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The AgeingHood toolkit has been developed under the overarching AgeingHood project, emerged from the unique housing and livelihood needs of the older people of Klong Toey (KT), who often run small businesses from their own homes. It proposes ageing, housing and livelihood as interrelated aspects of the lives of older people in this area of Bangkok. This is a simple toolkit that provides a platform for everyone involved with the housing and livelihood needs of the people of KT to engage in meaningful dialogues around live–work housing options that will lead to long-lasting and acceptable solutions for all. It is the outcome of 12 months of co-production activities led by the older residents of KT, as well as community, professional and policy-making stakeholders. This toolkit is intuitive, and offers customisable live–work housing solutions to end users, depending on their personal circumstances, family size and occupation type.
by Karim Hadjri and Isaiah Durosaiye
key references:
Hadjri, K.; Durosaiye, I.; Samra, S.; Niennattrakul, Y.; Sinuraibhan, S.; Sattayakorn, S.; Wungpatcharapon, S. & Ramasoot, S. (2023). ‘Co-designing a housing and livelihood toolkit for low-income older people in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand’. CoDesign. Online. DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2023.2268596
Sattayakorn, S.; Sinuraibhan, S.; Ramasoot, S.; Wungpatcharapon, S.; Hadjri, K.; Durosaiye, I. & Huang, J. (2023). ‘Live-Work Interior Quality for Older People in Low-Income Housing in Bangkok’. Interiority, Volume 6, No. 2, pp. 225-248.
CASE STUDIES
Co-Design workshop as part of the AgeingHood project (AgeingHood research team)
The Housing Options provided by the AgeingHood toolkit (AgeingHood research team)
The front page of the AgeingHood Toolkit. (AgeingHood research team)
RESEARCH PROJECT
RESEARCH PROJECT
Protecting the livelihood of vulnerable residents in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand
PROJECT TEAM/ Author + Partners:
Hadjri, K.; Durosaiye, I.; Samra, S.; Niennattrakul, Y.; Sinuraibhan, S.; Sattayakorn, S.; Wungpatcharapon, S. & Ramasoot, S.
project summary & co-production approach
The aim of this project is to support a low-income people-led initiative as a result of a precarious housing situation they are facing, which is also threatening their welfare given that most residents and particularly older people depend on their housing for their livelihood. The goal is to address the threat of eviction of low-income residents in Klong Toey (KT), which is one of the largest low- income settlements in Bangkok; and to create a positive collaborative strength between low- income stakeholders, community organisations, policy-makers, and housing developers. It aims to contribute to improving governance structures in Bangkok that influence housing provision and redevelopment and resettlement solutions for low-income groups. This will be done by promoting and implementing bottom-up advocacy through architectural design research to develop a housing and livelihood toolkit, which provides a humane approach to managing unintended consequences of rehousing and resettlement policies in the Global South. The project will engage with all parties to co-produce housing and livelihood solutions including resettlement scenarios that guarantee community cohesion and fabric, adequate housing forms, and livelihood security.
methods for co-producing knowledge + co-design
Co-design was prominent in the project. The primary outputs are (i) live-work design options for KT community, and (ii) recommendations for alternatives to rehousing and resettlement. As part of this, low-income older people and other stakeholders were introduced to the concept and process of co-design, collaborative work and design toolkit development. Some co-design activities separated residents from other stakeholders to avoid low-income groups being influenced or undermined by other groups.
entanglements of justice in co-production and design
The primary output of this study is to co-produce a housing and livelihood toolkit for low-income live-work housing that sustains livelihood, and to provide redevelopment and relocation solutions through bottom-up advocacy. This project provided a significant contribution to the complex relationship between home and livelihood in challenging environments. Key outputs included capacity building, co-design and knowledge exchange workshops with local stakeholders in Bangkok.
references
Hadjri, K.; Durosaiye, I.; Samra, S.; Niennattrakul, Y.; Sinuraibhan, S.; Sattayakorn, S.; Wungpatcharapon, S. & Ramasoot, S. (2023). ‘Co-designing a housing and livelihood toolkit for low-income older people in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand’.
Sattayakorn, S.; Sinuraibhan, S.; Ramasoot, S.; Wungpatcharapon, S.; Hadjri, K.; Durosaiye, I. & Huang, J. (2023). ‘Live-Work Interior Quality for Older People in Low-Income Housing in Bangkok’. Interiority, Volume 6, No. 2, pp. 225-248.
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