Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona
This article aims to explore the potential and limitations of participatory design and co-manufacturing processes, taking the city of Barcelona as a reference. It is characterized by an aging building stock, tourist pressure, and difficulties for citizens in accessing affordable housing. In this sen...
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| author | Marta Domènech-Rodríguez Còssima Cornadó Sara Vima-Grau Gonzalo Piasek Ainhoa Varela-Conde Pere Joan Ravetllat Mira |
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| description | This article aims to explore the potential and limitations of participatory design and co-manufacturing processes, taking the city of Barcelona as a reference. It is characterized by an aging building stock, tourist pressure, and difficulties for citizens in accessing affordable housing. In this sense, a selection of six cases of co-design and co-manufacturing is presented, as a range of small-scale interventions that were shared and discussed in the “Debate sessions. Co-Design and Co-Fabrication in Architecture” within the Co-Hab-Raval project, which motivated this research. Thanks to these case studies, it has been possible to analyse a wide range of intervention practices. The article exposes the socioeconomic context of Barcelona and its lack of affordable housing, which motivated the practices presented. In addition, the cases are carrying out a comparative analysis based on the parameters of agents involved, the type of users’ participation, and materials resource management. Finally, the results obtained highlight the relationship between the construction systems and the self-construction and reuse strategies used, as well as the importance of the plurality of agents that intervened in the design process to enrich the proposals and empower users, especially in vulnerable environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cf6c41c02d6431d95b0206409a692672023-11-18T00:44:22ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092023-04-01135115910.3390/buildings13051159Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in BarcelonaMarta Domènech-Rodríguez0Còssima Cornadó1Sara Vima-Grau2Gonzalo Piasek3Ainhoa Varela-Conde4Pere Joan Ravetllat Mira5Centre for Research on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment, ETH Zurich, 8049 Zürich, SwitzerlandArchitectural Technology Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech, 08028 Barcelona, SpainArchitectural Design Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech, 08028 Barcelona, SpainArchitectural Technology Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech, 08028 Barcelona, SpainArchitectural Technology Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech, 08028 Barcelona, SpainArchitectural Design Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech, 08028 Barcelona, SpainThis article aims to explore the potential and limitations of participatory design and co-manufacturing processes, taking the city of Barcelona as a reference. It is characterized by an aging building stock, tourist pressure, and difficulties for citizens in accessing affordable housing. In this sense, a selection of six cases of co-design and co-manufacturing is presented, as a range of small-scale interventions that were shared and discussed in the “Debate sessions. Co-Design and Co-Fabrication in Architecture” within the Co-Hab-Raval project, which motivated this research. Thanks to these case studies, it has been possible to analyse a wide range of intervention practices. The article exposes the socioeconomic context of Barcelona and its lack of affordable housing, which motivated the practices presented. In addition, the cases are carrying out a comparative analysis based on the parameters of agents involved, the type of users’ participation, and materials resource management. Finally, the results obtained highlight the relationship between the construction systems and the self-construction and reuse strategies used, as well as the importance of the plurality of agents that intervened in the design process to enrich the proposals and empower users, especially in vulnerable environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1159co-designco-manufacturingself-constructionsustainability |
| spellingShingle | Marta Domènech-Rodríguez Còssima Cornadó Sara Vima-Grau Gonzalo Piasek Ainhoa Varela-Conde Pere Joan Ravetllat Mira Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona Buildings co-design co-manufacturing self-construction sustainability |
| title | Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona |
| title_full | Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona |
| title_fullStr | Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona |
| title_short | Co-Design and Co-Manufacturing: A Multidisciplinary Approach through Small-Scale Architectural Experiences in Barcelona |
| title_sort | co design and co manufacturing a multidisciplinary approach through small scale architectural experiences in barcelona |
| topic | co-design co-manufacturing self-construction sustainability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1159 |
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