Living labs in social housing upgrades: process, challenges and recommendations

Bridi, ME, Soliman-Junior, J, Granja, AD, Tzortzopoulos, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8740-6753, Gomes, V and Kowaltowski, DCCK, 2022. Living labs in social housing upgrades: process, challenges and recommendations. Sustainability, 14 (5): 2595. ISSN 2071-1050

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Abstract

Social housing (SH) upgrades involve multiple stakeholders with sometimes divergent requirements and needs. Collaboration and participative processes are essential to ensuring an appropriate value for users is delivered through social housing upgrades. Living Labs are user-centred initiatives where researchers, public and private partners, and users collaborate to develop innovative solutions in real-live environments. However, scarce research exists on how Living Labs may support the upgrading of social housing, and there is a need to explore what the challenges are that can be expected in this context. This paper discusses an integrative literature synthesis of housing upgrades developed within the context of Living Labs. Nine information-rich cases identified in the literature were chosen for in-depth examination. A living lab process was proposed based on the literature and activities and tools used in Living Labs were identified. From the challenges highlighted by existing studies, a series of recommendations to support the development of Living Labs in social housing upgrades was proposed. These should support Living Labs implementation initiatives in this specific context.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Sustainability
Creators:	Bridi, M.E., Soliman-Junior, J., Granja, A.D., Tzortzopoulos, P., Gomes, V. and Kowaltowski, D.C.C.K.
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Date:	March 2022
Volume:	14
Number:	5
ISSN:	2071-1050
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/su14052595 DOI 2235739 Other
Rights:	© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	04 Oct 2024 08:33
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2024 08:33
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52351

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