Laboratory for Design and Machine Learning

Laboratory for Design and Machine Learning

The Home, the Household, and COVID-19

The Home, the Household, and COVID-19

Through an online questionnaire and in-depth interviews about the use and experience of the home in London during the coronavirus pandemic, this project investigates the impact of COVID-19 and national lockdowns on the satisfaction with existing housing design and quality and how this shapes future housing expectations.

London Housing: Policy, Regulation, and Typology

London Housing: Policy, Regulation, and Typology

A historical study of housing in London through housing acts, reports, manuals, design guidelines, policies, and regulations as well as the size, spatial organisation, and morphology of dwellings. It analyses what kinds of evidence-based spatial judgments exist and how they shape the design and provision of space in homes.

Spatial Design and Wellbeing in Shanghai’s Residential Communities

Spatial Design and Wellbeing in Shanghai’s Residential Communities

How can we measure and evaluate spatial quality and design through objective indicators and subjective experiences of wellbeing at both community and individual levels? In response to this question, we will develop culturally sensitive and contextual wellbeing measurements in relation to the built environment in China and test these in two pilot sites in Shanghai.

Small Sites: Heads2Gether

Small Sites: Heads2Gether

LDML worked pro bono with Heads2Gether Housing Co-op to develop a bid for the Small Sites, Small Builders programme run by the Greater London Authority, which makes small plots of publicly owned land available to small- and medium-sized builders to foster housing innovation.

Housing Design Guidelines, Regulatory Frameworks, and Policy

Housing Design Guidelines, Regulatory Frameworks, and Policy

This project examines the impact of quantitative and qualitative standards on housing design and in relation to housing design guidelines, regulatory frameworks, and policy, while asking what the role of social housing is today. Research includes a pilot study of three national contexts (UK, Chile, and China) and an initial international housing design survey.