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Community engagement partnerships and projects have gained momentum in built environment and design fields, and the potential is great for interior architecture to engage with the community in the context of social sustainability. However, there is little knowledge in the field of how to go about it. Hence there is a need to explore suitable frameworks and methods. Using case studies and reflection on 30 years of practice, I argue that the interior architecture community, using core knowledge, can enrich and open up opportunities for other communities, and it is imperative to let communities, stakeholders, and other fields know what interior architecture can contribute to the public good. This chapter offers insights on how we may integrate community engagement into interior architecture education, internship and interior practice. And how we can take action to develop structures, methods and case studies, so that knowledge-action opportunities are built.
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Lommerse, M. (2014). Working Together: Interior Architecture Creating with the Community. In: Smith, D., Lommerse, M., Metcalfe, P. (eds) Perspectives on Social Sustainability and Interior Architecture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-39-2_2
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