Since the mid-90s Cuba has been experiencing a transitionary period in its constitutional policies. Arguably, its biggest change came with the re-formulation of the real-estate market with Raul Castro’s reformation of Ownership Laws, allowing every Cuban the right of ownership over their homes, along with the right to sell and buy property. As a result, rise in economic activity had a direct correlation with a growing appetite for personalisation within the Cuban household. Simultaneously however, the increased financial activity, has caused dramatic increases in economic pressures applied to local citizens further intensifying a population exodus from Havana’s most central districts. Cooperative structures mark a possible solution for local population to combat these ever increasing market pressures. The increased bargaining power acquired by collective ownership could allow them the possibility of retaining their position within the city. However, the collectivity entailed in such a cooperative goes against newly introduced appetites of self-expression found in the Cuban society. With the two concepts acting in conflict, but both remaining necessary in the current context, the proposal’s aim is to become a mediator in the negotiations of the individual for choice and personalisation and the necessity for the formulation of cooperative structures.