The OBOS living lab

An entire apartment building in the centre of Oslo is the setting for a full-scale living lab, where our team of designers and innovation strategists work with OBOS and their partners. Using co-creation and experimentation, we’re gathering insights into how we might create a better and more sustainable way of living in the future.

The future of living

Exploring and improving concepts such as shared spaces, housing services, usage of smart technology, environmental and climate-friendly solutions, we're discovering opportunities that will help solve the key issues of the near future – such as increasing urbanisation, adjusting to climate change, mental health, new family structures and changes to our work life.

Solving these issues are key to adapting to a future with rapid urbanisation influenced by an ever increasing demand for society to become more sustainable. With this in mind, the work also centres on influencing policy makers and society in general on changing the perception around the future of living.

And that is why, what we can learn from people is at the centre of our work. And to this end, the full-scale experimentation has residents at the heart of everything we’re doing. To give insight into the future needs of humans, and to challenge and shape the mindset of tomorrow’s housing industry.

Through insights, co-creation and prototyping, OBOS have gained an understanding of how to optimistically push the boundaries that will unlock the future of living and the cities that will be shaped by this.