Hous-ing: Sustainable Transformation of the Tangible and Intangible Space

A Renovation Wave for Europe aims to double renovations in Europe for 2030. Paradoxically, the Danish government plans to demolish 724,000 square meters of social housing, potentially displacing 46,000 residents by the same year, whose effects might have greater ecological, social, and economic implications.

 Analyzing the low-rise buildings in Brøndby Strand Parkerne through participatory design, Hous-ing explores a bottom-up approach to address transformation through community building. This thesis proposal explores to create a framework where methodology development and implementation preserve both physical and human capital towards sustainability.

Hous-ing illustrates a perspective on how people-centered architecture can empower social housing residents to sustainably transform their dwellings, by exploring the values and challenges residents face in terms of comfort, needs, and their personal relationship to how they inhabit space.