External Resource: ‘Transformation is personal, not just technical’ Podcast
In this episode of the ‘Making Housing Better’ podcast, Healthy Homes Hub‘s Chief Executive Jenny Danson interviews Prof Jo Patterson, Director and Principal Investigator of Transforming Homes, about the project’s vision for creating healthier, better homes for present and future generations.
Key discussion topics include:
- Why housing transformation needs to go beyond conventional retrofit approaches focused solely on carbon reduction and energy efficiency.
- The Transforming Homes approach focused on solutions that improve space standards, use bio-based materials and tintegrate low-carbon technologies.
- The importance of co-design and working collaboratively with residents and other key stakeholders to develop solutions to transform our aging housing stock.
- The opportunities and challenges associated with the wider adoption of bio-based materials, including building the evidence base needed to support their use at scale.
- Evidence from previous Welsh School of Architecture projects highlighting the health and wellbeing benefits of housing retrofit.
- The role of case studies, adaptability and flexible design processes in developing solutions that can be upscaled.