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Build, live together

Joint building ventures: Empowerment and participation

"We need to promote user-driven design and bring empowerment to the residents to face our future urban challenges. Since it naturally promotes long-term perspectives and ideas of sharing, which is crucial for both ecological, economic, and social sustainability."

We must build and live together.

The Master's thesis that examines methods to bring more empowerment and participation to the future users in the development of housing. It investigates systems for user-initiated projects and the joint building venture in Berlin and Gothenburg. The thesis proposes a new system for the joint building venture and implements it in a design proposal.