Innovating digital POE platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of co-production in Brazilian social housing

This paper deals with digital POE methods focusing on their reached potential in facilitating the face-to-face experiments demanded by project. Recognized as a set of and instruments applied environments during use, Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) can help manage project process, providing diagnoses recommendations that feed new projects interventions use. approaches have been continually restructured face environmental, social, economic especially technological demands. In early 2020, Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns quarantines made it challenging to continue apply traditional POE-based tools techniques. Simultaneously, MORA Housing Research Group was carrying out research city Uberlândia (Brazil) understanding relationship between incidence arboviruses case study social housing neighbourhood, occupants’ practices, built environment management, through POE. The distancing measures pandemic led team transform from hybrid ones, comprising physical co-produce durable solutions against dengue. work comprises five stage method using on-shelf platforms designing other 2 specifically for project’s purposes. By introducing digital/physical format, use networks messaging applications significantly reduced number necessary visits researchers neighbourhood 20 5 first work, saving lot time effort. were easy all users. Users reported finding pleasant participate activities digitally remote researchers. findings this indicate incorporation facilitate novel approach provides successful alternative standard processes are based participation.