Integrating a people- and environment-friendly process approach in circular, constructive and co-creative renovation projects (impaC3t)

Abstract

The paper discusses the application of circular building solutions in collec- tive urban renovation projects. The proposed approach will broaden and deepen existing strategies and solutions on circularity to urban renovation at district level, accelerating the renovation wave of the existing patrimony in a future-proof and thus circular way, and doing so for and with a diversity of target groups, from the most vulnerable to the strongest shoulders. The project will develop and embed a decision-making framework for adopting circular solutions in collective renovations. It will do so through co-creation with relevant quintuple helix stakeholders and a mix of target groups including both public and private owner-occupiers, landlords, prop- erty developers, autonomous municipal urban development companies and social housing companies. The project will maximize complementarity between technical, financial and legal solutions to boost circular economy in collective urban renovation projects. The necessary knowledge will be drawn from the consortium’s expert group of the VLAIO impaC3t project [1, 2] and from several real-life cases. The Belgian cities of Bruges, Ghent and Landen aim to renovate several building blocks using a collective approach. The approach will be developed based on and tested in these initiated urban renovation projects at three possible levels: (1) punctual renovation measures (moisture, roof, façade, central heating systems), (2) total renovation and extension by rear extension or topping up and (3) new construction/replacement.