Living in the 'flexible', 'creative' city: understanding the socioeconomic implications of corporatized co-living

生活在“灵活”、“创意”的城市：了解企业化共享居住的社会经济影响

• 批准号: 2098616
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: London School of Economics and Political Science
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2098616
• 关键词: Living; flexible; creative; city; understanding

This project will undertake a cutting-edge analysis of a pivotal but neglected response to the intensifying housing crises facing major global cities: the proliferation of corporatized 'co-living' developments. Rather than supply individualised housing units, co-living companies offer small, private units alongside large communal spaces. With highly flexible rental contracts and all-inclusive services, the schemes aim to attract mobile, creative "millennials" - filtering prospective residents through an application process. In one sense, the phenomenon appears to empower younger generations, providing alternatives to rigid housing contracts and promoting community values. In another, beneath the guise of virtuous sociability, it can be seen to legitimise squeezing profit out of ever-smaller units and champion the contested 'creative city' model, while also perfectly serving post-Fordist working conditions. It is a phenomenon that raises fundamental questions about what it means to dwell in the contemporary city.

该项目将对全球主要城市面临的日益加剧的住房危机的关键但被忽视的反应进行前沿分析：公司化的“共同生活”开发的扩散。共同生活公司提供的不是个性化的住房单元，而是小型的私人单元，以及大型的公共空间。凭借高度灵活的租赁合同和全方位的服务，这些计划旨在吸引移动的、富有创造力的“千禧一代”--通过申请程序筛选潜在的居民。从某种意义上说，这一现象似乎增强了年轻一代的权能，为僵化的住房合同提供了替代办法，并促进了社区价值观。另一方面，在良性社会的幌子下，它可以被视为合法的挤压利润越来越小的单位和冠军有争议的“创意城市”模式，同时也完美地服务于后福特主义的工作条件。这一现象提出了一个基本问题，即居住在当代城市意味着什么。