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    Intentional Community: Architecture Can Form Community for Vanlifers
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) DiGiorno, John
    What is the potential of community-based infrastructure for vanlifers? Vanlife is an ever-growing movement across North America and the rest of the world. Driven by high costs of living, mundane desk jobs, poor quality of life, and the urge to be free, thousands of people are packing up their houses and apartments and moving into self-converted full-size cargo vans. Vanlifers tend to gravitate towards each other, creating a community on the road. In the vans there is little space for necessities such as toilets, bathing facilities, room to workout, and space to do work. This article works to use research on intentional communities to design and create a network of vanlife communities across the country.
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    Vanlife: Creating Community on the Road
    (North Dakota State University, 2020) DiGiorno, John
    Van life is an ever-growing movement across North America and the rest of the world. Driven by high costs of living, mundane desk jobs, poor quality of life, and the urge to be free, thousands of people are packing up their houses and apartments and moving into self-converted full-size cargo vans. Van-lifers tend to gravitate towards each other, creating community on the road. What is the potential of community-based infrastructure for van-lifers? How can a prototypical rest area for van-lifers be placed in almost any location in the world? The research will begin with a compilation of case studies that support intentional community gathering and investigate the wants and needs of people on the road. Qualitative research will collect stories of van lifers.