21 NEB Housing projects: lessons learned and replicable actions
A catalogue of blueprints providing inspiration and guidance for housing development
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PAC Playbook: Data + game for mobility hubs
A replicable methodology using spatial data and co-design games to turn micro-mobility hubs into inclusive, healthy public spaces.
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Barcelona Xifré’s Rooftop: A Wild Garden above the City
A wild garden on a 19th-century rooftop, bringing neighbours together while cutting energy use and respecting heritage
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Picturesque inclusive renovation in Margherita di Savoia.
The renovation actively involved tenants and stakeholders, representing a sustainable model of integration across research, innovation and s…
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A circular, cost-efficient Nature-based Solution for climate-resilient buildings
An innovative prototype consisting of a greywater recycling station and a vertical hydroponic garden, supported by the Metabuilding project,…
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Social housing renovation: a policy brief
The SUPERSHINE Project proposes a “Just Renovation Framework” to tackle energy poverty and building stock’s ageing.
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Erden PURE Walls: 100% earth, 0% concrete
Prefabricated rammed earth walls. 100% natural, fully recyclable, zero cement. A circular alternative to concrete.
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Outdoor Space Mapping
Developed by the DESIRE project, Outdoor Space Mapping is a tool employed to engage citizens in envisioning how the outdoor space of a local…
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De Korenbloem: A care campus that blends into the neighbourhood
Home-like housing and community facilities for vulnerable people with dementia, stroke-related disabilities and somatic disorders, integrate…
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IMPERFECT enables construction actors to benefit from circularity
Imperfect helps renovation and deconstruction teams unlock the hidden value in buildings by streamlining material audits and circularity.
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Geodesic Dome Housing: Sustainable Modular Living
Prefabricated dome houses driven by a deep-tech platform for low-carbon circular living
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NEST Façade: Biodiversity-Integrating Building Skin
An innovative façade solution that transforms buildings into living habitats, improving biodiversity and climate resilience
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Barcode: visualising land-use for collaborative urban planning
A digital tool displaying the spatial and programmatic layout of the city or neighbourhood, showing how space is occupied
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Solar power shading structure
The shading structure developed by NEBourhoods is a prototype made of bamboo and wood providing a multifunctional urban space and delivering…
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Animal-Aided Design Toolbox
Methodology to integrate wildlife considerations into the architectural and urban development process from the very beginning, rather than a…
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Think it, Sketch it, Show it!
A 6-step toolkit on co-designing with young people, developed within the Desire project
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40 Co-Creation Tools, Tested in the Context of Urban Planning
A portfolio of 40 co-creation tools — from digital to place-based, from art to entrepreneurship and education — tested by NEB-STAR in three …
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Co-designing Urban Development Projects in Stavanger, Norway
How 16 participatory co-design tools were tested in Stavanger's Pedersgata district to inform urban regeneration aligned with New European B…
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