OVERALL OBJECTIVE

• To create a circular urban ecosystem of the built environment that bridges the gaps between different local actors involved in UCCI. To this end, the concept of living labs will be drawn upon to (a) plug in a co-creative production process and (b) develop new metrics to capture the flows of materials between partners and into society. At the practical level, success of the circular ecosystem will be demonstrated by integrating the new metrics in the operational processes of the living lab initiatives. At the theoretical level, the circular ecosystem will inform a ToC (ToC) that captures the different flows of people, materials and processes in terms of their impact and effect on urban resource initiatives. At the public outreach level, valorisation efforts of project outcomes will be augmented via artistic workshops and exhibition modules meant to stimulate public engagement.

 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• O1 Co-creating a circular ecosystem within the built environment with a focus on the complex network of stakeholders connected in UCCI (WP1);
• O2 Co-designing UCCI via living lab interactions with a focus on the challenges encountered in circular and sustainable use of current and future material streams (WP2);
• O3 Co-developing new monitoring and evaluation tools to move beyond traditional impact measurement of UCCI with a focus on flow dynamics related to the mobility of materials in society, transfer of learnings and replicability (WP3);
• O4 Co-founding a ToC focused on the development of evidence-based pathways for a successful, replicable and sustainable progression of UCCI (WP4);
• O5 Co-enhancing public participation of different stakeholders involved in UCCI with a focus on developing their sense of possibility (WP5).