Architectural Research in Living Labs: Exploring Occupier Driven Changes in Homes
Book chapter, 2017
The chapter reports from a project developing architectural research in connection to a Living Lab. The aim is to create innovative design solutions in order to decrease the environmental loads from material flows over time focusing
on occupier driven renovations and alterations to layout, materials and installations of apartments in multi-residential buildings. In a first step, empirical insights from over 300 owner-occupied apartments answers the questions: what changes are made by occupiers, what motivates these changes, and can these changes be linked to different architectural designs? In the continued research the material flows and the environmental impact attributed to these occupier driven renovations and alterations will be estimated giving further indications for more sustainable design of homes.
Owner-occupier
Material flow
Housing design
Alterations
Renovation
Author
Paula Femenias
Chalmers, Architecture
Liane Thuvander
Chalmers, Architecture
Cecilia Holmström
Tengbom Architects
Lina Jonsdotter
Chalmers, Architecture
Madeleine Larsson
Chalmers, Architecture
Living Labs Design and Assessment of Sustainable Living; Keyson, D.V., Guerra-Santin, O., Lockton, D. (Eds.)
89-99
Architecture, material flows and embodied energy in housing
Swedish Energy Agency (P39703-1), 2015-01-01 -- 2015-12-31.
Subject Categories
Architectural Engineering
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Other Civil Engineering
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Areas of Advance
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Infrastructure
HSB living lab
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-33527-8_8