Familiar Spaces is a Substack publication by Chris Murphy about housing and community, drawing on his experience of creating a co-housing project in Mexico City. The available page information identifies Murphy as its author; it does not provide a fuller editorial description or a publication launch date. [The supplied page metadata]
Murphy’s professional profile lists him as founder of Familiar Spaces from October 2024 and places him in Mexico City, where he is developing community-oriented, intergenerational housing. 2 The project’s website describes its first initiative as a Mexico City community formed by friends from architecture school and their families, with residents and interested participants meeting monthly to discuss development and community-led housing. 4
A 2026 account of the project describes plans for three properties averaging around 20 homes each, and says the team was working on structural studies, design development and governance models. 3 The same account frames the work as an effort to make co-housing more feasible at a larger scale, while the project website describes homes that balance private space with shared areas and collective stewardship. 34 The evidence points to a primary focus on Mexico City, with Murphy also expressing interest in adapting or developing collective housing models in the United States. 29
The sources identify Chris Murphy as founder, but do not establish a registered office or headquarters for Familiar Spaces as a separate organisation. 24 No LinkedIn company page or Instagram profile for Familiar Spaces was identified in the available sources.