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CAVIAR Quality of Life in Architecture research group is made up of teaching and research staff from the Architecture Department of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). It was established in 2006, supported by the structure of the new Master “Sustainable Construction and Energy Efficiency”, which was started in collaboration with the Environmental Resource Centre “Cristinaenea” (San Sebastian City Council). In 2015, recognition as an Integrated Group in the Basque Research System by the Basque Government was obtained for the first time.

The group addresses, from the field of Architecture, one of the EU’s priorities and distinctive areas, included in the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP): Quality of Life. It places particular emphasis on the social responsibility of the actors involved in the creative-constructive process and on the need to articulate an interactive dialogue with users. Thus, human perception is brought back to the forefront of development and research activities. For this reason, the research areas of the group have been linked through three cross-cutting focus areas linked to people, the environment and efficient management.

The construction processes and the methods of management and intervention in the urban territory, which constitute the material object of our research, have a significant impact on the environment, on the saving of natural resources, on the preservation of ecosystems, on the city and on the quality of life of all its inhabitants. The concept of sustainability must be adapted to people’s needs, in the quest for continuous improvement of their quality of life.

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