Co-Housing for All: Affordable Architecture Through Versatility of Shared Space

Putri, Nathania Rasikah (2026) Co-Housing for All: Affordable Architecture Through Versatility of Shared Space. Other thesis, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember.

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Abstract

Co-housing is a housing model grounded in community-oriented living and the collective use of shared resources. Its effectiveness depends on more than a typological approach defined by the presence of communal facilities. It operates as a living system in which architectural elements actively support everyday sharing, enabling improved living environments to be achieved more affordably. Despite its potential, co-housing has remained largely inaccessible to low-income populations due to significant barriers, including high initial development costs and complex implementation processes. As a result, many co-housing developments continue to cater primarily to economically stable groups, leaving marginalized communities excluded from its benefits. To address this gap, the design proposal adopts a force-based design framework (Plowright, 2014) to identify and respond to the formal, environmental, and social forces shaping households engaged in home-based food production households engaged in home-based food production, where multi-level sharing of space, resources, and time is particularly advantageous. Following Jormakka’s design research methodology (2008), these forces are examined individually and translated into spatial strategies before being synthesized into a cohesive co-housing system that prioritizes shared resources through spatial versatility, enabling affordability and facilitate long-term economic and community empowerment.
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Co-housing merupakan model hunian yang berlandaskan pada kehidupan berorientasi komunitas serta pemanfaatan sumber daya bersama secara kolektif. Efektivitasnya tidak hanya bergantung pada pendekatan tipologis yang ditandai oleh sebatas keberadaan fasilitas komunal, melainkan sebagai sebuah sistem kehidupan hunian, di mana elemen-elemen arsitektural secara aktif mendukung praktik berbagi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Melalui mekanisme tersebut, kualitas lingkungan hunian yang lebih baik dapat dicapai secara lebih terjangkau. Namun demikian, meskipun memiliki potensi yang besar, co-housing hingga saat ini masih relatif sulit diakses oleh kelompok berpenghasilan rendah akibat berbagai hambatan, termasuk tingginya biaya pengembangan awal serta kompleksitas proses implementasinya. Akibatnya, banyak pengembangan co-housing cenderung ditujukan bagi kelompok masyarakat yang secara ekonomi lebih sejahtera, sehingga komunitas marginal tetap terpinggirkan dari manfaat yang ditawarkannya. Untuk menjembatani kesenjangan tersebut, proposal desain ini mengadopsi kerangka force-based design (Plowright, 2014) untuk mengidentifikasi dan merespons berbagai aspek formal, lingkungan, dan sosial yang membentuk rumah tangga dengan aktivitas produksi pangan berbasis hunian, di mana praktik berbagi ruang, sumber daya, dan waktu pada berbagai tingkat menjadi sangat relevan dan menguntungkan. Sejalan dengan metodologi riset desain Jormakka (2008), kekuatan-kekuatan tersebut dianalisis secara terpisah dan diterjemahkan ke dalam strategi spasial, sebelum kemudian disintesiskan menjadi sebuah sistem co-housing yang utuh. Sistem ini memprioritaskan pemanfaatan sumber daya bersama melalui fleksibilitas spasial, sehingga memungkinkan terciptanya hunian yang lebih terjangkau sekaligus mendukung pemberdayaan ekonomi dan komunitas dalam jangka panjang.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Co-housing; Permukiman Masyarakat Berpenghasilan rendah; Industri Rumah Tangga Pangan; Fleksibilitas ruang; Arsitektur terjangkau Co-housing; low-income housing; Home-based food production; Shared space and resources; Spatial versatility; Affordable architecture
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA7115 Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings
Divisions:	Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Planning > Architecture > 23201-(S1) Undergraduate Thesis
Depositing User:	Nathania Rasikah Putri
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2026 06:42
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2026 06:42
URI:	http://repository.its.ac.id/id/eprint/132007

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