Pocket neighborhood

As single-family houses become increasingly self-contained units connected to their neighbors solely by well-driven, and rarely walked, streets, Ross Chapin, FAIA author of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World, looks at the ways in which emerging trends in neighborhood design can help rebuild the bonds of community.

In Arkansas, a group of forward thinking folks are turning to design to build a community. One pocket at a time. Click to read the full story.

When it comes to senior living communities, bigger is sometimes better. But as senior care innovator Dr. Bill Thomas remarked last year, the so-called

Pocket neighborhoods prove that an edited home can take on many shapes and sizes and be located most anywhere. The term, coined by architect Ross Chapin, refers to clusters of houses that share common, car-free outdoor areas like gardens, joined backyards... #pocketneighborhood #rosschapin #suburbs

Ross Chapin pocket neighborhood.....@Kacie Finkes this is what I was telling you about! Lets work on it. :)

Arneson keeps Evergreen at the forefront of the Oshkosh senior living market with the development of a pocket neighborhood.

The small-home senior living and pocket neighborhood trends are alive and well at Rose Villa. The continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Portland,

They are becoming more and more popular.

This post features a permaculture concept for a tiny home pocket neighborhood, created by our friends at Shades of Green Permaculture.