Workshop for sharing the concept The scheme contains multiple common space in which
activities by various residents would be expected. We conducted workshops with potential residents to share the meaning of “cohousing” including both community activities and private use of extra common spaces. The project seems to be similar to existing cooperative housing projects on the
surface, but is actually completely different. In existing cooperative housing projects, residents establish relationships with other residents as their partners who share the risks and the concept. In this project, however, we have to deal with residents who were selected based on bureaucratic judgment of applications, income limits and automatic drawings in accordance with the public housing
law, rather than by a willingness to accept the concept and risks of cohousing