Delta Project, Towards a Sustainable Campus

Abstract

The University of Guayaquil, which shares the same name as the city where it is located, faces the challenge of transforming its image for the XXI century. It was deemed necessary to identify details about the urban evolution of the historic link with the city, in relation to the changes produced by the project’s siting and its direct area of influence. The goal is to integrate the main university campus within a framework which guarantees sustainability and allows innovation in the living lab. To achieve this, the action research method was applied, focused on participation and the logic framework. For the diagnosis, proposal, and management model, integrated working groups were organized with internal users such as professors, students, and university authorities, and external actors such as residents, the local business community, Guayaquil city council, and the Governorate of Guayas. As result of the diagnosis, six different analysis dimensions were established which correspond to the new urban agenda for the future campus: compactness, inclusiveness, resilience, sustainability, safety and participation. As a proposal, the urban design integrates the analysis dimensions whose financing and execution are given by the Town Hall, at the same time the Governorate integrates the campus with its network of community police headquarters.

Evaluation of the urban living lab in HEIs towards education for sustainable development (E-ULL-HEIs)

“…The representation of the indicators through a radial diagram makes it easier to visualize the strengths and weaknesses of the (Hugo et al, 2018) project. Up to two projects can be represented unambiguously.…”

“…Participants and Stakeholders Involvement: Each case involves stakeholders such as students, academics, businesses, local governments and citizens. Multi-stakeholder collaboration is a constant, as in the Delta Project in Guayaquil and CLEVER Cities in Milan, although managing differences remains a challenge(Hugo et al, 2018;Mahmoud and Morello, 2021). 3.…”

Innovation Spaces as Drivers of Eco-innovations Supporting the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

“…A large part of the literature considers that the living lab approach, when developed at the university level, can play an important role in the transition toward more sustainable development. IS (in particular living labs) are defined here as university campuses adopting this approach (Cianfrani et al, 2018;Favaloro et al, 2019;Hansen, 2017;Hua, 2013;Hugo et al, 2018 2019; Kilkiş, 2017;Lindstrom, Middlecamp, 2017;Pantaleão, Cortese, 2018). When university campuses are transformed into living labs (which some authors call "student living labs") (Cooper, Gorman, 2018;Jernsand, 2019), they become supportive environments for experimental learning in real-life situations.…”

Sürdürülebilir Kampüs için Kent Mobilyası Tasarımı: Bir Stüdyo Deneyimi

“…Kısaca sürdürülebilirlik; değişikliğe ihtiyaç duymaksızın bir durumun devam ettirilebilmesidir (Aras 2019). Son yıllarda, sürdürülebilirlik; dayanıklılık ve dönüşüm, kentleşme ve çevresel değişimin ortaya çıkardığı bir dizi zorluğu yanıtlamayı amaçlayan temel bir kavram haline gelmiştir (Hugo et al 2018). Sürdürülebilirlik için yaygın olarak kullanılan alternatif terimler arasında koruma, devamlılık, kurumsallaştırma, rutinleştirme ve dayanıklılık bulunur (Moore et al 2017).…”