instead of $500-700 to park in a lot or garage. Many of these vehicles are used only a few times a month, and raising the parking cost would probably convince a number of their owners to switch to carshare or other transportation.<br />
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It remains to be seen what residents in buildings ineligible for parking permits will do. My guess is they will register their car at a friend's house - something people already do now to park in an area closer to where they want to be. <br />
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The bedroom density issue:<br />
Closely tied to the parking issue. However, loopholes abound: this could encourage fewer, larger double bedrooms instead of smaller singles. <br />
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The Recycling and Garbage and Resident Manager Issue:<br />
Here the problem was more of a management one: building owners not providing enough trash cans, probably since the city charges for garbage pickup by the number of bins. In a rooming house, where garbage pickup is included in rent, residents may lack incentive to reduce waste. In any case it is unlikely this part of the ordinance will ever take effect, since for a building to have bedrooms account for 60% of floor area would require some very impressive architectural gymnastics. Apartment buildings average 10-15%. The typical large student co-op in Berkeley such as Lothlorien is about 20% bedroom. Even <a href="http://itsacoop.blogspot.com/2011/06/pacifico-if-you-build-it-who-will-come.html">Pacifico</a>, with its ultra-efficient floor plan, is only around 30-40%. Stairs, bathrooms, kitchens, hallways - these all take up lots of space. A building that is 60% bedroom would require nested bedrooms that have to be entered via other bedrooms, have insufficient bathrooms, and have almost no common space. <br />
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The noise issue:<br />
It's true, the more people live in one place, the more likely it's someone's birthday or some other occasion to party. However, this is more of a management issue as opposed to an architectural one. <br />
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<b>So at the end of the day, it's about parking, as usual</b><br />
Competition for street parking is the biggest impact a high-density residence tends to have on its neighborhood. The city could charge more for this scarce resource, but this tends to anger residents who suddenly have to pay more for the same service. Then there is the privatization approach, where the street parking spaces in front of a house belong to the owner to do whatever they want with it - keep it for themselves, rent it out, or charge the public to park in. The city could also encourage more cycling and public transit use, but when self-proclaimed environmentalist communities can only get down to 1 car per 4 residents after they are no longer students, some parking will be required in the near future. Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-89876789861906601162012-02-03T15:09:00.000-08:002012-05-03T11:19:18.894-07:00UCSC Trailer/Camper Park, Santa Cruz<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> October 2011</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">North of the UCSC campus, the trails through the redwoods are quiet but for the whir of the occasional mountain biking crew.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">When I stepped off the path, I came across a shelter made of redwood branches, a blue tarp laid over a sleeping pad within.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">One such path opens onto a small clearing where forty-two trailers are clustered.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Vibrantly colored and timelessly silent, there is something quite stunning about happening-upon the trailer park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">History: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The trailer park is located north of Kresge College and west of Heller Drive. It started in the early 1980s during a housing shortage. Students were parking RVs and trailers in campus parking lots and started several trailer parks in the woods. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">This is the only known trailer park left. There is a long-term plan to use the land for student dormitory housing but no moves have been made yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Current camper park lore: pre-university-regulation, seven students lived together in one trailer.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The lead singer in Sublime helped get the camper park started.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Overview:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">42 trailers (with cooking facilities and running water)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Shared common house: kitchen, laundry, refrigerator, freezer, music/computer/entertainment room, 2 showers, 2 bathrooms</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Bi-weekly pot luck dinners (Wednesday/Sunday) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Favorite places for conversation: the dish-washing sink, in front of the “free-food fridge”, the community room, bathrooms, walking around the park, by the barbeque and the picnic tables, in the trailers when food is being cooked and a couple people are sitting around </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Challenges: trailers can be cold, not enough privacy for those sharing a trailer, hard to get to the bathroom without running into someone, some trailers don’t have working ovens, hard to cook elaborate meals</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"> Neighborhood/surroundings:</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">But for the occasional whir of a mountain bicyclist, the trails up through the redwoods hold a steady and also eery silence. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">There are stories of secret encampments in the redwoods surrounding the trailer park. At one time, the people living in the encampments were known as "woodsies" and they were often close friends with the parkies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">On one side of the camper park, there is a university parking lot and a road leading down to campus. Although the camper park feels very far away from campus life, it is a five minute walk to the Kresge dormitory and a ten minute walk to centrally located campus libraries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">The Park:</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Zc0OYS4vswhFmu8rX949QdKgw3kk4o2MCMN06khiOCb4ag7Dre8Es7iNYbPCIioHfPzrQvh4ZGP8qRsL783ioS7uhFSkuHLer6ByYaq34O_9Qq50B90G35_D6n5TkqTZYNzMvAWKxLj2/s1600/neighborhood0.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705060606489986578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Zc0OYS4vswhFmu8rX949QdKgw3kk4o2MCMN06khiOCb4ag7Dre8Es7iNYbPCIioHfPzrQvh4ZGP8qRsL783ioS7uhFSkuHLer6ByYaq34O_9Qq50B90G35_D6n5TkqTZYNzMvAWKxLj2/s400/neighborhood0.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />The 42 trailers that compose the camper park are arranged much like houses in a suburban cul de sac. There are 2 main foot paths and 1 main road leading into the neighborhood. The group of trailers on the loop furthest from the common house are called “the lonely loop.” Trailer 42 is known as “the gate keeper” and the current resident is “Gatekeepe</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">r Jeff”. The residents of trailer 14 said their neighborhood loosely spans from trailer 9 to 18. They suggested that a few other neighborhoods exist within the park.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfXzNA5qyLFJEgvLDme3PD51dhKYvHVfKrXoJ4KglXRno5lqAFjiUAf6LCg6S48Gy5pm11pcg7kMAcAOBRKOd60VJa93y-Or9bNjdovUmo9TJ_vdQA3khBv3Yzv24Uu4yMPSyNtfWflkT/s1600/site+plan+SMALL.tif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705060419708634530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfXzNA5qyLFJEgvLDme3PD51dhKYvHVfKrXoJ4KglXRno5lqAFjiUAf6LCg6S48Gy5pm11pcg7kMAcAOBRKOd60VJa93y-Or9bNjdovUmo9TJ_vdQA3khBv3Yzv24Uu4yMPSyNtfWflkT/s400/site+plan+SMALL.tif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 381px;" /></a> </span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">The Common House</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">The common house is located near the center and includes 2 showers, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, and a common room/study room.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Just outside are the common waste bins.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Every Sunday and Wednesday, the parkies gather for a potluck meal at the common house.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Some people talk about upcoming events and make announcements.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The only official meeting was the first meeting of the quarter when campus officials came and chowed down on some chili and ice cream.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The kitchen sink and the common room are particularly popular places to stop and talk.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Most parkies carry their dishes in milk crates to wash them in the common kitchen.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The industrial sinks are much more convenient then their miniature private sinks. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">While most parkies are well acquainted with one another, five of the forty-five official residents were only spotted a couple times in the first month.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Most conversation happens at the common house or on the street between trailers.</span> </span></div>
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According to university regulations, all trailers must:</div>
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<li>be manufactured units intended for use as a residence</li>
<li>meet UC requirements</li>
<li>be fully operational/DMV registered</li>
<li>pass inspection</li>
<li>be less than 28’ in length and less than 12’ in width</li>
<li> include: cooking facilities and a sink with running water, a 110 volt underground AC electrical system, adequate light/heating/fire extinguisher/smoke detector/carbon monoxide detector/ propane leak detector</li>
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Only 5 of 42 trailers have a sewer hook-up (sewers are not required). Below are a few examples of trailers in the park:</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXITXCeubsJ765TTZdpi_Vgaqjlirv3lhD7qFFt0PlsvspWawr5eR48rTGqLRfqoWcMmaykeB2oz17XYvIfiFGb4kzWD3aeB34yzuuicrE1RxaLv4PUxvF4a7VT4zbv-GiSIgvvEOfmwy/s1600/ext+of+trailer1.JPG" style="color: black;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705054686660836498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXITXCeubsJ765TTZdpi_Vgaqjlirv3lhD7qFFt0PlsvspWawr5eR48rTGqLRfqoWcMmaykeB2oz17XYvIfiFGb4kzWD3aeB34yzuuicrE1RxaLv4PUxvF4a7VT4zbv-GiSIgvvEOfmwy/s400/ext+of+trailer1.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYurHGVYp_2A8GFf8rB2byv4DlFHF-j4jVvIdTsF_8WLRS0ShJej7RP9WAdtRmKShsJSAX5wiXrYQ0fxH0JT8VKdmosPuJFF-dardXNYpmJn_VXEgt-9XxkAawxLYXGogK6T56UcduF9Y/s1600/ext+of+trailer0.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705054643894411634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYurHGVYp_2A8GFf8rB2byv4DlFHF-j4jVvIdTsF_8WLRS0ShJej7RP9WAdtRmKShsJSAX5wiXrYQ0fxH0JT8VKdmosPuJFF-dardXNYpmJn_VXEgt-9XxkAawxLYXGogK6T56UcduF9Y/s400/ext+of+trailer0.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><br />Obviously parkies don’t hesitate to make their home their own. Around 7 trailers were painted in a single fall quarter. Some parkies spend a good bit of time keeping up their garden and making their trailer “homey”, while others allow the potted plants to die. Although the oldest parkie has only been around for three years, the outdoor furnishings have been inherited by many parkies. This passing on of sculptures, paintings, plants, and furnishings lends to a</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"> sense of continuity. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">Some of the best conversations are had between parkies inside the trailers. O</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">ne person volunteers to cook and the others sit in the booth or on the bed. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">One resident reported sharing at least one meal a day with 3-4 people from the trailer park.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Many parkies don’t have an oven so they cook in other trailers frequently.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">When it is someone’s birthday, fifteen or sixteen people cram into a trailer and the space is filled with lively conversation.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Trailer 14 is shown below.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmYkeqKCIOYvYp_E7nxYTSPGdeNV-EYqmhPzqdlXByPg8Da6kGQGIcSmXEU_x6ZTqH_DzIGs7h6Iyypuqk6pz-Ogfhiaeg0w9TKtUs38QhmDUOex2B3jKfr4W9xrQCGRiFcru4w1-mMOM/s1600/trailer+14+SMALL.tif" style="color: black;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705053119701175282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmYkeqKCIOYvYp_E7nxYTSPGdeNV-EYqmhPzqdlXByPg8Da6kGQGIcSmXEU_x6ZTqH_DzIGs7h6Iyypuqk6pz-Ogfhiaeg0w9TKtUs38QhmDUOex2B3jKfr4W9xrQCGRiFcru4w1-mMOM/s400/trailer+14+SMALL.tif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 205px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <br />
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While the dimensions and spatial arrangements vary from trailer to trailer, this trailer illustrates the compact space and the primary components. Most trailers have 1-2 space heaters and a portable fan. One parkie said the cold is the most challenging part about living in a trailer. Trailer 14’s stove/oven is used on a daily basis to prepare breakfast and sometimes lunch and/or dinner. Some trailers don’t have an oven so complex meals are difficult. The bed separates and folds up into two opposing couches and a table can be propped in between. The windows look out to the green canopy of the redwoods. The space in front of the kitchenette and the mini-fridge are where residents do the “trailer shuffle”—a celebrated side shuffle to get out of way of the other person. Storage is tight (even with the non-functional corner-shower) and overflow ends up on the table. They are considering remodeling to replace the kitchen table with a single bench against the wall. The canopy next to the trailer provides an outdoor space where neighbors and visitors stop to chat; the owner of the trailer sometimes sits on the step or stands in the doorway. This trailer also has a back porch where residents read, stretch, and study.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4NiQJh53sem5-zu4j5LQ4rEKUWxNz3JFy-AAcaE72ZGUcst_j4ZECaDVw93jKMbwNul3DCo-wtuiMAUEIHDCRg7auqFq2ViaFA-0OH8_gGoJuHCn1EEga0JiA5YxnXFcB_KIZppC3NPk/s1600/back+porch.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705057538514553842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4NiQJh53sem5-zu4j5LQ4rEKUWxNz3JFy-AAcaE72ZGUcst_j4ZECaDVw93jKMbwNul3DCo-wtuiMAUEIHDCRg7auqFq2ViaFA-0OH8_gGoJuHCn1EEga0JiA5YxnXFcB_KIZppC3NPk/s400/back+porch.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></span></span></span>The outdoor space is cluttered with potted plants, both alive and dead. Some trailers have small garden plots that they regularly tend. A live oak tree grows in front of trailer 14.</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">2 central bathrooms (only 5/42 trailers have a sewer hook-up)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">2 central showers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">2 dishwashing sinks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">17 cuft refrigerator</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">14 cuft freezer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Donated food from grocery stores and bakeries (usually expired or not fresh enough for sale)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">3 common computers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">Wireless internet access</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">TV, VHS & DVD player in common room</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">Outdoor barbeque</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Central recycling and trash</span></li>
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Ownership:</div>
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A student who wants to move into the trailer park puts their name on a 30-80 person waistlist. When a parkie moves out, they sell their trailer to the next person on the waitlist for $3,000-$3,500 and they are the new official owner of the trailer. When they move out, they usually sell it for a few hundred dollars less than they bought it for. Parkies also pay $500 each month (or $556 for those with a sewer connection) in rent which is about $300 cheaper per month than the cheapest dorm.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;">The parkies said clusters of trailers will operate like mini-neighborhoods within the larger community. The residents in these clusters tend to communicate more with one another and spend more time cooking for one another in their trailers. The parkie that lives in trailer number 42 is called “the gatekeeper” because it is close to the primary vehicle entrance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Before UC regulation, what parkies couldn’t store in their trailers, they fit into a variety of outdoor storage units. Two college students with a conservative amount of belongings can make do with the indoor shelves and closet (~14 sqft) and 2 outdoor dressers or storage bins. Most parkies find the mini-fridge in their trailer to be too small for their needs and the overflow is put in a bag in the central refrigerator. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">The layout of the trailer park provides for the type of coincidental contact that is essential for a strong community.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Parkies are motivated to leave their residence to go to the common house to grab food from the refrigerator, prepare food, clean-up after meals, use the bathroom, take a shower, empty the trash, attend the potlucks, use the central computers, or use the television.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The interactions that happen as they carry out these daily tasks are the heart of the community.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The individual kitchenettes and tight quarters provide smaller, more private places to cook for small gatherings within the community.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">While this may seem to create unnecessary divisions within the community, it is my hypothesis that it allows more introverted parkies a place to create friendships and feel at home within such a large group of people.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Literature on cohousing has already tackled this idea of smaller, divided spaces with two important findings: nooks and smaller spaces allow space for residents to have more private conversations<sup>1</sup> and members of a community on this scale usually really connect with four to five people<sup>2</sup>. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The trailers are somewhere between a co-op and a co-housing community: each has a kitchenette but the bathroom facilities are shared.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">In co-operative houses, shared walls lead to a lack of auditory privacy, some rooms don’t get any direct sunlight, personal kitchen facilities are rare, and most rooms don’t have any personal garden space.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">The shared walls in co-op houses do help keep the energy cost low.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Check back for the energy-use of the trailer park.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><sup>1</sup>Franck, Karen and Sherry Ahrentzen. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Households, New Housing.</i> Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY. 1991.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 100%;"><sup>2</sup>McCamant, Kathryn and Charles Durrett. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities.</i> New Society Publishers. 2011.</span> </div>Sarah Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879650051351322406noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-13028095170051742842012-01-30T13:59:00.000-08:002012-01-31T18:25:36.669-08:00Rochdale Village Co-op Apartments, Berkeley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qqYPdwlIbZE103qEYWtL1jv2ZThyphenhyphen2QJ7ossyPPjz90vmjttZBDwxigCNKgMLDKaj0HgwrG5VwG3IVvEpzMZGOP6MLMNK3RGXBjsSNH6_48KNu7f02L3HfrBLxBPDM-Xltyip9s8uwylq/s1600/sketch+of+rochdale+courtyard.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703554021972403618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qqYPdwlIbZE103qEYWtL1jv2ZThyphenhyphen2QJ7ossyPPjz90vmjttZBDwxigCNKgMLDKaj0HgwrG5VwG3IVvEpzMZGOP6MLMNK3RGXBjsSNH6_48KNu7f02L3HfrBLxBPDM-Xltyip9s8uwylq/s400/sketch+of+rochdale+courtyard.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 238px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>I met Oscar, the President of Rochdale Village Cooperative Apartments and a current resident, in the courtyard (pictured above). <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">History:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div>Rochdale Village was constructed in 1971 on the site of the McKinley Continuation School.<sup>1</sup> It was named after the English Town of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It was in this town that the Rochdale Pioneers decided on the Rochdale Principles of Cooperation. The principles were revised by the International Co-operative Alliance in 1966 and are still in use today.<sup>2</sup> <br />
<ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Open, voluntary membership.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Democratic governance.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Limited return on equity.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Surplus belongs to members.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Education of members and public in cooperative principles.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Cooperation between cooperatives.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Concern for community</li>
</ol>The project was part of an effort to expand low-cost housing for UCB students. The Berkeley Student Cooperative nonprofit received a low-interest loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out the project. Years earlier, Harry Kingman had led co-opers to lobby Congress to make student co-ops eligible for this kind of loan.<sup>3</sup> Since the 1970s, solar panels and high-efficiency furnaces and water heaters were added.<sup> </sup> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Overview:</div><ul><li><span class="heading">259 residents</span></li>
<li><span class="heading">96 units (studios and 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments)</span></li>
<li><span class="heading">Rent/month: </span>$719 for a studio, $626 per person in 2 bedroom, $539 per person in 3 bedroom, $482 per person in 4 bedroom</li>
<li>Parking Spaces: 30 (all in use) and a bike shed</li>
<li>Shared <span style="font-size: 100%;">laundry, garden</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">2 entrances</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Favorite places for conversation: common room, group-reserve room, BSC events</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;">Challenges: noisy people on Telegraph on weekend nights, interlocking apartments with thin walls, lack of familiarity between residents, safety concerns</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Neighborhood:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrZsd87vKut8PPUSfxTOPrds-EftB-nxjTlIMk3ePJlaWmBZvaQSRXFfhrVxHtH4wSA98wjIwI0AVwT7PoLoA0c5gtQ2gdPPIYF0ImhoqFWLb18SHFG56Jv5EcZWkh0KuO1_Bo0xikdqA/s1600/neighborhood+map+SMALL.tif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703553835879500754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrZsd87vKut8PPUSfxTOPrds-EftB-nxjTlIMk3ePJlaWmBZvaQSRXFfhrVxHtH4wSA98wjIwI0AVwT7PoLoA0c5gtQ2gdPPIYF0ImhoqFWLb18SHFG56Jv5EcZWkh0KuO1_Bo0xikdqA/s400/neighborhood+map+SMALL.tif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 347px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Rochdale is located in a flat area of the city, a short walk down Telegraph from UC Berkeley campus. The land is owned by the University and leased by the Berkeley Student Co-op non-profit. They renew the lease every ten years. Rochdale has a pretty good relationship with the University and the UCPD. The location is not without its challenges. On the weekend, pedestrians on their way between fraternity houses and bars are too loud for residents who are trying to sleep. The kids at the neighboring schools can also be loud during recess (Oscar was less concerned with this noise). Bikes and laptops were stolen when doors were left unlocked. Homeless people sometimes come into the courtyard and are asked to leave. If a fight breaks out, the UCPD are called. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Outdoor space:</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Although Rochdale has quite a bit of outdoor space compared to other Berkeley Student Co-ops, Oscar perceived there to be very little outdoor space. The backyard is home to the “Butterfly garden” that grows less than 1% of the food consumed by the residents.<span style="color: red;"> </span>Residents put in 8 hours of work shift toward the garden or other home improvement projects per semester. They used to play a bit of basketball on the court and soccer on the field but that slower down a bit recently. The interior courtyard has seen a few parties over the years, but is primarily a place where residents pass one another as they come and go. Some of the top floor apartments have double-loaded corridors that are open to the weather. These outdoor spaces occasionally host parties that are not well attended and usually get shut down. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Oscar mentioned three different zones where parties are hosted: “the heights”, “the flats”, and a few apartments in building E where some members of the student group “Hermanos Unidos” reside. “The flats” are at ground level and “the heights” are above ground level (the parking garage runs underneath building B). Building C, D, and E are commonly thought to be the noisier buildings. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Common Space:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzUoude2ccAv9hLVpZBe56fLAga_p0dXhIkAsS29pmuGlp5DYHE4H4W6DmeEYTMkFOlxhsYphszb_yzEJMUzfbsFewdIyqbzFcFqiSP-7gQEp_gFJ4Lln6Va3L-OQ2di7C7BGLp1AywAf/s1600/rochdale%252C+com+room.tif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703551440898689970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzUoude2ccAv9hLVpZBe56fLAga_p0dXhIkAsS29pmuGlp5DYHE4H4W6DmeEYTMkFOlxhsYphszb_yzEJMUzfbsFewdIyqbzFcFqiSP-7gQEp_gFJ4Lln6Va3L-OQ2di7C7BGLp1AywAf/s400/rochdale%252C+com+room.tif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 268px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">The most active common spaces are the laundry room, the office, and the common room/pool table room. The common room is used for social events and for making important group decisions every-other-Monday during council meetings. The hot tub was out of order and Oscar told me the computer room was rarely utilized. During my visit, a few residents chatted in the laundry room while they waited on their clothes, residents popped in and out of the office to talk to the amicable staff person, and a study group met up in the common room. Unwanted items are placed in the “free pile” in the laundry room where people meet and fuel midnight-laundry-conversations with vending machine snacks. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Residences:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">A variety of apartment configurations make up the 6 buildings. One of the primary arrangements is illustrated below:</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"></span></div>The 4 bedroom apartments (yellow & white) interlock with one another so that the upstairs of one apartment is directly above the neighboring apartment. This diagrammatic section illustrates the arrangement:<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0EhcHJIwshsislBh7EAWKeFJVUqXw_T5LG57YhwNWiLyve_VVeSjyHqwebkw0D7Fg0onAt5S2k524NkTOmv-SefXK7YO_nV678cnvdmLFsJ88YAx0RTmj9804zjM6wF6PsuajOQQj6Lh/s1600/diag+section.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703548704029735010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0EhcHJIwshsislBh7EAWKeFJVUqXw_T5LG57YhwNWiLyve_VVeSjyHqwebkw0D7Fg0onAt5S2k524NkTOmv-SefXK7YO_nV678cnvdmLFsJ88YAx0RTmj9804zjM6wF6PsuajOQQj6Lh/s400/diag+section.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 242px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 364px;" /></a></span></span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Oscar lived in one of these interlocking apartments and disliked the design because he was kept awake by the noise of his neighbors moving about their daily tasks. The bedrooms of one apartment are above the living room of the neighboring apartment and vice-versa; there is basically no acoustic privacy between neighbors because the walls are very thin. His a<span style="color: black;">partment was equipped with a stovetop, oven, refrigerator, and freezer. The refrigerators are replaced regularly and work well. Oscar would have liked another half-bath downstairs, a bit more space in general, and thicker walls. </span>He suggested they take down the walls between the living areas so neighbors could get to know each other better. <span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">The hallways are dimly lit and often smell strongly of whatever is being cooked in the apartments. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Shared amenities:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><ul><li>Common room/game room (couches, pool table, foosball, air hockey) </li>
<li>Office (considered part of the common space)</li>
<li>Hot tub (not in service usually)</li>
<li>Laundry room: 6 commercial washers, 6 commercial dryers</li>
<li>Organic “Butterfly Garden”</li>
<li>Computer room with printing (computers are old, rarely use and the printer rarely has toner)</li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">During the 2010-2011 school year Rochdale used:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;">Electricity: ~30,000 and 40,000 kWh/month (winter) & slightly less over summer</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;">Natural gas: ~3,900 therms/month (winter) & ~1,000 therms/month (summer)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .5in;">Water: ~350 CCF/month (winter) & ~625 therms/month (summer)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Oscar estimated ~50% of apartments use the optional recycling/compost bins</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Rochdale vs. Fenwick/student co-op houses:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Many students prefer the Rochdale apartments over the neighboring co-operative apartment, Fenwick. Although Fenwick is much newer, the apartments have larger common living areas, the hot tub is usually functioning and clean, it is more expensive. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Oscar told me what he liked about co-operative houses: eventually you run into housemates getting food or going to the bathroom, they are more cooperative, people hang out in the kitchen, and food is shared. He found the co-op apartments to be attractive because people tend to be more on their own, they are considered cleaner, there is no public association with drug use, there is a greater diversity in culture, and there is more time to “chill” alone. He compared the layout to a dorm. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">When Oscar was the President of Rochdale, he knew around 20-30% of the residents by name. Most residents on the same floor are usually at least acquainted. Oscar mentioned that there used to be a central kitchen and he would like to see it come back or have at least a couple communal dinners each week. Without a central kitchen, it is easy to go long periods of time without seeing a friend and it takes a bit of effort to be an active member of the community. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 134.25pt;">Safety: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 134.25pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">16 security cameras were installed as a reaction to a sexual assault incident. Occasionally, someone from the street comes into the courtyard and refuses to leave or causes a fight and the UCPD is called. Those looking for cans don’t cause any trouble and the Rochdale staff help them. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Conclusions:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation">For most residents, the Rochdale Village co-operative apartment functions like any other apartment complex. The key points of distinction are the laundry room, the office, and the common room where residents have the opportunity to get to know another. Some become involved in the biweekly meetings and social events, but the large majority come and go with a high level of anonymity, passing each other in the courtyard space as strangers. Many co-opers come to Rochdale to “retire” when they want more time on their own and the anonymity works for them. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation">Acoustic privacy is, in fact, the primary concern of residents. Those living in the interlocking apartments broadcast their every movement through the thin walls and into the ears of their neighbors. Oscar’s idea to take down the walls between the two living rooms of the apartments is interesting because it would give the residents more opportunity to communicate about when they need quiet to sleep or study. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation">“The flats” and “the heights” are valuable spaces for hosting parties. They are easy to find and open out to the backyard space. The low walls around the entrances provide subtle boundaries that serve as places to lean and converse when the weather is fair. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="citation">259 people is a very large co-op. In cohousing, the Danes never built a community for more than 50 adults<sup>4</sup></span>. Through trial and error, they discovered that 20-50 people is optimum. 259 people may be too many people for a single tight knit co-operative community. A single centralized kitchen and/or shared meals may not be an effective community building strategy for Rochdale. Perhaps s<span class="citation">everal (5-13) larger kitchens throughout the complex would be a more effective design: providing the opportunity for residents to get to know one another a bit better and moving some of the noise out of the individual apartments where people sleep and study. Perhaps residents would be less worried about cooking aromas in the hallways if they could take part in the making and eating of a shared meal. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup>1</sup>”Berkeley Student Cooperative.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundations, Inc.. 18 Jan 2012. Web. 30 Jan 2012. <http: org="" rochdale_apartments="" wiki=""></http:></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup>2</sup>”Rochdale Principles.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundations, Inc.. 28 Jan 2012. Web. 30 Jan 2012. <http: org="" rochdale_principles="" wiki=""></http:></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup>3</sup>”History of the BSC.” Berkeley Student Cooperative. 30 Jan 2012. <http: history="" org=""></http:></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><sup>4</sup>McCamant, Kathryn and Charles Durrett. <u>Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities</u>. New Society Publishers, 2011. </div>Sarah Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17879650051351322406noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-162541157619002842012-01-19T16:41:00.000-08:002012-01-19T16:41:33.995-08:00Domes saved! - read and watch all about it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://domes.firstcultural.com/"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJl9Boh8xvzRH1Phsi7t36xdZAdBj9arrbjmXS7vkdp_fq2I4fyxEbnp6spcVhAli0N_nktCyplUertfENydm4yIIFtg0JRuBnpeIJWceODbAqYs5LbQDozliCGYKftsux9VeEAG2Jf8/s320/savethedomes_566x800.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><span style="color: #4d3631; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2011, the Davis Domes – a community of 28 students living in fourteen dome-shaped cottages amongst gardens and forests, faced one of the biggest challenges in their 40-year existence. <br />
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Threatened with closure, the Domies rallied together and with the help of thousands of volunteers and supporters, they gained the support of other cooperatives, changed the minds of administrators, raised money, and fixed up the Domes. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> <a href="http://domes.firstcultural.com/">Domes Storybook by Alfred</a></b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/egMdy5ITJ7c?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Domes Community Build video by Ashley WoodburyAlfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-64360454833811323592011-12-10T08:54:00.000-08:002011-12-10T08:54:20.237-08:00Signs and Posters, a photo essayCo-ops tend to have eclectic interior design due to the varying tastes of the residents, though one thing that is unique to this type of residential environment is the large amount of signs. The following signs are from Lothlorien Co-op, a student co-op with 57 residents and 20+ boarders (people who live elsewhere, but eat their meals at the co-op). <br />
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As the number of residents goes up, the amount of signs increases as more and more communication and self-expression relies on passive mass media. <br />
3-6 people: a few signs on the fridge<br />
7-12 people: signs around the kitchen and in hallways<br />
13-25 people: the above, plus signs in bathrooms and on bulletin boards<br />
25-80 people: signs throughout common spaces<br />
81+ people: signs everywhere, walls covered in writing and artwork<br />
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Let's start with the front door. When most residents don't have cars, where does one express themselves with witty political slogans? On the front door! <br />
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The kitchen door which is the one most residents use to enter the building, has a more utilitarian function. It is used to advertise events. <br />
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In contrast, a bulletin board made specifically for advertising events, located in the dining room (a less heavily trafficked area) is barely used. <br />
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There's a bulletin board for official announcements<br />
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</a></div> There's a board specifically for workshift (Chore assignment)<br />
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</a></div> Refrigerators are prime sign real estate. These signs talk about how to reduce waste and where to find recycling bins. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> This refrigerator, being one of the most heavily used, has a lot of interactive signage, including sign-up sheets for house elections.<br />
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</a></div>Multiple levels of information on the inside of the front door in the foyer: a calendar, photos, an event flyer, and energy use data. The poster in the back is of a nebula. There is also an object-specific sign here reminding people not to prop the door. <br />
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</a></div> More object-specific signage on a pantry window.<br />
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Recycling signs. With over 12 different categories of recycling ranging from plastics to electronics to hazardous materials, recycling signs are one of the most common. One reason is that they are often used by visitors to the house, who can't be reached via house email lists. <br />
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When one's room door is one's front door, posters and other decorations sprout on and around the door<br />
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Signs are also used as general purpose decoration.<br />
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The bathroom is full of signs, as it's a natural place for people to read things.<br />
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Sound like information overload? Not necessarily. Since the co-op buys food in bulk, there is one place where signs are minimal - the pantry. Contrast the view below to that of a typical household pantry with its rows of brightly branded food products. <br />
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</a></div>Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877375408354632912.post-43941709403152501462011-11-13T09:28:00.000-08:002011-11-13T09:28:15.596-08:00Merced: From housing bust comes grassroots co-ops!<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/us/homework-and-jacuzzis-as-dorms-move-to-mcmansions-in-california.html?_r=2&hp">Article in the Sunday, 11/12 New York Times</a> talks about how empty houses in the Central Valley city of Merced, California have become popular as ad-hoc student co-ops. <br />
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The types of houses being shared are of the McMansion type - suburban houses with 4-5 bedrooms. Rent is around $1,000 a month, or $200 a person. The oversupply of housing and high unemployment in the area has led to these unusually low rates - in contrast, a shared house in Berkeley, which has more jobs than housing, costs about $600-700 a room. As the houses are all new, maintenance costs are minimal as well and amenities are very nice. Parking is a bit of an issue as these suburban houses are not within walking distance from campus and Merced is a car-centered city, but with a typical 5 bedroom house, the multi-car garage, driveway, and curb in front of the house is more than enough space to accommodate 5 vehicles. <br />
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Strange thing is that UC run dorms cost roughly the same in Merced and Berkeley - roughly $1300 a month per person. Could Merced be the start of a new co-op movement? I'm already writing to NASCO, the nationwide association of co-ops, on feasibility of organizing something. Alfred Twuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807409210757857330noreply@blogger.com0