Lang Carriou, Czischke & others
TU Delft
2022
🌍 Context and Purpose The project titled “Mapping social innovation and collaboration in housing – Co-Lab Mapping” is a collaborative initiative developed in partnership with Urbamonde and supported by the Dutch architecture firm Inbo. This project aims to address the fragmented nature of existing research on collaborative housing, which has primarily relied on qualitative case studies. Despite numerous umbrella organizations collecting data on collaborative housing at various levels, the lack of standardized definitions has hindered a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities these housing forms present. 📊 Objectives of the Co-Lab Mapping Project The Co-Lab Mapping Project, grounded in the conceptualization of collaborative housing as proposed by Lang, Carriou & Czischke (2020), represents a significant scientific step toward establishing a validated categorization of different collaborative housing forms in Europe. The project aims to aggregate and analyze data on collaborative housing provided by national umbrella organizations, utilizing a set of pre-established filters. This foundational work is intended to facilitate comparative analysis of the salient characteristics of collaborative housing, thereby advancing both scientific and practical discussions in the field. 🏡 Focus Countries The project concentrates on nine European countries where collaborative housing is well-established and supported by national umbrella organizations: Belgium, Denmark, England and Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. By focusing on these regions, the project seeks to create a comprehensive overview that can enhance mutual learning and communication across borders. 🔍 Research Methodology An iterative data collection approach has been employed, incorporating various techniques such as interviews with key informants, literature reviews, and a Delphi-panel involving insights from academic and practitioner experts from the selected countries. Additionally, the research included a review of several national databases and a validation workshop with research partners to ensure the reliability of the findings. 💰 Funding and Support The Co-Lab Mapping Project has been awarded a grant from the Creative Industry – KIEM programme, aimed at promoting fundamental and industrial research. Prior funding was received from the Delft Technology Fellowship, granted to Dr. Czischke in 2014, which supported the project from January 2018 to December 2019. For further information, you can visit the project's website: Co-Lab Mapping.
TU Delft
The “Mapping social innovation and collaboration in housing – Co-Lab Mapping” is a project developed in collaboration with Urbamonde, and with support of the Dutch architecture firm Inbo.
Existing research on collaborative housing has been so far mainly based on qualitative case studies. Many umbrella organisations collect data on some forms of collaborative housing at regional and national level; however, data are scattered and there is a lack of standard definitions. This prevents a comparative understanding of the challenges and opportunities that these housing forms offer. Furthermore, comparative data are needed to facilitate mutual learning and communication amongst users across countries and regions.
Building on the conceptualisation of collaborative housing proposed by Lang, Carriou & Czischke (2020), the Co-Lab Mapping Project is a first scientific step to provide a validated categorisation of different collaborative housing forms in Europe. It also starts aggregating data on collaborative housing provided by national umbrella organisations, according to a set of pre-established filters. The aim of this project is to create the basis that helps compare and analyse the most salient characteristics of collaborative housing, and so bring current scientific and applied debates further.
The project focuses on nine countries where collaborative housing forms are well established and represented by national umbrella organisations; namely: Belgium, Denmark, England and Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The research applied an iterative data collection approach including a variety of techniques: interviews with key informants, literature review, a Delphi-panel (two rounds) drawing on insights from academic and practitioner experts from the selected countries, review of several national databases, and a validation workshop with our research partners, as illustrated in Figure 1.
Research process of the Co-Lab Mapping project (source: the authors)
The project was awarded with a grant by the Creative Industry – KIEM programme, a NWO programme whose purpose is to encourage and facilitate fundamental and industrial research. In the past, from January 2018 to December 2019, this project was funded by the Delft Technology Fellowship, granted to Dr Czischke in 2014.