Childcare in cooperative housing communities

Dublin , Ireland Target groups of housing

Description

Transformation of a former office building into 25 loft residences with gardens for young people. Home-hunters were involved from the start in the project design and sat around the table with contractors. As a result of the participatory process the residences fulfill the expectations of the new tenants. The project is also highly sustainable: as many materials as possible were re-used in the transformation of the building. Moreover, the residences are extremely energy-efficient. This project has already won an innovation prize and sustainability prize.

Why it works

The co-operative identity of the services informs every aspect of its work. Children, parents and staff are treated as equal partners in developing the service and engagement with the surrounding community are seen as a crucial role in supporting children and families to reach their full potential.

Scale

regional

http://cooperativechildcare.ie/brookview-childcare/

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Housing Evolutions by Housing Europe

European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing

Established in 1988, Housing Europe is a network of 45 national and regional federations which together gather about 43.000 public, social and cooperative housing providers in 24 countries. Altogether they manage over 26 million homes, about 11% of existing dwellings in the EU.

Social, public and co-operative housing providers have a vision of a Europe which provides access to decent and affordable housing for all in communities which are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable and where everyone is enabled to reach their full potential.

Housing europe

Concept & Realisation: Lettow Studios