Promoting and facilitating hedonistic, sustainable housing solutions through community empowerment and bottom up planning and engineering.
Background - Phase 1: Prospecting Results
Last summer a group of researchers, students and volunteer professionals carried out a project to analyse the infrastructre, environment, social patterns, economic connections and transport dynamics that have developed in Christchurch over its 150 year history as a city. The resource and environment context going forward 100 years were explored and a funda
Great to see this medium density project going ahead in Dunedin!
Cohousing Otepoti/Dunedin Cohousing is a type of neighbourhood or housing developoment with private homes supplemented by shared facilities planned, owned and managed by the residents. A group of people in Otepoti/Dunedin intend to start a cohousing development soon.
Are you a current or ex-student of the University of Canterbury? Have you lived in Upper Riccarton/Ilam or use the area often? If so, please take the time to fill in this short survey for us! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JQN9R9R
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This week we found this calculator on figuring out the cost and affordability of where you live and how you live. Have a go yourself, at the moment it is purely for Auckland and Wellington but the results might surprise you.
Affordability in New Zealand You just got a job in Auckland. Now where to live? This application color codes Auckland's area units by their affordability to you. Here affordability is based on rent, commute, parking, and car ownership cost estimates determined by your answers to the questions below.
27/03/2014
This week we had the absolute pleasure of being a part of Jim Diers workshop at the Christchurch City Council on how to build stronger communities through community lead planning and projects. Truely inspiring and great to see Lainne Dalziel and other high end council members there as well to learn so much about really creating vibrant communities. Here is a video of his presentation last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC2Alio_APU
20/03/2014
Sorry we missed last week! We went on a team trip to Westport on a working trip to bond and brainstorm about the project. So this week we bring you an example of an accommodation style common in North America, Co-operative housing. Here is a few short videos on the Student Co-Operative housing at Michigan State University: http://vimeo.com/57991960 http://vimeo.com/63489642
MSU Student Housing Cooperative Promo The Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative is a student-run housing organization for affordable and cooperative living in MSU's backyard. For information…
06/03/2014
This week we are pushing the project forward, finishing our summer research means interacting with the stakeholders of the project and thus far meetings have been only looking more and more positive. Also, From the Ground Up is to become a non-profit organisation and will be looking for sponsorship deals and interactions with other like-minded organisations in Christchurch and New Zealand to help fund our events, projects and research into the future.