{"id":187656,"date":"2025-12-17T04:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187656\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T04:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:38:08","slug":"cohousing-passive-housing-at-peachgrove-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187656\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohousing + passive housing at Peachgrove East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The development by Living Systems Development in Hamilton, Peachgrove East, is a 48-unit cohousing neighbourhood designed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smitharchitects.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith Architects<\/a> in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbridge.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Greenbridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The project combines Passive House-quality homes with shared community facilities, including a common house, workshop and community green \u2014 drawing from exemplars of overseas models of medium-density\u00a0living.<\/p>\n<p>Located near Claudelands Park and a 10-minute bike ride from Hamilton CBD and the University of Waikato, the development arranges 48 timber-framed homes around a central green, with shared facilities including a common house, makerspace and sauna. Freehold homes we have been advised will start from $500,000, and are slated to be available in early\u00a02026.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Smith of Smith Architects says, \u201cAt Smith Architects, we don\u2019t believe better housing comes from repeating standard solutions. Peachgrove East challenged us to think differently \u2014 about how homes perform, how neighbours connect, and how architecture can actively support wellbeing. This urban village shows what\u2019s possible when we question assumptions and design for whole human outcomes, not minimum\u00a0standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Preston of Living Systems says, \u201cBusiness and society can\u2019t succeed\u00a0if people don\u2019t have\u00a0a pathway to ways of living that feel reliable, inspiring and desirable. I genuinely want to see New Zealanders realise the potential\u00a0in our communities, and for us, we need to start by consistently delivering homes that people have a realistic pathway to ownership and longevity, and that help people thrive for the long term. That\u2019s what we\u2019re setting out to do, and that\u2019s what Peachgrove East is all about: Widening our sense of imagination \u2014 in a practical way \u2014 about what homes and neighbourhoods can and should be in\u00a0Aotearoa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Living Systems Development and Peachgrove East <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingsystems.nz\/peachgrove-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <br class=\"clearfix\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The development by Living Systems Development in Hamilton, Peachgrove East, is a 48-unit cohousing neighbourhood designed by\u00a0Smith Architects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-187656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}