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WELCOME TO JP COHOUSING. Si las Ecoaldeas se extendieran por el mundo, otro gallo cantaría. | LaAgroteca.com. La república de los abuelos. El coro de Torremocha de Jarama tiene dos miembros más. María Pilar García lo celebra entusiasmada. “Van a disfrutar muchísimo. En invierno, cuando en la iglesia haga frío me los traigo aquí a ensayar a mi salón con el brasero”. La torremochana tenía dónde elegir. A finales de los noventa un grupo de amigos de Madrid entrados en la cincuentena pensaron que sería “bonito” vivir juntos una vez jubilados.

Torremocha de Jarama fue el lugar elegido, un municipio de 917 habitantes gobernados desde 1979 por el mismo alcalde de un partido independiente y con una oposición ecologista. El sábado decidieron invitar a los vecinos del pueblo a conocer sus 10 bloques de dos pisos pintados de miel y amarillo con huerto a las espaldas. Laíz recurre a la memoria para explicar las razones de esta aventura. Laíz da paso a Juan Luis Olives mientras mueve la cabeza sonriente. La portavoz enumera con voz pausada las actividades que ellos mismos organizan para toda la jornada. The Cohousing Association of the United States. The website of the UK Cohousing Network | The website of the UK Cohousing Network. What Is Cohousing? Cohousing is an intentional community of private homes clustered around shared space. Each attached or single family home has traditional amenities, including a private kitchen.

Shared spaces typically feature a common house, which may include a large kitchen and dining area, laundry, and recreational spaces. Shared outdoor space may include parking, walkways, open space, and gardens. Neighbors also share resources like tools and lawnmowers. Households have independent incomes and private lives, but neighbors collaboratively plan and manage community activities and shared spaces. Common Characteristics Relationships Neighbors commit to being part of a community for everyone’s mutual benefit.Cohousing cultivates a culture of sharing and caring. Balancing Privacy and Community Cohousing neighborhoods are designed for privacy as well as community.Residents balance privacy and community by choosing their own level of engagement. Participation Shared Values. Canadian Cohousing Network. Cohousing Neighbourhoods...

Some people call them a return to the best of small-town communities. Others say they are like a traditional village or the close-knit neighbourhood where they grew up, while futurists call them an altogether new response to social, economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century. Each holds a piece of the truth. Cohousing is a concept that came to North America in 1988 from Denmark where it emerged over 25 years ago. It describes neighbourhoods that combine the autonomy of private dwellings with the advantages of shared resources and community living.

Residents usually own their individual homes, which are clustered around a "common house" with shared amenities. These amenities may include a kitchen and dining room, children's playroom, workshops, guest rooms, home office support, arts and crafts area, laundry and more. Cohousing. Cohousing playground next to Common House A cohousing[1] community is a type of intentional community composed of private homes supplemented by shared facilities.

The community is planned, owned and managed by the residents – who also share activities which may include cooking, dining, child care, gardening, and governance of the community. Common facilities may include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, child care facilities, offices, internet access, guest rooms, and recreational features. Cohousing facilitates interaction among neighbors for social and practical benefits, economic and environmental benefits.[2][3] In describing New York City's first co-housing project, a recent New York Times article said co-housing "speaks to people who want to own an apartment but not feel shut off by it, lost in an impersonal city Origins[edit] There are precedents for cohousing in the 1920s in New York with the cooperative apartment housing with shared facilities and good social interaction.