Initiating the conceptualisation of human-data interactions in regenerative building production

Paper in proceeding, 2025

Regeneration, which aims at climate positivity, is not yet considered in building production research, let alone implemented in praxis (except isolated cases). In this paper, we start investigating its potential in building production, especially focusing on the relevant human-data interactions (HDI) around building processes. We therefore review the recent literature on regeneration and HDI within urban planning, architectural design, and business model innovation, and use the phenomena construction methodology to conceptualize basic HDI dimensions in regenerative building production. Our results show that HDI can be crucial for transforming building production processes and management, as well as upskilling labor, towards regeneration.