Research

The Urban Living group projects cover an array of urban themes.

Social value

• Mapping Eco-Social Assets (MESA)
• Social Value Toolkit (SVT)
• DEGW archive – curating the first 25 years of the spatial and architectural practice
• Evidencing and Communicating the Value of Architects
• Social sustainability and social value in UK housebuilding
• The Library: physicality and enactment

Collaborative design

• UK Collaborative Housing Evidence Centre (CaSHE) ‘Place’-based research
• Co-design and co-creation in community-level sustainability initiatives
• CollectiVoX
• Transforming the [re]public – Athens Urban Laboratory

Forecasting

• EPSRC Retrofit 2050
• Reading 2050

Green infrastructure

• Green infrastructure options to mitigate resource demand and environmental pressure of cities
• Sustainable neighbourhood masterplans: Examining the role of BREEAM Communities in green infrastructure evaluation

Urban data

• Information Design and Architecture: Combatting Drug Resistant Infection (IDAPPS)
• Smart cities and big data for the built environment