Ann Zabaldo, moderator, Chuck Durrett, Chris ScottHansen, Don Tucker
This panel will discuss the vices and virtues of when and where to include future residents in the design process. From the beginning? After a site plan, housing plans or CH plan are developed? Can a community be called cohousing if there is NO resident involvement in the design process? What is the impact of including or excluding residents in the design process on community building including developing “social capital” among the future residents?
Chris Scott-Hanson specializes in non-profit self development—saving you money while you stay in control. A development consultant since 1981 he has specialized in cohousing since 1988. From land search through construction he has assisted dozens of groups across the country through the challenges of the cohousing development process. In addition to self development, he has assisted numerous groups in working with local developers. He is the author of The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community (New Society Publishers, 2004)
Charles Durrett, with his wife Kathryn McCamant, introduced the concept of cohousing to the U.S. with their book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. Charles. He is the author of Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living–The Handbook and coined the word “cohousing” for which he is credited in the Oxford English Dictionary. He has designed over thirty cohousing communities in the United States, including Muir Commons, the first cohousing community in North America, and has consulted on many more around the world. Durrett, Katie, and daughter, Jessie, now live in the Nevada City, CA cohousing community with 20 seniors and 20 other families.
Don Tucker, President of Eco Housing Corporation has been responsible for the design and development of projects ranging from small group homes to large residential complexes. He received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of New Mexico in 1968 and was awarded a Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Masters Degree in Architecture in 1970. Mr. Tucker has taught Architecture at Temple University, lectured and written articles on affordable housing and elderly housing design. He is also a principal of AHD, Inc., a developer of affordable housing and EDG Architects.
Ann Zabaldo specializes in marketing, outreach, lighting and fueling the fires of burning souls. Ann is one of only 23 people certified by McCamant & Durrett to lead Senior Cohousing Study Group I workshops. Ann is both a pioneer volunteer and a paid professional in the cohousing movement since 1991. Ann is past-president of The Cohousing Association of the United States (CohoUS) and is currently working on a project to increase the number of master plan developers to include cohousing in their projects.