Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations

Led by: Prof. Pete Walker, University of Bath + Prof Jo Patterson, Cardiff University

Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations will design, test, implement and monitor innovative prototype solutions to improve the quality existing housing.

This project will create design proposals for Beyond Net Zero liveable homes by remodelling housing built by councils between 1920-1940, which account for approximately 1.1 million of the homes still in use in the UK today. The aim is to develop a long term transdisciplinary ecosystem and processes that can transform a wide range of housing types for future generations.

Innovation will be led through co-design, between a regional partnership between the GW4 universities of Bath, Cardiff, Bristol and Exeter and businesses, local authorities, and community groups.

This project will work with two communities in Bristol and Swansea to develop and demonstrate possible solutions as well as seek to create a legacy of positive behaviour change, supporting job creation, local and regional supply chains, and strengthen local delivery capacities.

Project team


Early Career Researchers:

Asselia Katenbayeva, Christopher Whitman, Dominika Malkowska, Emma Littleton, Emma Taylor , Francis Moran, Joel Cady, Laura Brain, Louise King, Lucy McFadzean, Murat Mustafa, Shan Shan Hou, Veronica Albarran Carrillo

Pete Walker

Professor Pete Walker is a Principal Investigator for Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations. This is one of the four Green Transition Ecosystems, part of the Future Observatory: Design
 

Jo Patterson

Professor Jo Patterson is Co-Director for Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations. This is one of the four Green Transition Ecosystems, part of the Future Observatory: Design the Green