INNOVATIONS FOR TACKLING POST-PANDEMIC RELATED CHALLENGES - A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TO DISCOVER NEW SOLUTIONS FOR HYBRID WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF 15-MINUTE CITIES

Anca DRAGHICI, Raluca VADUVA, Sebastian CAPOTESCU, Gabriela BANADUC, Diana ROBESCU

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Recently we have developed a public-private partnership initiative call: UrbanLink15’ which aims  to identify healthier lifestyles and sustainable facilities that support residents of economic, social, and environmental impact; The initiative focuses both on promoting hybrid work developed as a relationship between organizational workspaces, living spaces, and co-working spaces in the neighborhood, and the (re)connection with sustainable mobility solutions of the concept of ‘15 minute city’. The article presents the research results (a survey, two focus groups and solutions of application projects) achieved with the support of researchers, practitioners, and students from different specialties such as architecture, engineering, management, applied science organized in two main topics: (1) work relationships, living spaces within the framework of “15-minute city”; (2) alternative mobility through green-blue corridors and gardens. The discussion of the research results refers to the metropolitan area of Timisoara, Romania.


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