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The Family

Opening context:
House Cluster, Row Houses, Housing Hill, Housing In Between, Life Cycle

Conflict

The nuclear family is not by itself a viable social form.

Resolution

Set up processes which encourage groups of 8 to 12 people to come together and establish communal households. Morphologically, the important things are:

  1. Private realms for the groups and individuals that make up the extended family: couples’ realms, private rooms, sub-households for small families.
  2. Common space for shared functions: cooking, working, gardening, child care.
  3. At the important crossroads of the site, a place where the entire group can meet and sit together.

Closing context:
Your Own Home, House for a Small Family, Common Areas at the Heart, Communal Eating, Building Complex