STARHAUS is moving forward from the DIY4U project (H2020). STARHAUS is in the process of designing, testing and validating 8 new hardware module prototypes for the existing DIY4U Manufacturing Demonstration Facilities (MDFs), to manufacture newly designed products for personalized fast-moving consumer goods. The project is focusing on 4 new use-cases: pet food, fertilizers, beverage, breakfast cereals. STARHAUS is adapting technologies and designing new services and processes in an interdisciplinary approach that involves: human centered design, social science impact and indicators, full technology cycle (hardware + software), creativity and arts, circularity and sustainability. The focus is on sustainability and circularity, enabling the growth of efficient, effective, sustainable and stakeholder-aligned manufacturing methods through re-use, adapt, re-design and repurpose existing technologies as a value for the larger community.
The project is inspired by the New European Bauhaus, paying particular attention to regenerative design and regenerative and value-added manufacturing and adopting a Human-centric and participatory approach, with contributions from Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), the project is promoting collaborative models between domain experts, artists, and technology providers. Improved access to flexible production capabilities in decentralised environments, especially for SMEs is being ensured by FSTP and accurate promotion of collaborative models with domain experts, artists and technology providers.
The STARHAUS approach is leveraging creativity in interdisciplinary and artistic disciplines and offer a process model towards viable solutions. STARHAUS is focusing on delivering an impact inside modern consumer communities to propagate behavioral and technological changes that can reshape our lives. The consumption habits of modern consumers must be changed to adopt healthy and sustainable solutions that can be achieved at affordable prices without compromising quality.
