Urban Affordance
Principal Investigator(s): Orit Sarfatti
Contact: orit.sarfatti@brookes.ac.uk
About us
This research addresses the shortage of affordable housing and work spaces, which is linked to increased homelessness and social distress in the UK. It focuses on sustainable low-cost solutions and design projects that deploy an innovative approach to physical and psychological needs of vulnerable social categories, and specifically homeless people. The design proposals provide refuge and empowerment by applying parameters from Psychological Flexibility and Emotional Wellbeing methodologies.
Research impact
Our research resulted in the following outcomes:
- Street Dwelling (based on ZEDpods) - design models exhibition and debate at CRISIS Skylight (see Oxford Mail article)
- Placidi, A. (2017) ‘Furnitecture’, in InHabit (eds. Buxton, Hulin, Anderson), Peter Lang Publishers.
- Sarfatti, O. & Placidi, A. (2018) Crisis: Street Dwellings for Homeless People in Oxford - Inside the City, IE (Interior Educators). (see journal article)
Leadership
