Grounded patterns : creating a socio-spatial language for residents’ participation in cohousing landscapes

Felstead, Aimee Louise and Thwaites, Kevin; (2022) Grounded patterns : creating a socio-spatial language for residents’ participation in cohousing landscapes. In: Annual Conference Proceedings of the XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. University of Strathclyde Publishing, Glasgow, pp. 732-744. ISBN 9781914241161

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Abstract

Since 'A Pattern Language' was published in 1977, it has inspired students, practitioners and communities to create places that reflect a timeless human quality. The purpose of a pattern is to succinctly document, communicate, and implement commonly occurring and well-functioning ideas in a particular setting, to offer anyone the ability to replicate them in their everyday environment. Despite this, methods for identifying patterns and collating them into a language remain ambiguous. This paper advances a grounded approach to identifying patterns and collating them into a language through the study of cohousing residents' participation in shared outdoor spaces. As well as outlining a grounded pattern methodology, the research aims to test the pattern language as a collaborative tool for residential communities and design practitioners and explore the wider contribution to urban theory.

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