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Urban living labs: relationality between institutions and local circularity

Open Access
|Nov 2025

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Figure 1

Aerial view of the park in Hammarkullen, the location of Fixoteket marked in yellow.

Source: Daniel Rodriguez, 27 June 2024.

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Figure 2

The entrance of Fixoteket, located on the bottom floor of an apartment building.

Source: Pia Palo, 27 June 2024.

Table 1

Table showing participant affiliations and affiliation types.

PARTICIPANT IDINTERVIEWEDPARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPAFFILIATIONAFFILIATION TYPE
AIALIARCG
1xEmployee at Fixoteket and former resident of Hammarkullenxx
2xUniversity lecturer involved in Fixoteket student design projectsx
3xUniversity lecturer involved in Fixoteket student design projectsx
4xRepresentative from the municipality engaged in the Fixoteket pre-study and innovation projectx
5xArchitect and former student who was part of the Fixoteket design projectsx
6xUniversity lecturer involved in Fixoteket student design projects, with long engagement with Hammarkullenxx
7xxFormer employee at one of the schools in Hammarkullen, engaged in local associationsx
8xProject manager at the tenants associationx
9xxEmployee at Fixoteketx
10xxLocal resident, engaged in local associationsx
11xRepresentative from the municipal housing company Bostadsbolagetx
12xEmployee at the local youth clubx
13xRepresentative from the municipal housing company Bostadsbolaget, responsible for waste managementx
14xEmployee at the local youth clubx
15xEmployee at the local youth clubx
16xLocal resident, engaged in local associationsx
17xFormer university lecturer, with long term engagement in Hammarkullenx
18xEmployee at Fixoteket, and local residentx
19xTeacher at a local schoolx
20xLocal resident, engaged in local associationsx

[i] Notes: A = Academia: teaching staff and students from universities; IA = Institutional Actor: includes representatives from municipal government and publicly owned entities at the city level; LIA = Local Institutional Actor: publicly owned entities present in Hammarkullen, such as the local housing company; RCG = Resident and Community Groups: grassroots organizations, tenant associations, youth clubs, and other local civil society groups.

Table 2

The process of content analysis, from guiding themes to codes and new synthetic categories.

GUIDING THEMESCODESNEW CATEGORIES
SpaceSocial relations/connectionsSocial infrastructure
Strategic location
Collaborations
Productive frictions
Identity
MakingPhysical context
Access and action
Specific/ad-hoc space
Spatial relations/connections
System of spaces
GovernanceSetup of organisationSetup and functioning
Roles
Management
Local community collaborationsCollaboration
Partnerships
Identity and meaningRationale
Metrics
Foundations for trust
EventsTesting
Frictions
Experimentation and risk taking
InclusivitySocial value/functionShared identity
Identity and meaning
Foundations for trust
Collaborative learning processInclusive action
Working from the ground
Co-creation
Frictions
Engagement
Activation and experimentation
ScalabilityEmploymentStructuring
Potential for expansion/improvement
Metrics
Business development
Support systems
AwarenessCommunicating vision(s)
Communication and target groups
Finding shared visions
Synergies/networksNetworking
Programming with local resources/competences
Previous or existing collaborations
Potential for further connections
LearningsPedagogy
Process
Testing
Obstacles
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Figure 3

Overview of timeline, tracing connections between key events.

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Figure 4

Exterior view of container housing the wood workshop.

Source: Pia Palo, 27 June 2024.

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Figure 5

Interior view of the wood workshop.

Source: Marco Adelfio.

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Figure 6

Exterior view of the container for storage.

Source: Pia Palo, 27 June 2024.

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Figure 7

Aerial view showing the placement of the adapted containers.

Source: Daniel Rodriguez, 27 June 2024.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.629 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 14, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 7, 2025
Published on: Nov 13, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Pia Palo, Marco Adelfio, Jessica Lundin, Emilio Brandão, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.