Dimensions 12_Vertical Mixed-Use and Circular Neighbourhoods: Ground Floors as Interfaces for Urban Circularity_Appendix

Appendix for the peer-reviewed article in Dimensions 12_ Circular Design for Transforming Cities _titled “Vertical Mixed-Use and Circular Neighbourhoods: Ground Floors as Interfaces for Urban Circularity.” The appendix contains structured comparative datasets and analytical matrices examining how vertical mixed-use, activated ground floors, and spatial interfaces support urban circularity and regenerative transformation. It includes (A) a literature-based framework of spatial and architectural instruments related to porosity, plinth typologies, adaptability, and ground-floor interfaces, (B) comparative case-study matrices of international housing and mixed-use projects (including MIO, Zwicky Süd, La Borda, Spreefeld, NovaCity, Zollhaus, Gleis 21, and Oderberger 56), (C) an adapted ReSOLVE-model evaluation framework linking circular economy principles to ground-floor programs and community infrastructures, and (D) a taxonomy of temporal and adaptive use strategies, including continued, intensified, multiple, and changing uses over time.