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Social Awareness and Design

The area of Social Awareness and Design deals with aspects of inclusivity and how the design of the built environment can contribute to it.

Below you can find some of our research projects within this area:

Cultural Brokerage

Healthy corridors as drivers

of social housing neighbourhoods for the co-creation of social, environmental and marketable NBS

Challenging the concept of user-fit design

A path towards developing an integrated knowledge framework and a practical instrument to facilitate user-fit design, focusing on explicitly incorporating chidren’s needs into public library (re)design

The Neutralisation of Space

Through Urban Relocation and Housing in Post-revolutionary Egypt

GreenCity4Aging

the effects of urban green streets on mobility, social integration and ageism against older people

Applying Sustainability Transition (ASTRA)

Research in Social Work tackling Major Societal Challenge of Social Inclusion

Sustainable Awareness

Meaning and impact of sustainable awareness on the design process of the interior and the role of interior architects

Strategic Roles of Public Libaries

How do they contribute to the future sustainable development of cities?

Women Building Brazil

A history of architecture from the perspective of self-building sites

Following the Footprints of Nature

Testing Biophilic Design Effects on Chemotherapy Patients’ Psycho-Physiological Conditions

Benefiting from the Outdoor Environment

How to design (health)care facilities’ in- and outdoor spaces to contribute to end-users’ physical and mental health and well-being