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Stefani Danes

I'm an architect and urban designer who teaches at Carnegie Mellon's School of Architecture. My work is in the relationship among housing, neighborhoods, and community. I've been studying cohousing since 1990 and am currently involved in developing Rachel Carson Ecovillage on the Eden Hall campus of Chatham University in Pittsburgh. I have a strong interest in ecology and believe that we can build human settlements that are beneficial to nature as well as benefiting from it.

I'm an architect and urban designer who teaches at Carnegie Mellon's School of Architecture in both fields. My work is in the relationship among housing, neighborhoods, and community. I've been studying cohousing since 1990 and am currently involved in creating Rachel Carson Ecovillage on the Eden Hall campus of Chatham University in Pittsburgh. I have a strong interest in ecology and believe that we can build human settlements that are beneficial to nature as well as benefiting from it. I am certified as a permaculture designer and as a Passive House design consultant.

Primary interests: architecture, neighborhoods, ecology, community

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Ecovillages

Rachel Carson Ecovillage

Ecovillage
  • Region: GENNA
  • Language: English

Rachel Carson EcoVillage is western PA’s first ecovillage, and will be built in McCandless Township, 10 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh. It is a multigenerational 35-unit cohousing community dedicated to sustainability that values diversity and social justice. … Read more