"Cohousing is community intentionally designed with ample common spaces surrounded by private homes. Collaborative spaces typically include a common house with a large kitchen and dining room, laundry, and recreational areas and outdoor walkways, open space, gardens, and parking. Neighbors use these spaces to play together, cook for one another, share tools, and work collaboratively. Common property is managed and maintained by community members, providing even more opportunities for growing relationships."
Learn more about cohousing here.
Watch Grace Kim's TED talk, "How Cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)."
Take a virtual tour or watch videos:
Pleasant Hill Cohousing, Pleasant Hill, CA (25 min)
Nyland Cohousing outside Boulder, CO (annotated photos)
Touchstone Cohousing Ann Arbor, MI (folx talking about cohousing - short videos)
If you want to dig deeper, read Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves by Katie McCamant and Chuck Durrett. (The book that brought the cohousing concept to the U.S.)