Pro-Social Solutions in Residential Environments Created as a Result of Participatory Design

Katarzyna Kołacz and Anna Podlasek ()
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Katarzyna Kołacz: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159 St., 02 776 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Podlasek: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159 St., 02 776 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: The pro-social dimension of contemporary housing is one of the main postulates of sustainability. The work aims to draw attention to the residential environment created as a result of participatory design and to examine how and to what extent it supports the creation of social contacts and the identification of inhabitants with their place of residence. The study included three housing projects prepared by the communities: B.R.O.T Aspern, Seestern Aspern, and LiSA. They are part of one urban block located in Aspern, part of the 22nd district of Vienna—Donaudstadt. The case studies were analysed using the same ten evaluation criteria. They were established based on previously developed theories of sociologists, psychologists and architects on the features of architecture and spaces supporting the formation of neighbourly contacts and the identification of users with their place of residence. The research showed that although the same evaluation criteria were used, each design group found an individual way to meet them in their project such as innovative design elements, unique community spaces, or user-driven features. This is proof that not only the place where architecture is created, has its conditions, and the planners and architects creating the project give it an individual, pro-social character, but also the users who create it. However, it is important to create an appropriate organizational, legal architectural and urban framework for the participation process to be successful.

Keywords: sustainable environment; residential architecture; social contacts; participatory design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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