New scientific paper published

Theoretical boundaries of the study, which highlight the overlap of two co-existed schools of co-creation: co-creation as an innovation approach and co-creation as a design practice. In our study we consider both schools’ theories working together in the context of the Living Lab as an environment.

Published Feb 16, 2021

"Co-Creating Service Concepts for the Built Environment Based on the End-User’s Daily Activities Analysis: KTH Live-in-Lab Explorative Case Study" by Elena Malakhatka , Liridona Sopjani and Per Lundqvist

The research presented in the paper it was conducted by Elena Malakhatka within the framework of the ongoing project at KTH Live-In lab : Service layer design for pro-environmental behavior in the built environment

The scientific paper was published last week at the MDPI journals , in their Sustainability open access journa l as part of the Special Issue Innovation Management in Living Labs.

We want to congratulate all the three authors for a fantastic work and to have their paper published in such a great worldwide journal.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to synthesize the widely used theories about co-creation from two main perspectives: co-creation as an innovation process and co-creation as a design process applied to the service concept design in the built environment context. The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry do not have much application of end-user-oriented service design in general, especially with intensive co-creation processes. To facilitate such a process, we are using a living lab environment as a laboratorial model of the real built environment, but with the opportunity to have access to the end-users and different types of stakeholders. Using the KTH Live-in-Lab explorative case study, we were able to discuss the concept of co-creation by distinguishing between co-creation as innovation and co-creation as a design process, facilitating the process of co-creation of service concepts for the proposed built environment including methods from both perspectives: innovation and design, and evaluating the process of service concepts co-creation for the built environment from the point of innovation, knowledge transfer, sustainability, and user experience.

Read and download the full paper : Co-Creating Service Concepts for the Built Environment Based on the End-User’s Daily Activities Analysis: KTH Live-in-Lab Explorative Case Study (pdf 2.3 MB)

Elena Malakhatka : "This paper is a product of a collaborative work between several stakeholders of KTH Live-in-Lab and students, living there. The project was realised with the support of Swedish Energy Agency program 'Design for energy efficient everyday life'. "

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