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The 2024 Druker Traveling Fellowship Presentation featured the 2020-2021 Druker Fellow, Sam Naylor MAUD ’21, who presented his research, “Living Without Land: A Field Report on Cooperative Housing.” In this lecture, Sam Naylor MAUD ’21 discussed the impact for housing design based on the analysis of over 100 cooperative projects in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, the United States, and Uruguay. The result of three years of travel, dozens of interviews, and a few shared meals, the field report shared lessons learned from residents, developers, and designers of formative projects constructed between the 1970s and the present day. Insights centered around space, function, and form as defined over time and by consensus; they are often left open ended. This favoring of provisional architecture is enhanced by designs that incentivize spontaneity, sharing, and negotiated modifications. Furthermore, longevity in tenure is secured through resident customizations and resident movement—flexibilities that are only possible in co-managed developments, designs, and maintenance regimes.
The 2024 Druker Traveling Fellowship Presentation featured the 2020-2021 Druker Fellow, Sam Naylor MAUD ’21, who presented his research, “Living Without Land: A Field Report on Cooperative Housing.” In this lecture, Sam Naylor MAUD ’21 discussed the impact for housing design based on the analysis of over 100 cooperative projects in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, the United States, and Uruguay. The result of three years of travel, dozens of interviews, and a few shared meals, the field report shared lessons learned from residents, developers, and designers of formative projects constructed between the 1970s and the present day. Insights centered around space, function, and form as defined over time and by consensus; they are often left open ended. This favoring of provisional architecture is enhanced by designs that incentivize spontaneity, sharing, and negotiated modifications. Furthermore, longevity in tenure is secured through resident customizations and resident movement—flexibilities that are only possible in co-managed developments, designs, and maintenance regimes.
