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Workshop (EN)
2026
13.03

Cooperative Student Housing

A workshop with two members of the student cooperative La Ciguë from Geneva
Placiduszaal, STAM, Godshuizenlaan 2, 9000 Gent

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Welcome to our workshop on cooperative student housing with two members of the student cooperative La Ciguë from Geneva presenting the organizational structure of their cooperative, explain how they implement horizontal self-management among students, and discuss their financing models. With 700 units, La Ciguë is Europe's biggest student housing cooperative, so there is a lot we can learn from them!

Workshop with Zélie and Nico Rault from La Ciguë, moderated by Peggy Totté 

Program

9:00

9:10

Intro Anne Kockelkorn

9:10

9:40

The origins of the student coop La Ciguë from the squatting scene (15 min presentation + 15 mins q & a)

9:40

10:40

The transformation of the coop into an ownership coop and the financing of La Ciguë (25 mins presentation + 35 mins q & a)

10:40

11:00

break

11:00

11:40

Horizontal governing (15 min presentation + 25 mins q & a)

11:40

12:20

Sustainable management (15 min presentation + 25 mins q & a)

12:20

13:00

Urban dimension: Inhabiting neighborhoods (15 min presentation + 25 mins q & a)