The journal, Built Environment, is published quarterly by
Alexandrine Press both in print and on-line. Each issue focuses on a
single subject of contemporary interest and relevance to practitioners,
academics and students working in a wide range of disciplines.
This call concerns a future issue, edited by Dr Jasmine
Palmer & dr ir Lidewij Tummers, to interrogate the implications of
collaborative self-organised housing for professions and professionals in the
built environment:
“Enhancing resident-led housing: what implications for the
professional housing sector?”
Abstract submission: 20 May 2018
New forms of self-organised housing are emerging in numerous
locations around the globe, particularly in locations where regulated housing
markets and state-provision for vulnerable households are affected by budget
cuts and urban speculation, leaving the middle class at the urban periphery. Residents
who join forces to act collectively to implement housing for
their own use are
known by terms as diverse as ‘building groups’ (Germany), ‘collective custom
build’ (United Kingdom), ‘deliberative development’ (Australia) and
‘co-housing.’ ‘Collaborative housing’ has become an umbrella term
for this housing sector.
Mainstream housing production primarily views residents as
‘clients’ or ‘beneficiaries’ in the system; participating, at best, in minor
design choices to customize interior, and/or small management tasks. Through
self-organisation and collaboration, future residents increase their
influence on decision making, increasing housing choice. Self-organised
housing initiatives can address affordability challenges and associated issues
of social concern, such as care for the elderly, safe environments for
children, environmental and community resilience and climate change. The
built results often receive recognition for their architectural qualities,
reduced costs, and sustainable outcomes. As such, there is interest from local
authorities to integrate collective self-organised housing in urban policies
and planning procedures.
While households engaging in self-organisation frequently
seek to realise housing which diverges in some way from that provided by the
market, their planning, construction and development inevitably takes
place in the context of mainstream housing production. Households organising to
self-commission, self-procure and self-manage housing clusters are often not
equipped with the expertise required to articulate needs and negotiate the
constraints and complexities of housing provision. Adding to the challenge,
mainstream development partners (e.g., engineers, officials, housing
associations, and financiers) frequently perceive such projects as complex,
risky, and complicated. In locations where self-organisation is increasing,
existing professional infrastructures need to adapt and new professions (e.g.
facilitators) are emerging.
Notably absent from the existing literature is an
understanding of how the (re-)emergence and growth of self-organised housing
sectors in multiple jurisdictions impacts the roles of built environment
professionals and professions. This issue aims to prompt discussion
of how self-organisation transforms mainstream housing practices. Articles are
invited from researchers and research projects globally. We particularly
welcome papers that frame and compare the implications the growing
collaborative self-organising housing sector has for building, planning and
engineering professions and professionals. We encourage papers from
different perspectives, disciplines, and geographies, which address one or more
of the following:
- Professionals as agents of change in housing provision
- Shifting boundaries between professional disciplines in the provision and co-creation of housing
- New social, technical and financial professional roles and infrastructure to support collaborative housing
- Knowledge transfer, terminology and professional discourse
- Institutionalisation, appropriation and commercialisation of the cohousing concept
- The roles of clients, end-users, formal commissioners and professionals in collaborative housing production
- Impact of collaborative housing on housing distribution systems
- Forward-thinking propositions for innovation in planning, design and building practice
Contributors are asked to theorize and contextualise the
topic, based on empirical lessons from recent co-creation experiences, and/or
critically reflect on and evaluate recent practices. Article proposals which
employ cross-disciplinary research approaches and/or comparative analysis are
encouraged, particularly where they provide opportunity for the
internationalisation of learnings.
Submission Instructions:
This issue of Built Environment is to be edited by Jasmine
Palmer (University of South Australia) and Lidewij Tummers (TUDelft) both
highly experienced both in co-housing practice and research. Interested authors
should email a title and abstract of under 500 words to Jasmine Palmer prior to
May 20th at jasmine.palmer [ AT] unisa.edu.au.
Please feel free to contact the editors prior to the
deadline for clarifications or to discuss your proposal: jasmine.palmer [
AT] unisa.edu.au or L.C.Tummers [ AT] tudelft.nl
Schedule:
- Deadline for proposals: May 20, 2018.
- Invitations extended for the submission of full papers: July 1, 2018
- Full paper submission: December 1, 2018
- Papers resubmitted in response to peer review: May 2019
- Expected publication: Autumn 2019
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