communal houses
Group living spaces
Communal houses are residences where multiple unrelated people share living space, resources, and often responsibilities.
Unlike apartment buildings with separate units, communal houses typically feature shared kitchens, common areas, and collective decision-making.
The arrangement ranges from informal roommate situations to intentional communities with explicit values: They lived in a communal house with six others, sharing meals and chores.
- longhousesMulti-family indigenous dwellings
- kibbutzimIsraeli communal settlements
- pooled resourcesAssets combined for joint use
- eco-villagesSustainable intentional communities
- courtyard homesDwellings surrounding private outdoor space
village square · front porch · cohousing · shared kitchen · extended family · sustainable architecture · group dynamics · ashram · conflict resolution
- ancient settlementsvillages, camps, caves, shelters, farming communities
- Vietnamese culturepagodas, Mekong Delta, Hmong, Montagnards, ethnic groups
- Vietnamese Religionancestor veneration, pagodas, spirit mediums, folk religion, pagoda
- tribal dwellingslonghouse, wickiup, wigwam, tipi, hogan
- tropical housesthatched roofs, bamboo huts, traditional huts, pile dwellings, stilts
- Japanese archaeologyYayoi period, burial mounds, excavation sites, ancient tombs, stone tools
communal housessingle-family home
Freestanding residential dwelling
detached house · private residence · estate · mansion · private villa
communal housessingle-family homes
Standalone dwellings for one household
detached houses · private residences · private apartments · studio apartments · hermitages
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