Determining spatial characteristics for circular building design: The case of kitchen alterations
Paper in proceeding, 2022
which could reduce the extent and impact of alterations. Eleven households in Swedish villas, apartments, and terrace houses have been interviewed about their kitchen alterations to answer the research questions: What spatial alterations do they implement? and How could the spatial design of kitchens be formulated to support a circular built environment?. The outcome of the alterations has been documented through floorplan drawings and photographs. Based on the findings exemplifying end-users’ alterations, circular design strategies are recommended for the spatial design of the kitchen. These strategies have the potential of slowing the loops by enabling end-users to reshape their kitchen without extensive alterations and decreasing resource use and waste production. In conclusion, this paper urges professionals in the kitchen industry to use the formulated circular design strategies to create a building stock that is part of a circular economy.
Author
Anita Ollár
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
Paula Femenias
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design
Kaj Granath
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design
Sofie Hagejärd
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
17551307 (ISSN) 17551315 (eISSN)
Vol. 1085 012065Delft, Netherlands,
The VGR circular kitchen demonstrator (CIK)
Region Västra Götaland (MN 2021-00049), 2021-06-01 -- 2023-12-31.
HSB Living Lab, 2022-01-01 -- 2022-12-31.
The circular kitchen 2.0 from prototyp to implementation
Region Västra Götaland, 2022-06-01 -- 2023-12-31.
Formas (2021-02454), 2021-12-01 -- 2023-11-30.
Subject Categories
Architectural Engineering
Architecture
DOI
10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012065