Feeling connected to our communities, neighbours, and friends is fundamental to human wellbeing. When we design buildings, sometimes we forget this.
Cohousing and cooperative housing precedents
Tomo, which stands for “together + more”, is inspired by many other co-housing and cooperative (co-op) housing projects that came before.
Cohousing is a housing model where residents own their individual units, but have access to enhanced shared amenities. Cohousing residents participate in and share the planning, design, management, and maintenance of the community, and engage in ongoing community-building activities.
Cooperative (co-op) housing refers to self-governed, mixed-income communities. Co-op housing operates on a membership-based model: residents pay an initial fee to become part of the community, in addition to a monthly rent. Co-op buildings provide long-term security of tenure for residents. They vary in scale and in the level of activities that residents participate in together.