Habitar em Comunidade – This book presents an innovative model of collective housing based on principles such as the right of use, collective ownership and self-promotion. Through a detailed approach, it explores the essential elements for realizing a project of this type. This includes forming an organized group with a common goal to the economic structure, the choice of location and the necessary technical assistance.
Throughout the pages, the reader will discover how housing cooperatives have succeeded in providing affordable housing, avoiding property speculation, promoting profound social change. With a comprehensive perspective and based on experiences from various countries, this book fills a gap by bringing together, in a way that is accessible to the general public, a complete analysis of this housing model. It emphasizes its potential to redefine the way we conceive the right to housing.
Lacol is a cooperative of architects founded in 2009 in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona. They work to generate community infrastructures for the sustainability of life, as a fundamental tool for the eco-social transition, through architecture, co-operativism and participation.