COHOUSING Lessons from Oregon, US Creating Commons: Flexible Living + Culture of Sharing Cohousing Vinderhoute June 14, 2016 Eli Spevak, Orange Splot LLC
Still the norm for new in-fill homes (3 BR, 2.5 BA, 2 car, 2,400+sf)
4
Households shrink Homes grow!
Orange Splot LLC
Author, Illustrator and Inspiration: Daniel Pinkwater
Role and Mission Orange Splot LLC is a cohousing development company, consultant, and licensed general contractor. Our mission is to pioneer new models of affordable, community-oriented, beautiful and green in-fill housing in Portland.
Before Orange Splot... Oleson Woods
Cascadia Village
Peninsula Park Commons
Sabin Green
Corvallis CoHousing
Daybreak Cohousing
Completed!
Columbia Ecovillage
Peninsula Park Commons North Lot
‘Live edge’ interior trim
Fun Trellises and Bike Art
Ruth’s Garden Cottages
Finished!
New uses for bike parts
Woolsey Corner
www.WoolseyCorner.org
Under construction
Almost Done!
Community garden next door
Green roof
Entry
Metal Artwork
More Woolsey Art
Interior
Community Ice Cream Social
Cully Grove (Portland, OR)
Photo Credit: Eli Spevak
Gable End Art
Affordable Choices Between Tents and Full Homes
Designed by Portland Alternative Dwellings
Boneyard Collective in Washington, DC
Built by Orange Splot LLC
Dignity Village in Portland, OR
Tiny house on wheels
Caravan, The Tiny House Hotel, Portland OR
Dignity Village
Mason St. Rowhomes
Camp Cully
Policy Toolkit
Accessory Dwelling Units
Jefferson’s house while Monticello was getting built (Lester Walker, A Little House of My Own)
Accessory Dwelling Units
Granger new house with ADU
Bruce and Carolyn Nelson’s detached ADU
Martin Brown’s garage conversion ADU
Derin & Andra Williams’ basement ADU
From Jordan Palmeri, Oregon DEQ
Rental rates
ADU permits in Portland, OR 262
2014
www.AccessoryDwellings.org
Cottage Clusters and Small Home Density Bonuses
Greenwood Avenue Cottages (Ross Chapin)
Danielson Grove (Ross Chapin)
Type: Courtyard Cluster
Cohousing at varying scales
CoHo Ecovillage (32 units)
Sabin Green (4 units)
Peninsula Park Commons (9 units)
Cully Grove (16 units)
(Re)Introduce “Missing Middle” Housing
Type: Duplex – Side-by-Side and Up-Down
Type: Fourplex
Type: Bungalow Court Apartment
Type: Courtyard Apartment
Type: Townhomes, Multiplex, Live/Work
OrangeSplot.net
Eli Spevak eli@aracnet.com