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The domestic kitchen design as a tool to reduce food waste

Neves Pimenta, Maísa,Gonçalves, Eduardo,Valente Pereira, Cristóvão

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This paper describes broader research undertaken for a master’s degree in product and space design at IADE, Universidade Europeia, Lisbon, Portugal. It aims to define guidelines for the development of domestic kitchen projects that contribute to reducing food waste. After this research, our goal is to further develop its outcomes through future research and the implementation of the resulting guidelines in a lifesize field experiment. We departed with the hypothesis that space design may influence users’ behaviour; therefore, it can be used as an active tool in favour of sustainability. We defined a methodology that informed a review of the literature, case studies and surveys. We analysed comprehensive themes regarding the problem, which enabled a holistic approach to the issue. We conclude this paper by showing the pertinence of our research proposal, a novel way of combining specific strategies from three primary areas of knowledge (design for behavioural change, food waste and interior design) to achieve our goals of reducing food waste in domestic kitchens and contributing in this way to a more sustainable society.

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89 h ps://www.design o socialchange.o g/jou nal/index.php/DISCERN-J ISSN 2184-6995 This wo k is licensed unde a C ea i e Commons A ibu ion-NonComme cial-NoDe i a i es 4.0 In e na ional License. Domes ic ki chen design as a ool o educe ood was e Maísa Ne es Pimen a, Edua do Gonçal es, C is ó ão Valen e Pe ei a Published online: Ap il 2021. To ci e his a icle: Ne es Pimen a, M., Gonçal es, E., & Valen e Pe ei a, C. (2021). The domes ic ki chen design as a ool o educe ood was e. Disce n: In e na ional Jou nal o Design o Social Change, Sus ainable Inno a ion and En ep eneu ship, 2(1), 89-100. 90 Domes ic ki chen design as a ool o educe ood was e Maísa Ne es Pimen aa, Edua do Gonçal esb, C is ó ão Valen e Pe ei ac amaisa.pimen [email protected] bUni e sidade Eu opeia, IADE, A . D. Ca los I, 4, Lisbon, 1200-649, Po ugal. UNIDCOM/IADE-Unidade de in es igação em Design e Comunicação, A . D. Ca los I, 4, Lisbon, 1200-649, Po ugal. edua do.goncal es@uni e sidadeeu opeia.p cFaculdade de Belas-A es da Uni e sidade de Lisboa, La go da Academia Nacional de Belas-A es, Lisbon, 1249-058, Po ugal. CIEBA- Cen o de In es igação e de Es udos em Belas -A es, La go da Academia Nacional de Belas-A es, Lisbon, 1249-058, Po ugal. c.pe ei a@belasa es.ulisboa.p Abs ac This pape desc ibes b oade esea ch unde aken o a mas e ’s deg ee in p oduc and space design a IADE, Uni e sidade Eu opeia, Lisbon, Po ugal. I aims o de ine guidelines o he de elopmen o domes ic ki chen p ojec s ha con ibu e o educing ood was e. A e his esea ch, ou goal is o u he de elop i s ou comes h ough u u e esea ch and he implemen a ion o he esul ing guidelines in a li esize ield expe imen . We depa ed wi h he hypo hesis ha space design may in luence use s’ beha iou ; he e o e, i can be used as an ac i e ool in a ou o sus ainabili y. We de ined a me hodology ha in o med a e iew o he li e a u e, case s udies and su eys. We analysed comp ehensi e hemes ega ding he p oblem, which enabled a holis ic app oach o he issue. We conclude his pape by showing he pe inence o ou esea ch p oposal, a no el way o combining speci ic s a egies om h ee p ima y a eas o knowledge (design o beha iou al change, ood was e and in e io design) o achie e ou goals o educing ood was e in domes ic ki chens and con ibu ing in his way o a mo e sus ainable socie y. Keywo ds: Sus ainabili y, Ki chen design, Food was e, Design o beha iou change, In e io design In oduc ion This pape p esen s he ini ial s age o a mas e ’s esea ch p ojec based on he hypo hesis ha space design, as an in luence o human beha iou (Somme , 1969), can ac as a ool o con ibu e o ood was e educ ion in he con ex o domes ic ki chens. A he same ime, we s udy how space can change beha iou and how i has he po en ial o educe was e wi h hese changes. We aim o de ine guidelines ha se e as a sou ce o in o ma ion o p o essionals in he sec o . We de ined Po ugal as he s udy con ex , mo e speci ically he a ea o Lisbon. This choice is suppo ed by bo h he da a—acco ding o which Po ugal cu en ly was es 17% o he ood p oduced o human consump ion, which co esponds o 1 million onnes pe yea (Bap is a, Campos, Pi es, & Vaz, 2012)—and by he limi a ions in scope and ime o he s udy, which is being de eloped o e one yea . The esea ch is based on a deduc i e app oach ollowed by a non-in e en ionis me hodology. A i s , we poin ou ha , as shown by Ponis, Papanikolaou, Ka ime zoglou, N alla and Xenos (2017), ood was e impac s mean land, ene gy and wa e was e. In his con ex , i is essen ial o di e en ia e be ween he concep s o loss and was e. The concep o loss is a na u al esul o he ine iciencies in he p oduc ion and indus ial sys em (Bap is a e . al., 2012), while was e is “ he dec ease in he quan i y o quali y o ood esul ing om decisions and ac ions by e aile s, ood se ice p o ide s and consume s” (FAO, n.d.), i.e. wha could be a oided h ough be e managemen and beha iou . 91 Conside ing he abo e, we ocus on he domes ic scale, wi h amilies as he main subjec . FAO (n.d.) es ima es ha abou one- hi d o all ood p oduced in he wo ld is was ed. Acco ding o he o ganisa ion's 2011 epo , in 2009, Eu ope was esponsible o 22% o his was e, 52% o which was a he consump ion s age o he chain (Figu e 1). These numbe s show wha Bap is a and colleagues (2012) mean by saying ha i is in amilies ha ood was e p o es o be highe . Also, i jus i ies ou choice o s udy, as he ansi ion o sus ainabili y will be a big and a icula ed p ocess o social, cul u al and echnological inno a ion (Manzini & Vezzoli, 2002). Figu e 1: Food los o was ed by egion and s age in he alue chain, 2009 (Pe cen o kcal los and was ed) (adap ed om Lipinski, Hanson, Wai e, Sea chinge , Lomax, & Ki inoja, 2013). Fu he mo e, we pu sued a bo om-up s a egy: ha is, consume awa eness ac ions ha e a ele an impac h oughou he supply chain. Aschemann-Wi zel, De Hooge, Amani, Bech-La sen and Oos indje (2015) ecognise ha he e mus be a syne gy o ac ion in all s ages o he chain, bu hey s a e ha he consume has a c ucial ole in his change. They exempli y his impac by showing ha “ e aile s apply aes he ic s anda ds o accep o ejec oods based on he assump ion ha consume s will only buy oods ul illing hese s anda ds” (2015, p. 6458). In pa allel, we iden i ied a disconnec ion be ween sus ainable beha iou and en i onmen al awa eness (Junio , da Sil a, Gab iel, & de Oli ei a B aga, 2015; Kollmuss & Agyeman, 2002; K aus & Emon spool, 2017). Tha is, he e is a gul be ween he in o ma ion dissemina ed h ough en i onmen al educa ion and socie y’s p ac ices and choices. Conside ing his, we p opose an inno a i e app oach seeking o comp ehend he ela ionship be ween consume s’ space a he domes ic scale ( he ki chen) and hei a i udes ela ed o ood was e. This app oach is suppo ed by he concep ha space design has a signi ican ole in beha iou change (Cummings, 2012; Mon aze i, Gonzalez, Yoon & Papalamb os, 2012; Sco -Webbe , Konyndyk, F ench, Lembke & Kinney, 2017; Wu, DiGiacomo & Kings one, 2013). I is a p omising s a egy when i comes o he educ ion o ood was e. 92 Thus, we unde s and he ki chen as a sys em and no jus as a se o appliances and s o age spaces. Heb ock and Bocks (2017) show ha he solu ions cu en ly a ailable explo e mos ly sma idge unc ions and packaging, wi h e y low di e si y. They conclude ha “ he e is g ea po en ial o mo e inno a i e hinking ha can challenge exis ing p ac ices mo e p o oundly” (p. 390). The e o e, he design o a ki chen ha aims o be mo e sus ainable mus conside no only i s p oduc ion bu also how i will be used and how i can change habi s. A e all, as Cummings (2012) a gues, i is necessa y o c ea e a a ou able en i onmen o p omo e sus ainable beha iou , making hese ac i i ies as con enien as possible. Li e a u e e iew Design o sus ainabili y and beha iou al change In 1963, en i onmen al conce n was ma ked by he launching o R. Buckmins e Fulle ’s wo k, Ope a ing Manual o Spaceship Ea h, in which we iden i ied a call o a design e olu ion o guide he wo ld owa ds a mo e sus ainable u u e. La e , Papanek and Fulle (1972), in Design o he Real Wo ld: Human Ecology and Social Change, highligh ed he ole o a ool o social and en i onmen al change. In 1978, Gui Bonsiepe’s wo k, Theo y and P ac ice o Indus ial Design: Elemen s o a C i ical Manual, es ablished he link be ween he s udy o sus ainabili y and indus ial p ac ice. In Mon ei o (2019), we no ed a no el app oach ha aims o d aw a en ion o he impac o design and i s choices on he wo ld. In Walke (2012), we iden i ied he goal o c ea ing a ma e ial cul u e wi h mo e alue. Simila ly, Manzini and Vezolli (2002) p oposed new o ms o p oduc ion compa ible wi h he en i onmen , aimed a a new consume socie y. They ad oca ed o he need o change de elopmen pa ame e s so ha de elopmen is no measu ed in e ms o p oduc ion and consump ion bu acco ding o he educ ion o hese. In he same way, we unde s and ha one mus also conside new ways o o ganising daily li e, he sus ainable aspec o he p oduc as a cycle and conside how a p oduc in luences i s use s. Besides, he de elopmen o design o sus ainabili y aims a p omo ing a undamen al change in use beha iou (Manzini, 2015), so o de e mine he s a egies o his “ he e is a need o unde s and beha iou and i s de e minan s” (S ömbe g, Sel e o s & Rens öm, 2015, p. 163). When add essing he consume , he wo ks o Junio and collabo a o s (2015), K aus and Emon spool (2017) and Kollmuss and Agyeman (2002) in es iga e he ela ionship be ween he possession o knowledge and ools o sus ainable beha iou and he beha iou i sel . Tha is, ying o unde s and how o educe he gap ha exis s be ween hem. These au ho s also poin ou ha i is complex o unde s and why people choose en i onmen ally esponsible a i udes and o iden i y he ba ie s o adop ing mo e app op ia e beha iou s. In his esea ch, we highligh one o hese de e minan s, which is space, whose impac on i s occupan has long been demons a ed by en i onmen al psychology s udies (Sco -Webbe e al., 2017). The li e a u e e iew shows examples o hese impac s on beha iou in esea ch ela ed o heal h and well-being spaces (Pe e mans & Pohlmeye , 2014; Ul ich, 1991), wo kspaces (Vische , 2008) and educa ional/ lib a y spaces (Campbell & Schlech e , 1979; O'Kelly, Sco -Webbe , Ga ison, & Meye , 2017; Sco -Webbe e al., 2017). 93 As a back as 1969, Somme d ew a en ion o he lack o emphasis gi en o ac i i ies de eloped in in e nal spaces and how he con igu a ion o he la e can impac hem. Fo Somme (1969), “no only mus o m ollow unc ion, bu i mus assis i in e e y way” (p. 5). In he same sense, Augus in, F ankel and Coleman (2009) s a ed ha he design o a physical place in luences i s use and, he e o e, i can shape his/he a i udes and beha iou . Fo he la e au ho s, well-designed spaces, in gene al a e compa ible wi h he planned ac i i y; communica e impo an in o ma ion abou hei use s; a e com o ing o he psychological needs o hei use s; a e challenging by p esen ing oppo uni ies o indi idual de elopmen ; and a e con inuous in ime, e ol ing and adap ing o new needs. In he ield o sus ainable in e io design, S ieg (2006) poin s ou he need o a connec ion be ween heo y and p ac ice, analysing he di icul ies o he in e io designe o ac esponsibly. In he same sense, Ma é (2006), Bacon (2011), Ak as (2013) and Hayles (2015) discuss he concep s o g een in e io design, he di icul ies ela ed o he speci ica ion o sus ainable ma e ials and he unde s anding o he p ojec in all i s cycles. In Po ugal, i is ele an o men ion he wo k o Vicen e (2012), who s udied u ni u e p oduc ion p ocesses o c ea e in o ma ion and suppo ools o a mo e sus ainable p ac ice. One o his main conclusions is ha i is necessa y o acili a e he wo k o he designe wi h he p oposi ion o ools ha a e in eg a ed in o he p oduc de elopmen p ocess. In he same way, his esea ch aims o build knowledge o gi e suppo o he p o essional, which is much aligned wi h ou own goal o he de elopmen o he guidelines. Food was e When i comes o he ood consump ion chain, Baghe zadeh, Inamu a and Jeong (2014) poin ou ha , wo ldwide, he household scale is esponsible o was ing 38 million onnes o ood pe yea , o 76 kg pe capi a pe yea . In Po ugal, a s udy conduc ed in 2012 by Bap is a and colleagues poin ed ou ha 1 million onnes o ood p oduced o humans is los o was ed pe yea (see Figu e 2). O his amoun , i was es ima ed ha abou 314,000 onnes a e was ed on a domes ic scale, i.e. abou 32 kg pe capi a pe yea . Figu e 2: Food losses in Po ugal by yea (adap ed om Bap is a e al., 2012). Se e al s udies ha e sough o unde s and he causes o ood was e in di e en se ings, as well as he sea ch o iable solu ions o he p oblem (Aschemann-Wi zel e . al, 2015; Ponis e al., 2017; Vissche s, Wickli & Sieg is , 2016). The esul s ea i m ha beha iou s ela ed o ood choices and ood handling a e majo in luences. Fu he mo e, hey poin ou ha i is essen ial o inc ease consume s’ awa eness o he issue and how indi idual choices impac he whole. Aschemann-Wi zel and colleagues (2015) concluded ha he e a e h ee main ocuses o ac ion o e ec i e change: (i) da e labelling; (ii) expec a ions and 94 pe cep ions; (iii) and consume beha iou in ood handling a he household scale. The las poin is poin ed ou by he au ho s as cen al, being he ocus o ac ion in his in es iga ion. Heb ok and Boks (2017) di ide he exis ing solu ions in he ield o design acco ding o how hey ac , namely: in o ma ion and knowledge, packaging, ood isk and egula ions. The au ho s conduc ed an ex ensi e e iew, ca aloguing and ca ego ising s udies o ind po en ial in e en ion poin s. They show ha se e al ac o s lead o was e, ela ed bo h o beha iou (p e e ences, ideals, cul u e and con enience, o example) and o he physical s uc u e o ki chens (ways o home ood s o ing and packaging, o example). He e we p opose a mo e comp ehensi e analysis o he issue by ying o unde s and how hese a ious solu ions in e ac wi h each o he . We will upda e and discuss hese esul s. Ki chen- ocused in e io design In his esea ch, we add ess he ki chen as a dynamic and cen al space in he daily li e o he Wes e n amily. Despi e his o ical di e ences be ween con ex s, i is possible o say ha , oday, his en i onmen is he s age o echnological e olu ions and new ac i i ies ha econ igu e domes ic dynamics. Conside ing his, Bell and Kaye (2002, p. 46) call a en ion o he need o hink o i “no jus as a collec ion o wi es, appliances, and In e ne poin s, bu as a space in which people li e.” F eeman (2004) poin s ou ha ki chen space is a e y ich ield o explo a ion be ween he pas and he u u e o ou socie y, illus a ing he po en ial o design in unde s anding man as a social c ea u e. Bell and Kaye (2002) ag ee wi h his poin o iew and add ha he ki chen space, he ac o cooking and ood i sel cons i u es a se o cul u al icons, being employed as me apho s o mo e complex meanings and ac o s h oughou his o y. The unde s anding o he ki chen space as home, as cen e and he esul o social ela ions, is a subjec ea ed by Bell and Kaye (2002), F eeman (2004), Bech-Danielsen (2012) and Sho e (2007). In F eeman (2004), we ealise how he ki chen space has become de e minan o he de elopmen o mode n socie y; in Bech-Danielsen (2012), we see how e e yday li e has changed he way people see esiden ial a chi ec u e, wi h a ocus on he ki chen. Fo ha eason, in his esea ch, we seek o unde s and he dynamics o he ki chen in ou con ex o add a new laye o he unc ionali ies o his space, o combine a ionalism wi h he igh agains ood was e. Me hodology As men ioned, his esea ch aims o de elop guidelines ha suppo ki chen design owa ds mo e sus ainable beha iou , ocusing on ood was e educ ion. This s udy consis s o a mixed me hodology wi h wo phases: deduc i e and analy ical. Fi s , in he deduc i e phase, we will consolida e knowledge abou he subjec , which will hen se e as he basis o he second phase, which will esul in he o mula ion o in e io design guidelines. To his end, we seek o answe he ollowing esea ch ques ions: a. How can in e io design con ibu e o mo e sus ainable beha iou when p e en ing ood was e? b. Wha a e he ac o s ha in luence use s’ beha iou ega ding ood was e in a domes ic ki chen? c. How a e use s’ ood consump ion and handling habi s ela ed o he design o he ki chen? To answe ques ion a, we ca ied ou an ex ensi e li e a u e e iew, which sough hemes ela ed o “design o sus ainabili y”, “design o comba ood was e” and “design o beha iou change”. We in ended o expand and consolida e he s a e o he a on he subjec . Also, we sough o unde s and wha solu ions exis in he ield o design, iden i ying oppo uni ies o ac ion. 95 On he ela ionship be ween beha iou and he en i onmen , Wu and colleagues (2013), Cummings (2012) and Mon aze i and collabo a o s (2012) in es iga ed he impac and in luence o space on sus ainable decisions o iden i y how design can ac o p omo e sus ainable beha iou . In his sense, Lilley and collabo a o s (2006) iden i ied h ee possible app oaches o design o beha iou change: eco- eedback (in o ma ion p o ision), beha iou di ec ion (use incen i e) and in elligence (imposi ion o limi a ions and di ec ing ac ions). In his esea ch, we will ocus on he la e wo o s uc u e ou p oposed guidelines. We will wo k in cons aining o a o ding ac ions h ough he space design and non-pe cei ed solu ions ha guide he use s. In addi ion, we aim o unde s and how in e io design can change beha iou . We selec ed case s udies ha in end o unde s and how space, e en in o he con ex s, in luences beha iou . F om s udies ela ed o wo kspaces, we iden i ied aspec s ha in e e e wi h ask pe o mance, app oaching ou p oblem as a domes ic ask. In educa ional en i onmen s and lib a ies, we iden i ied a ibu es ha co obo a e engagemen wi h space and wi h he p oblem. He e a e he mos ele an o ou in es iga ion: • Spa ial o ganisa ion; • Design de ails; • Ambien condi ions and esou ces; • View and isual access o he wo kspace; • Flexibili y o he space di isions and u ni u e ( o empowe he use and suppo di e en needs); • En i onmen al messages ( o be symbolic and inspi ing); • Co e connec edness ( o gi e a sense o belonging); and • Adap abili y ( o be able o change o e ime). In ques ion b, we ocused on ood was e a he household scale o unde s and he causes and po en ials o ac ion. We esea ched and analysed p e ious s udies ha add essed he heme in se e al coun ies, including Po ugal, o iden i y s a egic pa hs o sol e ou p oblem. Ques ion c ela es o Po uguese cuisine and habi s and will be answe ed by e iewing s udies ha ha e ca ied ou ex ensi e esea ch wi h he popula ion. Whi ehead (2005) poin s ou ha o unde s and wha goes on in each space, i is necessa y o pe cei e some ca ego ies o human in e ac ion phenomena. Amongs hese, we selec ed he essen ial ones o his esea ch: • Space: he na u e o he en i onmen whe e he in e ac ion akes place; • Objec s: wha hey a e and how hey a e o ganised; • Ac o s: who hey a e; • Beha iou s: ac s, ac i i ies and e en s; • Pa e ns o in e ac ion be ween he ac o s; • Idea ional elemen s: belie s, a i udes, alues and signi ican symbolisms; • B oade social sys ems: beha iou s and idea ions ound in he speci ic social sys em; and • Goals, mo i a ions and agenda o he indi idual and he g oup o he ac o s in he social se ing. Looking o in o ma ion ela ed o ac o s (demog aphic da a) and he b oade social sys ems, we will use s a is ical da a collec ed by na ional demog aphic ins i u es, such as PORDATA (Base de Dados Po ugal Con empo âneo [Con empo a y Po ugal Da a Basis]) and INE (Ins i u o Nacional de Es a ís ica [Na ional Ins i u e o S a is ics]). Looking o in o ma ion ela ed o beha iou s, idea ional elemen s, goals, mo i a ions and agenda, we will look a he esul s o he epo Do Campo ao Ga o, Despe dício Alimen a em Po ugal (F om he Fields o 96 he Tables, Food Was e in Po ugal), made by Bap is a and colleagues, in 2012. Also, we will ca y ou su eys o ob ain mo e speci ic in o ma ion ela ed o ki chens, daily habi s and he ela ionships be ween use s and space. In his way, i will be possible o complemen he a ailable da a. Conclusions The esea ch e o s ha e ocused on he deduc i e phase, wi h an ex ensi e li e a u e e iew ha sough o es ablish an o e iew o he issue. I was possible o s eng hen he ini ial hypo hesis ha in e io design can ac as a ool o changing beha iou owa ds mo e sus ainable p ac ices. Fu he mo e, we we e able o de ine s a egies and jus i y he ele ance o he esea ch bo h in e ms o he s udy se ing (Po ugal) and he scale o he in e en ion (domes ic). The e is cu en ly much media co e age on he issue o ood was e, wi h inc eased conce n and a sense o guil ega ding bo h en i onmen al impac s and social inequali ies (Bap is a e . al, 2012). Howe e , he disconnec ion be ween beha iou al in en ions and he a i udes hemsel es means ha he p oblem needs o be app oached holis ically. I is o u mos impo ance o be e unde s and social, demog aphic and cul u al ac o s i we a e o p opose solu ions o make his link. In he li e a u e e iew, we ound se e al solu ions in he ield o p oduc design, e.g. sma idge, g oce y lis , idge cam, sma phone connec ion, colou coding, apps, online ad ice, awa eness campaigns, s o age guidance, sma da a labelling and edible coa ings. These seek o comba he p oblem based on new o ms o planning, s ocking, packaging and in o ming. We sough o app oach he issue om he pe spec i e o in e io design, unde s anding he ki chen space as a holis ic sys em in which we can in eg a e inno a i e solu ions wi h exis ing ones. We can s a e ha he ele an numbe s ega ding ood was e in Po ugal, p esen ed by Bap is a and collabo a o s (2012), i mly jus i y he ele ance o he esea ch. Also, he same au ho s s a e ha in indus ialised coun ies, ood was e is concen a ed a he dis ibu ion and inal consump ion le els, which ea i ms he impo ance o ac ion a he household scale. Mo eo e , we belie e ha he ob ained esul s can be conside ed, wi h app op ia e adap a ions, o o he Wes e n coun ies, wi h simila cul u es and habi s. I is also impo an o add ha he COVID-19 pandemic c isis has c ea ed new challenges o he academy, and in oducing new ools o educe losses and was e o ood is one o hem (Galanakis, 2020). Acco ding o Kan a (2020b), wo ends a e obse ed: (i) he g ow h o ood deli e y and akeaway; (ii) and he inc ease in he numbe o meals made a home, p obably because o he g ow h o elewo king. Eu o ound (2020) s a es ha in he Eu opean Union, i is es ima ed ha 39.6% o paid wo k by dependen employees was ca ied ou a home du ing he pandemic. The s udy conduc ed by Kan a (2020a), compa ing he mon hs o Janua y o Augus 2020 wi h hose o 2019, showed ha in Po ugal, he e was a 23% d op in ou -o -home consump ion and a 3% g ow h in in-home consump ion (deli e y and akeaway). I also showed ha in F ance, he numbe o amily meals pe week ose om 18 o 24 du ing he lockdown pe iod o 2020. In b ie , we ha e iden i ied he wo king s a egies ha will guide us o ou p oposed ou come. Using beha iou al di ec ion and in elligence as ou main app oaches, we will de ine ou guidelines. Conside ing who ou ac o s a e, how hei ac ual ki chen space is, how hey beha e and in e ac , and o which social sys em hey belong, we can p opose a new ype o scena io. To comple e his p oposi ion, we will need o de ine how o o ganise he space, wha he main design de ails a e, wha he necessa y ambien condi ions 97 and esou ces a e, wha he isual s a egies a e, how o be lexible, wha he main en i onmen al messages a e, how o c ea e a co e connec edness and how o be democ a ic and adap able. Finally, i is possible o conclude no only ha he e a e solid g ounds o jus i y he pu sui o his esea ch bu also ha ou main objec i e can be achie ed, con ibu ing o sol ing he p oblem o ood was e h ough inno a i e solu ions. Fu he mo e, i is ou goal o es he p oposed guidelines on a ull-scale ield expe imen in u u e esea ch. Re e ences Ak as, G. G. (2013). Design pa ame e s and ini ia i es o ecological and g een design in in e io a chi ec u e. WSEAS T ansac ions on En i onmen and De elopmen , 9(2), 57–67. Re ie ed om h p://www.wseas.us/jou nal/pd /en i onmen /2013/56-366.pd Aschemann-Wi zel, J., De Hooge, I., Amani, P., Bech-La sen, T., & Oos indje , M. (2015). 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