Twenty-something architects María García Mendez and Gonzalo Navarrete in Spain envision a different way of living:
“It’s like up-cycling the neighborhood — connecting existing resources to make them work,” García explains. ” For example, all this workforce that’s unemployed, all these empty spaces that are without use, all these elderly people that need help, all these natural resources that are not being taken care of — making a project for all these things.”
Read more and listen to the NPR story here.
You can also listen here to a 2014 “Experience Talks” radio show hosted by Cynthia Friedlob and featuring author Beth Baker discussing her book, With a Little Help from Our Friends: Creating Community as We Grow Older. Co-housing is one of the models she explores. There’s also a Q&A session that took place after the interview. Listen here.
