A Return to Connected Living: Lessons from Collective Housing co-designed with Indigenous Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand and Chile

Posted by Priscila Besen on 2025-07-18

It is said that “it takes a village to raise a child.” But in today’s world, that village is increasingly hard to find. A bird’s-eye view of our modern suburbs reveals a landscape of isolated nuclear families, each tucked away in their own box. Inside these homes are children growing up alone, backyards with trampolines and pools that rarely see shared laughter, dogs longing for companionship, [...]

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What Makes a City Liveable? Rethinking Housing around the world

Posted by Robert Amato Lastman and Jonas E Andersson on 2025-07-18

Housing is fundamental for being and living, but is restrained by availability and usefulness, and ultimately a product of demand and supply. So, what does living well in today’s cities entail? That’s the fundamental question at the centre of this special edition for liveable cities, where the phenomenon of housing is explored not just as a structure, but as a habitat resulting from social, [...]

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