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REGEN: Applied Science for a Regenerative Built Environment
“This program outline offers a blueprint for how cross-sector collaboration can move the construction industry from resource extraction to regenerative systems.”
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The Really Regenerative Centre: Building Regional Resilience in Sussex
The Really Regenerative Centre is a Sussex-based backbone organization and learning hub dedicated to place-based regenerative development and regional resilience.
- Connects 'local essence' to a vision of interconnected global learning centers inspired by systems thinker Donella Meadows.
- Operationalizes regeneration through three scales of work: Self (inner development), Place (stakeholders), and System (the whole bioregion).
REPORT / 2026
Vol. 02
Regenerative Building: Examples, Processes, and Narratives from an Ongoing Paradigm Shift
The first in a three-part series, this report provides a literature review of the term 'regenerative building' and its core principles. It explores methods for quantifying regenerative approaches and presents a long-list of over 50 innovative international projects.
- Regenerative design demands a shift from a mechanistic, harm-reduction mindset to an ecological worldview focused on co-evolution with nature.
- Effective practice is place-based, working with nested living systems (site, community, bioregion) to realize a location's unique potential.
REPORT / 2025
Vol. 03
Co-making and Prototyping Community Housing Futures
A research report on a Living Lab in Bridport, UK, exploring how rural communities can use digital fabrication and local materials like hemp and ash timber to build affordable, community-led housing.
- Digital fabrication often relies on imported standardized materials, but 'automation-in-place' adapts these tools to local, raw timber and agricultural bypass.
- The 'Living Lab' model at Denhay Farm enables residents and builders to prototype building elements together, bridging the digital skills gap in rural areas.
REPORT / 2025
Vol. 04
Doughnut for Urban Development: A Manual
A guide for applying Doughnut Economics to urban development projects. It provides a framework for steering the building industry towards a safe and just space for humanity, respecting both social needs and planetary boundaries.
- Adapts Doughnut Economics for the building industry, using four lenses: local-social, local-ecological, global-social, and global-ecological.
- Outlines a social foundation with 48 impact areas (24 local, 24 global) across categories of Connected, Inclusive, Equitable, and Responsible.
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