Stucco Co-operative
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STUCCO Housing Co-operative is the first and only student housing co-operative in Australia
, although other types of housing co-operatives are relatively common there. STUCCO reflects the alternative, left-wing, right-wing, up-wing, down-wing principles of Stucco's founders.
ted warehouse, a consortium of interested parties persuaded the University of Sydney
and the New South Wales
Office of Community Housing (OCH) to purchase the property and allow its redevelopment into housing as it is today. This is a completely unique arrangement. In return, STUCCO must house only students of the University of Sydney, and is located at 197 Wilson St, Newtown, New South Wales
. Its name is a contraction of "Student Co-operative" – there is no stucco
in the building.
While, for example in the United States
, housing co-operatives are a common type of student housing, in its context, STUCCO represents a radical experiment. It is indeed much more radical than most American student housing co-ops, in that no functions of the co-operative management are outsourced, all administration and decisions being made on a Consensus decision-making basis by residents. Two-thirds of the students must be within the income threshold to qualify for community housing. Stucco opened its doors in 1991.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, although other types of housing co-operatives are relatively common there. STUCCO reflects the alternative, left-wing, right-wing, up-wing, down-wing principles of Stucco's founders.
History
Originally an abandoned and squatSquatting
Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use....
ted warehouse, a consortium of interested parties persuaded the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
and the New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
Office of Community Housing (OCH) to purchase the property and allow its redevelopment into housing as it is today. This is a completely unique arrangement. In return, STUCCO must house only students of the University of Sydney, and is located at 197 Wilson St, Newtown, New South Wales
Newtown, New South Wales
Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, straddling the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia....
. Its name is a contraction of "Student Co-operative" – there is no stucco
Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...
in the building.
While, for example in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, housing co-operatives are a common type of student housing, in its context, STUCCO represents a radical experiment. It is indeed much more radical than most American student housing co-ops, in that no functions of the co-operative management are outsourced, all administration and decisions being made on a Consensus decision-making basis by residents. Two-thirds of the students must be within the income threshold to qualify for community housing. Stucco opened its doors in 1991.