Living Retrofitting Urbanism is an AA Landscape Urbanism Design Thesis 2021-22 by Xueyu Wang, Yueshan Zhu, Yu Zhang project based on a Green New Deal policy to address climate change and CO2 emissions under a Retrofit Revolution. The research identifies the potential for retrofitting using living materials such as straw. Using the Community Wealth Building concept as a basis, we have developed our proposals following advice from retrofits and living materials organisations such as StrawBale United Kingdom and Natural Building United Kingdom and interviews with residents. Living Retrofitting Urbanism proposes a housing retrofitting strategy that prioritizes the use of living materials and accessible low-tech in the historical neighbourhood of Harehills in Leeds which aims to 'retrofit' people’s life and advocate people living in a 'retrofitting' world.
