Webinar Series 2026: Delivering the transformation of 1920-1940 Council built homes for future living
This webinar showcases the design and delivery of the transformation of 1920 to 1940 Council-built homes in Bristol and Swansea. These demonstration home transformations combine design and spatial change, the use of bio-based and non-extractive materials and inclusion of low carbon technologies to go beyond retrofit. Community co-design and novel delivery mechanisms assembled through live design and construction are embedded in the process. Monitoring, modelling and testing have been carried out throughout to support decision making and provide evidence of the transformations.
This webinar provides attendees with practical insights into what works and doesn’t work in practice, how to navigate the technical and organisational challenges of delivering transformations in complex contexts and how these approaches can be adapted to be implemented in other locations.
Chair: Dr Rob Grover, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Bath
Speakers:
- Joel Cady, Research Associate, Cardiff University
- Emma Taylor, Research Associate, University of Bath
- Dr Chenfei Liu, Research Associate, Cardiff University
The Transforming Homes Webinar Series 2026 was organised by Dr Veronica Albarran Carrillo, Research Associate, Cardiff University.
This research is part of Transforming Housing and Homes for Future Generations project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Green Transitions Ecosystem (GTE) which is part of the UK Research and Innovation – Award References – AH/Y003861/1 and AH/Y003861/2.