Introduction 1Part 1 Intergenerational Cohousing Design 13Chapter 1 Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Neighborhood Site Design 15Chapter 2 Haystack Heights Cohousing: Site Planning Workshop 49Chapter 3 Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Common House and Common Facilities Design 79Chapter 4 Haystack Heights Cohousing: Common House Workshop 101Chapter 5 Intergenerational Neighborhood Design: Private Houses Design 125Chapter 6 Haystack Heights Cohousing: Private House Workshop 145Part 2 Senior Cohousing Design 173Chapter 7 Senior Neighborhood Design: Site Design 175Chapter 8 Quimper Village: Site Planning Workshop 207Chapter 9 Senior Cohousing Design Concepts: Common House Design 237Chapter 10 Quimper Village: Common House Workshop 255Chapter 11 Senior Cohousing Design Concepts: Private Houses Design 279Chapter 12 Quimper Village: Private House Workshop 295Part 3 The Rest of the Story 317Chapter 13 Affordability 319Chapter 14 The Details of Cohousing: What Components Lead to High- Functioning Neighborhoods? 363Afterword 397About the Authors 409Acknowledgments 413Other Books by Charles Durrett and Company 415Index 417
Charles Durrett is an architect, author, and advocate of affordable, socially responsible, and sustainable design. He has designed over 50 cohousing communities in North America and consulted on several around the world. He is Principal Architect at The Cohousing Company based in Nevada City, California.