Healthy Home was an Interdisciplinary Summer School that invited students (graduation, master and doctoral), citizens, technicians and local organisations to contribute to this debate with their knowledge and experience.

The aim of this workshop was to explore a healthy corridor for Coimbra, co-created with the local community of Eiras, by testing and improving the methodologies developed by the URBiNAT partners. In this sense, we challenged participants to develop processes and products that can transform the healthy corridor into a healthy home connecting Relvinha, Ingote and Bolão social housing with Choupal natural park.

This workshop was based on the experience of CASA Architectural Design Workshop that has been organised by University of Coimbra, namely by its Department of Architecture. In this edition CASA (HOME) opened the architectural design to other forms of knowledge that need to dialogue in the public space, such as social sciences, environmental sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary approach is a field of opportunity to develop critical perspectives on the way of thinking and doing inclusive urban regeneration.

Healthy Home Workshop was held in Eiras, the north district of Coimbra, taking advantage of the dialogue with the local community that is already active through several projects, as Bairros Saudáveis. Students, citizens, technicians and local organisations were invited to attend studio activities, training sessions, visits to the intervention area and local associations and conference with keynote speakers. Tutors were members of URBiNAT project and experts from different fields invited to support the teams.