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

该项目将对全球主要城市面临的日益加剧的住房危机进行关键但被忽视的回应：公司化“共同生活”发展的扩散进行前沿分析。而不是提供个性化的住房单元，共同生活公司提供小型的私人单元和大型的公共空间。通过高度灵活的租赁合同和全方位的服务，这些计划旨在吸引流动的、有创造力的“千禧一代”——通过申请流程筛选潜在的居民。从某种意义上说，这种现象似乎赋予了年轻一代权力，为僵化的住房合同提供了替代方案，并促进了社区价值观。在另一种情况下，在良性社交的幌子下，它可以被视为从越来越小的单位中榨取利润的合法化，并支持有争议的“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。这种现象提出了一个根本性的问题，即居住在当代城市意味着什么。

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.