- Project Type: Cohousing, Multi-Family
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Germantown Commons is a multigenerational, urban-infill cohousing community of 25 privately owned one-story flats and two-story townhouses on 0.75 acres. Located in an historic district, this cohousing community features a large interior central court that serves as a common space. This central court includes three tiers of rain gardens that empty into the final basin under two ancient shade trees as well as vegetable gardens.
Facing this common space and the street corner is the two-level Common House, which includes a community kitchen, lounge with fireplace, children’s playroom, guest rooms, wood shop, storm shelter, laundry facilities, yoga room, and large dining room, which opens out to a large screened-in porch.
Sustainable measures include all-electric heat pump heating/cooling and energy-efficient construction, along with the utilization of renewable, recycled, and historically appropriate materials throughout the project.
