Cohousing In Ted Talk

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Live in an unusual lifestyle, share space and experiences with our neighbors, this is the idea of cohousing. In this TED Talk, the architect Grace Kim explains the architecture of this type of space and the routine of the houses. Due to the strengthening of social interactions, she considers cohousing as an alternative to loneliness. The theory of cohousing sounds interesting to me, although I enjoy moments alone. During my PhD, I experienced something similar, when I was far from my family, living in a building with two neighbors. We shared lunch and dinner time in the weekend, and maintained the doors opened almost always, transforming that place in a homelike ambient. Nowadays, I live in an apartment surrounded by three unknown neighbors

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