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The study aims to understand how residents envision and adapt their living spaces to meet the changing needs throughout different life stages.

When life changes, space should too: participatory insights into designing for residential flexibility across life stages

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The study aims to understand how residents envision and adapt their living spaces to meet the changing needs throughout different life stages.
Conducted a participatory workshop with 80 participants using modular blocks to reconfigure living spaces.
Participants created layouts for various scenarios including shared living, marriage, family growth, work, and aging.
Utilized visual and thematic analyses to interpret the outcomes of the workshop.
Identified that flexibility in housing is a priority, especially during early and mid-life stages.
Reconfigurations focused on transforming bedrooms and workspaces to suit changing needs.
Discussions highlighted that residential adaptability is a user-defined phenomenon rather than a fixed concept.

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Participatory workshop explores residents' needs for flexible housing across life stages, suggesting design implications.

Rana et al. (2026) studied this question.

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