I'm thinking about how co-housing could work with the Couch Surfing movement.
Here in Brazil, specially in Rio de Janeiro, where I live, real estate prices are risen too much, mainly because the World Cup and Olympics. Coworking is becoming a cheap solution for small business. Maybe, co-housing could be one as well. Awesome, Alex! Nice work! :) Abs, Cadu de Castro Alves BeesOffice Espaço de Coworking - Unidade Centro Rua Teófilo Otoni, 52/1203 - Centro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ CEP: 20090-070 Tel/Fax: + 55 21 2233-5126 www.beesoffice.com On 15/05/2011, at 10:42, JeanYves <jeanyveshuw...@gmail.com> wrote: > This co-housing project is very interesting, Alex. > > I would add a thought about the economic perspective of such an > approach : > > In Europe, like in the US, real estate prices have risen tremendously > during the last decade an more. > Besides, the number of divorces and separations is constantly growing > from the 70's onward. > The result is a huge poverty rate increase within the population of > single mothers with kids who are barely able to pay their rent. > I think Co-housing is a proposition one could consider and/or develop > in order to address this very sensitive modern issue. > > Jean-Yves Huwart > Coworking Europe conference > Brussels > > > On May 11, 8:14 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 'Nother great piece covering the project motivations and goals, wanted to >> share here: >> >> http://www.shareable.net/blog/indy-hall-coworking-expands-to-offer-co... >> >> -Alex >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Alex Hillman >> <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Sweet. I hope we learn lots worth sharing back here. >> >>> /ah >>> indyhall.org >>> coworking in philadelphia >> >>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Chad Ballantyne <c...@thecreativespace.ca >>>> wrote: >> >>>> Love it Alex! >>>> We have a similar vision up here to expand to a village concept. You've >>>> re-awakened the dream! >>>> We will follow closely! >> >>>> Chad >> >>>> On 2011-05-10, at 2:30 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: >> >>>> Question 1: who approached who to start the project? >>>> Question 2: why do you rock so hard? >> >>>> Angel >> >>>> On May 10, 12:10 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >> >>>> There's a good chance that you've heard me say (read: rant) something like >> >>>> "coworking isn't about the desks". >> >>>> Well, Indy Hall is working on a new project to really emphasize that we're >> >>>> thinking far beyond the desks, with an urban cohousing project that is the >> >>>> first step towards an entire Indy Hall-concepted Urban Village. >> >>>> http://village.indyhall.org >> >>>> I'm sure Raines is going to be excited to hear about our endeavors in >> >>>> cohousing. He's about to become one of our trusted advisors, even though >>>> he >> >>>> doesn't know it yet ;) >> >>>> To be clear - we're not building a live-work space. We're taking the best >> >>>> lessons we've learned in making our version of the best place to work and >> >>>> applying them to making our version of the best place to live. >> >>>> It's exciting, insane, and awesome to be learning so much so quickly >>>> again. >> >>>> Our development partners,http://postgreenhomes.com, have done some >> >>>> incredible work in the sustainable urban home industry and making >> >>>> Philadelphia a shining example, so you can imagine we're pumped to finally >> >>>> be working together. >> >>>> You can also check out some of the press we've garnered in the last week >> >>>> since the announcement - we've had inquiries for stories from bigger news >> >>>> outlets but we've decided to hold them off until we've got something >>>> bigger >> >>>> to show off. >> >>>> http://technicallyphilly.com/2011/04/26/indy-hall-and-postgreen-were-... >> >>>> I'm particularly excited to be applying the lessons learned in building >>>> Indy >> >>>> Hall to another related endeavor, one that I expect will provide lessons >>>> we >> >>>> can apply back to the workspace as well. >> >>>> We've been fielding questions for the last couple of weeks since we >> >>>> announced the project so if anyone has them here, I'm happy to answer them >> >>>> as well. >> >>>> -Alex >> >>>> /ah >> >>>> indyhall.org >> >>>> coworking in philadelphia >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Coworking" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >>>> Chad Ballantyne >>>> The Creative Space Director >> >>>> (705) 252-2423 >>>> www.thecreativespace.ca >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Coworking" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> >> >> tcs-sign-1.png >> 20KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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