How will we dwell in Aotearoa in 20, 30, 50 years? Will the ‘quarter of an acre’ nonetheless be the dream of most aspiring householders? What is going to our communities appear to be and the way will local weather change have an effect on our alternative of housing? Will personal possession nonetheless be the most typical possibility? How can collective housing play a job in shaping the way forward for our housing decisions sooner or later? These are among the large questions that CoHoHui4, the Collective Housing Convention organised by THIS is addressing in its 2025 version, in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Collective housing describes situations the place residents resolve to dwell in intentional communities, in personal, self-contained houses however with some sources which might be shared and with the aim of fostering collaboration and mutual assist. Examples of collective housing are cohousing, papakāinga, neighborhood land trusts, ecovillages, housing cooperatives, neighborhood housing, co-living, build-to-rent fashions and extra.
CoHoHui this 12 months will probably be totally different as, for the primary time since its inception in 2019, the occasion will probably be supplied as an instructional convention, with a global name for papers and a particular subject Urbanization, Sustainability and Society (USS) Journal, The Way forward for Housing, printed by Emerald Publishing.
The occasion will run throughout three days, with a networking dinner on the night of the fifteenth at Visions, the café and restaurant on Ara campus. The educational periods, panels, exhibitions and workshops will probably be held on the sixteenth within the Kahukura Constructing, and web site visits on the seventeenth of April.
The convention will present an awesome alternative for collective and different housing advocates to attach, be impressed and mirror on what key modifications are wanted for housing to turn into extra inexpensive, sustainable and actually inclusive sooner or later. A number of themed periods will run in parallel for teachers to current their analysis, whereas professional panels and workshops will interact and educate the viewers on the most recent developments within the collective housing sector.
College of Liverpool
Thomas Moore, one of many worldwide keynote audio system, will probably be becoming a member of the convention from the College of Liverpool, the place he works as a Senior Lecturer within the Division of Geography and Planning. He has researched community-led housing fashions in England since 2007, exploring their progress and growth by means of native case research, undertaking and funding evaluations, and worldwide comparisons. Tom is within the potential for community-led housing fashions to problem transactional, market-based logics that characterise many housing techniques, in addition to the alternatives and limitations of fashions that depend on citizen management and participation. Along with community-led housing, Tom undertakes analysis a variety of points associated to neighborhood planning and housing coverage and inequality.
Louise Crabtree-Hayes is a Professor on the Institute of Society and Tradition at Western Sydney College and is Australia’s main professional on housing cooperatives and neighborhood land trusts. Louise’s analysis focuses on the social, ecological and financial sustainability of community-driven housing developments in Australia; on the uptake of housing innovation in apply and coverage; on advanced adaptive techniques concept in city contexts; and, on the interfaces between sustainability, property rights, institutional design and democracy.
Greer O’Donnell, co-founder and director of The City Advisory will give an replace on the findings of its New Zealand Housing Survey, a basic device for councils, authorities organisations, researchers and builders to assist construct consciousness round how individuals dwell, need to dwell and what obstacles are in the best way to attaining their housing aspirations.
On the final day, CoHoHui will take their attendees on a journey to go to a number of collective housing developments round Ōtautahi: the not too long ago accomplished Te Pakau Maru stage one for instance, a Kāinga Maha housing growth in New Brighton, providing a mixed-tenures strategy whereas that includes Homestar rated, architecturally designed houses that emphasize sustainability, neighborhood connection, and resilience.
As we look forward to CoHoHui 2025, the questions this occasion seeks to reply couldn’t be extra pressing: How can we reimagine housing in Aotearoa to create communities which might be inexpensive, sustainable, resilient and inclusive? How can collective housing provide new pathways to handle the housing disaster and reshape the best way we dwell, work, and join with one one other?
Cohohui4 convention is not only a gathering, however a name to motion. It’s a possibility to be taught from world thought leaders, interact with revolutionary housing fashions, and contribute to significant change in our housing techniques. Whether or not you’re an instructional, a policymaker, a practitioner, or just somebody enthusiastic about higher housing for all, CoHoHui 2025 invitations you to be a part of this very important dialog.
Don’t miss this opportunity to attach, collaborate, and be impressed. Register at this time to affix us in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the place the way forward for housing will probably be envisioned, debated, and set into movement. Collectively, let’s construct a greater tomorrow, one collective housing neighborhood at a time.
The biannual CoHoHui convention is organised by The Housing Innovation Society (THIS) in collaboration with the Structure and Engineering Division, Ara Institute of Canterbury.
