Award Category

Senior Coliving

The new generation of senior living
Discover the 2021 winners

As people transition through different life stages, the desire for community, engagement, and purposeful living remains strong. Senior Coliving is emerging as a modern response to traditional senior housing, providing dynamic, socially connected environments that empower older adults to live independently while benefiting from shared resources and intergenerational interaction. This category recognises pioneering projects that reimagine senior living, whether through fully operational coliving communities, planned or under-development projects, or well-researched, conceptually robust initiatives that demonstrate clear feasibility and impact. With Generation X, Xennials, and Millennials aging, the demand for socially and environmentally conscious senior living options is growing. This award celebrates innovative shared living models that cater to this new demographic, ensuring that aging is not about retreating from life, but about continuing to engage, contribute, and thrive in community-driven environments.

For whom?

Senior coliving brands, multigenerational shared living projects, cohousing and cooperative living models designed for older adults, senior-focused shared living concepts in ideation or development phase, and architects / developers / urban planners designing for future senior coliving needs.

Criteria

  1. Stage of Development & Feasibility: Your senior coliving project is operational or in development, with a demonstrated commitment to execution.
  2. Branding & Marketing: Your brand identity, communications, and marketing strategy effectively engage and resonate with the senior demographic.
  3. Spatial Design & Architecture: Your coliving space integrates sustainable, accessible, and community-driven design to enhance well-being and social interaction.
  4. Impact & Sustainability: Your project embeds social, environmental, and economic sustainability into its business model, operations, and community engagement.
  5. User & Community Experience: Your project fosters meaningful social connections and high resident engagement, supported by research, strategy, or measurable insights.

Deliverables

Below we have summarised the deliverables for your application. Please also make sure to download the application guide and presentation template by following the buttons below to make sure you read all necessary information to have a successful Coliving Awards entry. Note that every category has its own application guide!

1. Presentation including:

  • Name
  • Organisation
  • Logo (if applicable)
  • Details about specific project / site / product in English
  • Responses to questions in the additional resources requested in the eligibility and evaluation criteria, such as impact measures, occupancy rates, testimonials, NPS scores, referral rates, retention rates, etc.
  • Presentation should be max 20 slides / pages and in PDF format (16:9 horizontal format). Please see the presentation template below for reference 

2. High level summary of your project submission in the Application portal and answer to all application questions.

3. Supporting images / renders (in high resolution JPG / PNG -> 150 dpi) in ZIP format** (max 10 images). Files to be named in the following format " organisation-projectname-image# “

4. Representative project image (max 10 MB) to be used as a thumbnail in the application portal and other relevant communication from Coliving Awards about your project

5. It should be clear that your project meets the criteria for this category

Sponsor this category

Become a key supporter of this category and help drive innovation and excellence in the coliving industry. Sponsoring this category not only gives your brand prime visibility among industry leaders but also demonstrates your commitment to the growth and evolution of the sector.

Sponsorship starting from € 2.000 euro

Learn More
explore

Dive Deeper into the Coliving Awards

 Find everything you need to take part in the upcoming edition — from categories and jury details to the ceremony and submission timeline.

Newsletter

Get the latest news from Coliving Awards

Subscribe to our newsletter and get the latest news about our awards ceremony, jurists, partners, sponsors and more!

Subscribe