ABSTRACT

In this chapter, the authors consider integration of people with the aim of sustainable wellbeing in the production of built assets that they will call future cities. Future cities aim to counter traditional manifestations of class as linked to power and culture. Future cities involve a collaborative and systemic way of thinking that aims to interconnect physical, social and virtual subsystems so that they operate in a more efficient and sustainable way and improve citizens’ quality of life. Wellbeing is a measure of the experience of the user, the community and generations to come. In terms of future generations, wellbeing can be about maintaining the value of materials used in construction by becoming aware of the principles of the circular economy. In the construction of the Andover North Site Redevelopment, the objective of the client was to ensure that value and flexibility to change were incorporated as a result of providing a team environment that shared risk equitably.