Movie + Cohousing Panel (NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
How do you build a home together, truly together, when you barely know each other? This first event in the Cities, People, Architecture movie series invites you to explore one such experiment and reflect on what it might mean for how we live in our cities.
Beginning with the screening of Habiter ensemble et séparément / Living Together and Apart, a 26-minute documentary by French director Florence Mary. Explore the heart of a suburban residential street in Romainville, France, where a group of people discuss their collective life project where the human and communal dimension plays a central role.
Over four years, this ambitious 6-houshold development brought together novices and experienced participants, navigating the complexities of cohabitation in order to shape a shared framework for living together. Between communal space and individual dwelling, the site gradually became a small village, while also raising a fundamental question: to what extent was the group’s capacity to anticipate the challenges of such a loosely structured collective truly considered?
A panel discussion will follow, bringing together local voices from across housing, planning, and design. Expanding on the films core questions in the New Zealand context. As well as the fundamental question, how do we live together? Can shared living become a meaningful model for future generations?
Guests are invited to stay afterwards for nibbles and drinks.
This is the first of four architectural documentary screenings presented as part of the Cities, People, Architecture series. The first film of this series is presented by the NZIA Wellington Branch's 'City Talks' in collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington and Bonnifait+Associates Architects, with the support of the Embassy of France in New Zealand.
City Talks is an ongoing lecture series by the Wellington branch of Te Kahui Whaihunga / New Zealand institute of architects. Going for over a decade, City Talks has been bringing thought provoking presentations from a diverse range of speakers on a wide range of topics related to the built environment.