Culture: A retrospective of Danish Cohousing
Grace Kim
This session will provide a comprehensive overview of successful cohousing communities throughout Denmark. Photographs and floor plans from over 20 communities will be presented. Anecdotes from current residents as well as architects of cohousing will be shared via audio recordings. Communities featured include Saettedammen, Jystrup Savvaerket, Jernstoberiet, Aadelen I and II, Jerngaarden, and Bo90—representing rural, suburban, and urban settings as well as a range of community sizes.
Grace Kim, AIA is a co-founding principal of the architectural studio of Schemata Workshop and has been in practice for 14 years. She has worked for internationally known firms such as Skidmore Owings & Merrill in Chicago as well as regionally respected firms like Bumgarder Architects in Seattle. Her practice focuses on projects that reinforce community, enrich the pedestrian experience and create vibrant places to live. She firmly believes in mixed use neighborhoods that support a diversity of age groups and income levels.
Presentation: Denmark Retrospective
Related pages: Living in Cohousing
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Grace is great!
I've begun working with Grace Kim, the newest member of the Coho/US board of directors. Her academic and experiential knowledge of Danish cohousing is really wonderful. She is the architect for Daybreak Cohousing, a really neat forming group in Portland, OR that plans to break ground in the coming weeks.
I've had the chance to hear Grace a couple of times and she is an excellent presenter. She has a real presence that is fun to experience. She is quite an accomplished architect for someone as young as her - a fact that was recently recognized as she won an award from the AIA.
Craig Ragland
Coho/US Executive Director
Daybreak loves Grace!
I'm a member of the Development Team at Daybreak Cohousing that works directly with our professionals.
In comparison to many cohousing communities that we have talked to, we had and have a very hands-on approach to design participation with Grace and the rest of this team. Some of this approach is related to our stream-lined responsibility within our community, but it also speaks volumes about Grace's and the Schemata Workshop philosophy to collaborate. Collaboration takes major effort from all parties. And is a hallmark of many cohousing values.
Terri Huggett
Daybreak Cohousing