{"id":163,"date":"2018-04-26T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:37:39","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758127489927{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Our research encompasses a diverse range of projects exploring the multifaceted dimensions of urban living. From housing design and participatory community engagement to material investigations and policy analysis, these projects reflect our commitment to understanding and improving how people live, work, and thrive in contemporary urban environments through collaborative approaches.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Coming soon &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>We are working on updating our Project section &#8211; these are some of the research questions and projects that we are working on &#8211; more content coming soon.[\/vc_column_text][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1758130560234-b3fb3e7a-e5d7-0&#8243; include=&#8221;1548,1547&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Project Archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/co-design\/\">Community-level co-design and co-creation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/creating-a-digital-ccsen365-caracas-in-365-days\/\">Creating a Digital CCSen365 (Caracas in 365 days)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/architect-value\/\">Evidencing and Communicating the Value of Architects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/idapps\/\">Information Design and Architecture: Combatting Drug Resistant Infection (IDAPPS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/mesa\/\">Mapping Eco-Social Assets (MESA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/re-dwell-marie-curie-european-innovative-training-network\/\">RE-DWELL Marie Curie European Innovative Training Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/reading-2050\/\">Reading 2050<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/know-trans-urban-met\/\">Research-Practice knowledge transfer to inform advanced Urban Metabolism modelling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/smart-cities\/\">Smart Cities and Big Data in the Built Environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/re-public\/\">Transforming the [re]public<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/urban-metabolism\/\">UK Cities urban metabolism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/cashe\/\">UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/urban-ecosys-met\/\">Urban ecosystem services and integration in Urban Metabolism frameworks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/projects\/urban-met-know\/\">Urban metabolism, knowledge and applications in urban planning and design<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Funding Announcements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dr Amy Brookes Secures British Academy Funding\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/2025\/09\/17\/dr-amy-brookes-secures-british-academy-funding\/\">The Speculative Space of Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums, Dr Amy Brookes, British Academy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Publication Announcements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Publication: The Caring-With Practitioner\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/2025\/09\/17\/new-publication-the-caring-with-practitioner\/\">The Caring-With Practitioner: Diffracting Practice-Research Dynamics in Urban Care <\/a>, by Prof Cristina Cerulli and colleagues in the journal <a class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cogitatiopress.com\/urbanplanning\/issue\/view\/428\">Urban Planning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dr Gage\u2019s Georgian Walking Tour Showcases Reading\u2019s Heritage\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/2025\/09\/16\/dr-gages-georgian-walking-tour-showcases-readings-heritage\/\">Georgian Reading, Self-guided Walking Tour<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/architecture\/staff\/stephen-gage\">Dr Stephen Gage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Book: Getting Political in the Neoliberal City\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/urban-living\/2025\/09\/17\/new-book-getting-political-in-the-neoliberal-city\/\">Getting Political in the Neoliberal City: Planning and Design for Social and Environmental Justice<\/a>, co-edited by <a class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/architecture\/staff\/cristina-cerulli\">Professor Cristina Cerulli<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; 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