Archinect - News 2024-12-22T01:44:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149937012/wework-airbnb-podshare-new-live-work-space-emerges-in-los-angeles WeWork + Airbnb = PodShare? New live-work space emerges in Los Angeles Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-03-29T13:06:00-04:00 >2022-11-14T17:05:28-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4eda908977cc1994d73faa4696140696?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>PodShare's site is laden with millennial-friendly tech buzzwords, like the sharing economy, pod culture, nomadic freelancers, access not ownership, and even &ldquo;Podestrians,&rdquo; the company's name for guests, each of whom get profiles on its website. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re creating a social network with a physical address,&rdquo; said Beck. &ldquo;Our open-floor model offers the highest rate of collisions for social travelers. We do not identify with hostels&mdash;we are a co-living space or a live-work community.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related on Archinect:</p> <ul><li><a title="Can WeWork re-engineer the spatial dynamics of society?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149935208/can-wework-re-engineer-the-spatial-dynamics-of-society" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can WeWork re-engineer the spatial dynamics of society?</a></li><li><a title="WeLive, WeWork's co-living venture, opens for beta testing in New York City" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145729323/welive-wework-s-co-living-venture-opens-for-beta-testing-in-new-york-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeLive, WeWork's co-living venture, opens for beta testing in New York City</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/133408596/the-rise-of-communal-living-in-new-york" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The rise of communal living in New York</a></li></ul>