Regenerative design and development: current theory and practice

Cole, Raymond J.

doi:10.1080/09613218.2012.617516

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“…The notion of 'retrofitting' or re-engineering the existing urban environments has gained increasing prominence within research and policy agendas in recent years (Cole, 2012;Dawson, 2007;Kelly, 2009;Sustainable Development Commission, 2010). At a global scale, an increasing concentration of the growing human population within urban centres has focused attention on the role of cities in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and in achieving the broader overarching requirements of sustainable development (UN Habitat, 2011;World Bank, 2011).…”

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Scaling up: the challenges of urban retrofit

Dixon¹,

Eames²

2013

Building Research & Information

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Scaling up: the challenges of urban retrofit

Dixon¹,

Eames²

2013

Building Research & Information

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“…When asked about defining regenerative development in their own words (question 7), some of the most recurring keywords used included environment (11 responses), positive (8 responses), system (7 responses) and human (5 responses). All of these keywords do belong to the overall regenerative development lexicon [8,10]. …”

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“…Projects that begin to heal the damage done in the past and consider creating vital relationships that lead to resilience. Regenerative development can be seen as a process to facilitate this type of approach to contributive development [5,[8][9][10][11].…”

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Evaluating the Practice and Outcomes of Applying Regenerative Development to a Large-Scale Project in Victoria, Australia

2018

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Abstract:Regenerative development is one of the critical pathways or processes towards an ecological worldview and a built environment in synergy with the natural environment. This vision aims to restore and support environmental, social and economic flows from a systems perspective. While regenerative development has been discussed in theory and applied to some projects, very few studies have analysed the processes that support its emergence. Our study investigates the design process of an ongoing development project, "Seacombe West" in Victoria, Australia. It evaluates the design outputs, using the LENSES Framework (Living Environments in Natural, Social, and Economic Systems) which is specifically designed to facilitate the emergence of regenerative development thinking. The project included a series of four workshops that led to a set of guidelines that in turn were used to design a masterplan. We evaluate the resulting guidelines, the masterplan, and the experience of the participants through an online survey (70% response rate) and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Our results show that using LENSES encouraged systems thinking and helps facilitate a transdisciplinary approach towards regenerative development. This evaluation provides insights into how regenerative development can emerge in projects and how the potential for net benefit can be embedded.

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“…There is now a general consensus that even the best buildings fail to perform as anticipated (Bordass & Leaman, 2012;Zimmerman & Martin, 2001). In response to tools such as LEED, regenerative design argues for the participation of building users in the complete design process and the co-evolution of human and natural systems in partnership (Cole, 2011). The issue of engaging stakeholders in the design process is particularly pressing in order to ensure design quality and good performance (including energy performance); however, integrated stakeholder engagement is still undervalued and there are few tools to assist in holistic evidence-based design (Cahill, 2007;Kindon and Pain, 2009;Payne, Mackrill, Cain, Strelitz & Gate, 2014;van Hoof et al, 2014).…”

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Exploring the use of new school buildings through post-occupancy evaluation and participatory action research

Wheeler

Malekzadeh

2015

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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This paper presents the results of the development and testing of an integrated post-occupancy evaluation (POE) approach for teachers, staff, pupils and community members using newly constructed school buildings. It focusses on three cases of UK secondary schools, demonstrating how users can be inspired to engage with the problems of school design and energy use awareness. The cases provided new insights into the engagement of school teachers, staff and young people regarding issues of sustainability, management, functional performance and comfort. The integrative approach adopted in these cases provided a more holistic understanding of these buildings' performance than could have been achieved by either observational or more traditional questionnaire-based methods. Moreover, the whole-school approach, involving children in POE, provided researchers with highly contextualised information about how a school is used, how to improve the quality of school experiences (both socially and educationally) and how the school community is contributing to the building's energy performance. These POE methods also provided unique opportunities for children to examine the social and cultural factors impeding the adoption of energy-conscious and sustainable behaviours. This paper presents the results of the development and testing of an integrated post-occupancy evaluation (POE) approach for teachers, staff, pupils and community members using newly constructed school buildings. It focuses on three cases of UK secondary schools, demonstrating how users can be inspired to engage with the problems of school design and energy use awareness. The cases provided new insights on the engagement of school teachers, staff and young people regarding issues of sustainability, management, functional performance and comfort. The integrative approach adopted in these cases provided a more holistic understanding of these buildings' performance than could have been achieved by either observational or more traditional questionnaire-based methods. Moreover, the whole-school approach, involving children in POE, provided researchers with highly contextualised information about how a school is used, how to improve the quality of school experiences (both socially and educationally) and how the school community is contributing to the building's energy performance. These POE methods also provided unique opportunities for children to examine the social and cultural factors impeding the adoption of energy-conscious and sustainable behaviours.

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Regenerative design and development: current theory and practice

Abstract: To cite this article: Raymond J. Cole (2012) Regenerative design and development: current theory and practice, Building Research & Information, 40:1, 1-6,

Cited by 147 publications

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Scaling up: the challenges of urban retrofit

Scaling up: the challenges of urban retrofit

Evaluating the Practice and Outcomes of Applying Regenerative Development to a Large-Scale Project in Victoria, Australia

Exploring the use of new school buildings through post-occupancy evaluation and participatory action research

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