Real Talk: Future of Living - Revolutionizing Co-living: Power to the Citizens - Co-living Reimagined: Empowering Communities and Shaping Sustainable Urban Villages

Live from MIPIM 2023:

Marta Rocamora, CEO of GroundInn & COO of Co-Liv & Lars Lundbye Creative Director from Almener.

Marta, our host at MIPIM Coliv Summit 2023, interviews Lars Lundbye from Almener, a Copenhagen-based organization experimenting with a cooperative approach to building co-living communities and ecovillages. The model aims to put the power back in citizens' hands, fostering a sustainable and socially interactive lifestyle. Lars shares the vision of Almener, which focuses on building communities where people need and have responsibility for each other, rather than the top- down, commercial approach to co-living. By enabling citizens to become developers, Almener is attempting to return the power of decision-making to the individuals, creating communities that are more sustainable and socially interactive. Lars emphasizes the importance of the co-living model in revitalizing civic society and fostering a sense of community in urban areas. Almener uses technology, including gaming, to facilitate decision-making and consensus-building among community members, making it easier for them to envision and actualize their dream living environment. Marta and Lars discuss the challenges of promoting sustainability within co-living communities and the importance of building eco-friendly and conscious communities. Lars believes that people who prioritize a more social lifestyle also tend to take responsibility on a higher level, leading to more sustainable and environmentally conscious communities.

Notable Quotes:

Lars Lundbye:

- "I think people who would prioritize a more social lifestyle actually moving together also have a tendency to take responsibility on a high level."

- "It's a lot about taking the power back to the citizens where it belongs and building co-living communities ecovillages."