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75 The Family

May be part of House Cluster (37), Row Houses (38), Housing Hill (39), Housing Inbetween (48), Life Cycle (26).

Conflict

The nuclear family is not by itself a viable social form.

Resolution

Set up processes which encourage groups of 8 to 12 people to come together and establish communal households. Morphologically, the important things are:

1) Private realms for the groups and individuals that make up the extended family: couples' realms, private rooms, sub-households for small families.

2) Common space for shared functions: cooking, working, gardening, child care.

3) At the important crossroads of the site, a place where the entire group can meet and sit together.

May contain Your Own Home (79), House for a Small Family (76), Common Areas at the Heart (129), Communal Eating (147), Building Complex (95).