ANALYSING THE SELF SUSTAINABLE

COMMUNITY LIVING ENVIRONMENT

KARTHIPAN B
AC15UAR033
SELF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABILITY
which defines sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own need.
HISTORY OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT
The reasons why sustainability has become a leading theme worldwide are well known. Concerns such as
climate change, resource depletion, pollution, loss of species and ecosystems, poverty, inequality, traffic
congestion, inadequate housing, and loss of community and social capital are ubiquitous. These problems are
interrelated.
WHY COMMUNITY
To Knowing our neighbours ,feeling like we belong ,being a part of something that we care about and that
cares about us — these are the elements of rebuilding sustainability in the world around us. This is acting
locally.
Every where, people talk about feeling isolated, or about not feeling safe in their own home. In today’s
fast-paced world of competition and lonely individualism we need a place to belong, a place where we feel
safe and supported .And yet,when we need to get away, we need a place to be by ourselves — quiet,
separate and secure.
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY LIVING ENVIRONMMENT
The surrounding environment is a powerful force that is fundamentally reshaping humanity’s relationship.The
community development is an attempt to bring about a social and economic transformation of the people.A
sustainable community uses its resources to meet current needs while ensuring that adequate resources are
available for future generations. It seeks a better quality of life for all its residents while maintaining nature’s
ability to function over time by minimizing waste, preventing pollution, promoting efficiency and developing
local resources to revitalize the local economy. A sustainable community resembles a living system in which
human, natural and economic elements are interdependent from each other.

UNCONNECTED INTERCONNECTED INTERDEPENDENT

DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
Technology plays an important role in the pursuit for sustainable living. several research institutes are
continuously working on innovative processes to reduce energy and water use by modifying and integrating new
and existing technologies.
1.SOLAR TEHNOLOGY
• SOLAR POWER
• SOLAR WATER PUMPING AND HEATER
• SOLAR KITCHEN
2.WASTE WATER TECHNOLOGY
• DECENTRALIZED WASTE WATER SYSTEMS
The systems consist of underground containment and pre-filtration tanks, and overhead oxygenating and polishing
ponds.
3.ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECNOLOGY
4.WIND TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY LIVING

The words "Community Living" reflect the growing understanding that the right to live a fully integrated life
within the community - to live, to go to school, to work, to enjoy recreation and to be active in retirement -
belongs to all.
TYPES
• COLLABORATIVE HOUSING OR CO HOUSING
• CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING
1.CO-HOUSING
• Cohousing is an approach to creating a community. Often referred to as an intentional community, it
really is just that - people living in a way that they themselves have intentionally designed.
• Cohousing is people coming together to build a neighbourhood that embodies particular values. These
values are generally linked to a shared vision for living in a certain way. More often than not the values
are around living in a way that increases connectivity, the spirit of looking out for one another and in a
way that is environmentally-conscious.
CO-HOUSING CHARECTERISTICS
• Cohousing is a balance between privacy and community
• Developments are usually between 10-40 households to make interactions as easy as possible
• Residents are the decision-makers and decisions are often based on consensus
• Cohousing communities are inclusive and part of the wider community
CASE STUDY
1992 - ANDELSSAMFUNDET HJORTSHØJ Sustainability // ecology // farming // agriculture //
Hjortshøj, Denmark, 1992 wednesday cafe // bakery // protected workplaces //
Residents: 270 - 170 shop green // lakes // nature // shared cars // vegetable club //
adults and 100 children
Dwelling units: 119 divided in 8
dwelling groups
MOTIVATION
The idea of creating an environmentally sustainable co-housing near Aarhus, was initiated back in 1986 in a night school
course taught by Jørg Gaugler and Kaj Hansen. Attendants of the course were inspired and joined forces in the establishment
of Andelssamfundet Hjortshøj, with the idea that people should live their life on earth without leaving a footprint. The first
buildings were finished in 1992, and their ways were unconventional. Buildings were built with soil and covered with clay, a
way of building sustainable that was way ahead of its time - or far behind, some might argue. The many years from the first
initiative to the actual execution of the co-housing, was spent trying to convince Aarhus Municipality that houses could
actually be built from clay, stamped soil and non-impregnated wood. They managed after successfully making a test house,
and hereafter dwelling group 1 was on its feet. Dwelling group 2 followed shortly after with houses built from bricks
manufactured by the inhabitants themselves (Andelssamfundet Hjortshøj 2015). The houses represent a number of
experiments in the field of sustainable housing, energy, insulation, building materials and architecture. But since the
community is constantly growing and evolving, new and innovative ways of building sustainably and saving energy are tested.
even has its own power supply through passive energy, solar heat, solar cells, a local heating station running on woodchips, a
stirling motor and a stove mass heater.
FACILITIES AND COMMON INITIATIVES:
The co-housing community has five common houses in total, which
means that some of the dwelling groups share a common house. In
these are laundry facilities, a kitchen, a big room for communal dining
and a variety of entertainment facilities like a stage, a small bar and
sound systems. The co-housing owns two shared cars - electric of
course - that residents can subscribe to and use for a small monthly
fare. Every Wednesday there is a cafe open to the public where coffee,
tea and bread can be purchased for a symbolic price (Andelssamfundet
Hjortshøj 2015). In the spirit of their sense of community,
Andelssamfundet Hjortshøj holds one dwelling group that
accommodates 16 people with special needs. The community therefore ARCHITECTURE
. AND TYPOLOGY
features a number of protected workplaces, among these a small shop Andelssamfundet Hjortshøj features and endless number of
where they sell organic goods, meat from own farming, eggs from their different architectures and different ownerships; owner-
own hens and bread baked in the community kitchen along with pack occupied accommodation, leasehold accommodation and
social housing. Many of the houses are built by the
dinner-kit of leftovers from the monthly communal eatings. Besides inhabitants themselves experimenting with unconventional
animal stock, the co-housing has a vegetable society, where not only ways of sustainable building, bringing a diversity and a
creativity to the architecture. Honorable mentions are an
members of the community but also inhabitants in the city of Hjortshøj octagon house, a log house, round wooden balconies - You
can join. 100 members pay an annual fare of 1100 kr. per person to name it (Andelssamfundet Hjortshøj 2015).
participate in the growing community and maintaining of plants and
vegetables, and when fruits and vegetables are ripe they are free to
collect as much as they need (Andelssamfundet Hjortshøj 2015).
Thereby they also engage the local society in their community.
CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING
coop buildings vary from rather small projects with a few apartments to real co-op towns.they go from prewar up to brand
new buildings.cooperative housing is essence a statutory construction that results into a micro community.
In a housing cooperative,you don’t own a housing unit,but you are shareholder in a legal entity that owns the real estate,in an
‘occupancy agreement’ or a ‘proprietary lease’,you are granted the right to occupy part of the building.so,it is essentially a
lease.
Most of the income of the co-op,comes from the rents paid by its residents,who are shareholders,a coo-op de facto non-profit.
This makes it intrresting for rich and poor.the poor do not have to pay unnecessary rent to the landlord and the rich can invest
together in luxury.in that way,they can make sure that the value of their real estate operation decreases less in value over time.
Normally the members of the board are volunteers but in large co-op's, members can also be remunerated. The cooperation
can own more than only residential units. Some of them have childcare, a library, a meeting room or even swimming pools.
The social aspect is indeed the big difference between a cooperation and a condominium. In condominiums, everyone owns
his own apartment and takes care of it to make sure that their property decreases less in value. They can not decide on major
repairs on all units and they can not decide who will be living in a vacant apartment.
In New York, there is a higher concentration of co-op programs than in other parts of America. There are several
reasons for this:
• The strict and complicated rent control laws have made many landlords want to get out of the rental property
market.
• Co-ops have a very long history. Inspired by Abram Kazer, cooperatives appeared at least as far back as the 1920's.
Condominiums, on the other hand, were not legal in NYC until 1964.
• In an older building, major new investments are required to repair or replace building parts. Money can then be raised by a
new central mortgage in a
• cooperative organisation. In a condo, funds can only be raised by onerous assessments of the charges that need to be made
to individual unit owners. A co-op building's board can determine its own business rules and impose restrictions on
shareholders. They can reject prospective members without
• explanation, as long as the board does not violate federal, state housing or civil rights laws.
CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING PRINCIPLES
a) Voluntary and Open Membership
b) Democratic Member Contro
c) Member - Economic Participation
d) Education, Training and Information
e) Co-operation Among Co-operatives
f) Autonomy and Independence
g) Concern for Community
CASE STUDY
• HOTEL DES ARTISTES
• In 1903, West 67th street, located in Central Park,New York was a street of light industry where the first studio building
was constructed. A syndicate of artists build their own co-op on the north side of the street at No 27. At the back were
double-height studio spaces with the traditional artists northern light. At the front, there ware smaller single-height rooms.
This building functioned as a magnet and attracted many artists. By 1915, there were four co-op's built in the street and it
was the place to be at the art scene in New York City.
• At that moment the painter Penrhyn Stanlaws, who lived already in the street, decided to set up a syndicate that would built
the biggest co-op in the street at address 1: Hotel des Artistes. The design is from George Mort Pollard, who already had
designed two of the four other co-op's in West 67th street. The gothic-stile H-plan building was 45 meters (150 feet) wide,
with 72 apartments, had 10 floor's and a cost of $ 1,2 million.
• It was build as a co-op but it also had rental units. Unlike the first co-op in the street, Hotel des Artistes had also southern-
light studios facing the street. Although many apartments were customized during construction, a typical floor had eight
small studios at the front and four small and two double-size studios at the rear. Most of the apartments were small, and
there were plenty of one-person households. But Aaron Naumburg , a fur dealer , had an expensive apartment at the top of
the building that covered three floors and was filled with art and furnishings.
• Besides the work-live studio's there were other functions in the building such as a swimming pool, a squash court, a sun
room, a ballroom, a café (Café des Artistes), a first-floor grill and, on the second floor a much larger restaurant. The
apartments did not have kitchens, they were added later. Instead, the chef's salary and other dining expenses were integrated
in the co-op budget.
 1 Corridor
2 Stair and lift hall
3 Fire escape stairs
4 Lower level of duplexes
5 Two-storey apartments
6 Upper level of duplexes
with double-height living
spaces

I Plan of ninth floor 1:500 2 Plan of mezzanine 1:500