Retrospective: Together – dialogue about collaborative living

Authors Darinka Czischke and Marije Peute discussed sustainable, affordable and inclusive housing based on Together . Residents of collective housing projects also spoke. What is involved in setting up such a collective housing project? And what is it like to live in a co-op? Photographer Aad Hoogendoorn captured this informative evening.

Want to know more about housing cooperatives? During ‘M4H in the making’ on Thursday 12 December in the Keilepand, we will once again discuss cooperative building. A variety of speakers will present inspiring examples of cooperative building and living in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Among others, architect/author Marieke Kums (Studio Maks) will give a first insight into the soon to be published book The Architecture of Housing Co-ops based on specific practices.

For more information & tickets for the programme on 12 December, visit the Keilecollectief website.

About Together. Towards Collaborative Living
Together is written by Darinka Czischke, Marije Peute & Sara Brysch, Together is a collection of essays, data and case studies in the Netherlands and other European countries. They all build on the 2021 Project Together! knowledge programme. The book offers solutions for sustainable, affordable and inclusive living and methods for organising collective living.

About The Architecture of Housing Co-ops
The Architecture of Housing Co-ops, written by Marieke Kums presents successful examples from Germany, where this form of housing has a long tradition, alongside more recent Dutch projects. The book shows how housing cooperatives in both countries come about, are managed and how they are perceived by residents in the long term. It thus provides insight into the entire process: from project organisation to architecture, from legal forms to financing models and from completion to residents’ experiences.