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Retrofit as ecological citizenship towards participatory resilient and regenerative design

Gooding, Luke (1); Phillips, Robert (2)

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Gooding, Luke (1); Phillips, Robert (2)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Stockholm Environment Institute, United Kingdom; 2: Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
Page(s):
1271-1280
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10485
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
Retrofit is often seen as a technical fix to boost efficiency and cut emissions, yet it also reshapes social relations, skills, and material flows. This paper reframes retrofit as participatory design cultivating ecological citizenship, the shared capacity to learn, make, and care for ecological relations through the built environment. Drawing on three cases, The Wild House, Ag. Lab, and the Retrofit Community Champion project, we propose a framework and design implications to scale equitable, circular, neighbourhood-based retrofit.
Keywords:
behavioural design, sustainable design, energy efficiency
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