The circular kitchen
Research Project, 2018
– 2021
The kitchen forms a central place in the home, for cooking and social interaction, and is more often than other parts of the home subject to renovations. Previous studies have shown that premature alterations and replacements of the kitchen and its appliances lead to unnecessary material flows and high climate impact. The way housing components – and as an example the kitchen – are currently made, sold, placed, used and discarded all contribute to resource depletion, environmental pollution and avoidable GHG emissions. In the business-as-usual scenario, the kitchen is not designed and marketed to facilitate circular economy ‘loops’. The kitchen is not reparable or adaptable to changing user needs. This causes the kitchen to be disposed of before its technical lifespan. The project “the Circular Kitchen” aims at developing interdisciplinary knowledge for more climate smart and circular kitchen designs, which it will be co-created, developed, tested and evaluated in practice. The project is a public-private partnership in collaboration with TU Delft and funded by the European Institute of Technology with support from industry.
Participants
Ulrike Rahe (contact)
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Sofie Andersson
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
Giliam Dokter
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
Paula Femenias
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design
Anita Ollár
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Collaborations
Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
Funding
Climate-KIC
Funding Chalmers participation during 2018–2021
HSB Living Lab
Project ID: 457-HSB
Funding Chalmers participation during 2018–2021
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Areas of Advance
Energy
Areas of Advance
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Driving Forces
HSB living lab
Infrastructure