Coliving for Newbies: Top Resources to Understand Coliving

I curated a list of articles to read if you are new to the coliving scene.

If you read the articles below and watch the talks, you will have a clear understanding of what coliving is, where it's coming from and where it might be heading. After that, I recommend you to check out our list of more in-depth resources (magazines, studies, reports) to dig deeper into the field.

PS: I highly recommend to everyone to read them, regardless of how long you've been a coliving enthusiast ;)

• "What is coliving? A past, contemporary and future definition." is a must-read to understand coliving definitions and various coliving models across history.
• "Creandum's Perspective on Coliving" describes different types of existing coliving models.
• "What is coliving?" by the co-liv collective puts coliving in a societal and historical context.
• Wikipedia's Coliving page explains coliving as an "intentional community" and explain coliving history, present and future from this point of view.

• "As We May Live" dates back from 2015 and is Bruno Haid's (Roam founder) declaration of how coliving can and should become the new way of living for a healtheir generation.
• In "Housing in an age of accelerations", Rohan Silva, cofounder of SecondHome (an innovation space in the UK) explains how coliving can solve and change the current housing situation
• The Medium post "The rise of accidental co-living in London and how to make it a good thing" explains coliving and how connection is being created within the wider society
• "Micro Apartments and Co-Living: the Future of Urban Living" explains how coliving is beyond the Millennial movement, and why it has a change to become a larger trend.
• In "The Housing as a Service (HaaS) Revolution Has Begun", StarCity founder Jon Dishotsky explains through research and trends why hassle-free coliving spaces have tremendous potential
• "What we learned scraping co-living space directories" is an infographic-based research by Kin giving an overview of the current coliving landscape.
• "The Rise of Intentional Downsizing and Co-Living" gives a good overview on what coliving is
• Learn in "The rise and fall (and rise?) of communal living" how communal living has its limitations and possible detrimental social impact if it's not integrated on a larger societal scheme
• In "Why it's time for intentional coliving", Coliving Daily founder  calls for a differentiation between residential and intentional coliving, encouraging colivers to follow the ladder.
• “There will be 1 billion digital nomads by 2035” by Nomadlist founder Pieter Levels gives you ataste of how the shift in remote work and lifestyle will affect both remote work and living
• "The Roaming Empire" by The Economics describes the search and encounter of fully nomadic people, their life choices and the coliving spaces behind them.

• " is a must-watch talk by Dror Poleg, in which he explains how future real estate and technology trends will fundamentally change the housing market
• "" is Anton & Irene's talk on their findings from their One House Survey
• "How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)" is an enthusiastic  TED Talk by Grace Kim
• In this TED Talk, Michael Bodekaer , from work results to personality, and why coliving is needed

Let me know by leaving a comment below or tagging me on Twitter @colivingdiaries with your personal favourite.

About Me - I'm Gui and I explore the depth of coliving. It the past, I created several short-term coliving spaces in Barcelona and Bali. I'm currently documenting the coliving scene on the Coliving Diaries. You can find me on and chat with me here.

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