The key objective is to create new opportunities andbetter chances of employment for the final users of the proposal’s outputs as a tool for recovery from the COVID 19 andthe associated economic crisis. The primary target groups are-1a: unemployed engineers, students and graduates ofseveral University departments such as building engineers, forestry engineers, materials engineers or engineers whoneed to reskill themselves getting familiarized with a totally different method design-wise and construction-wise, 1b:craftsmen and technicians from the construction sector who can adapt themselves to a fresh-sustainable approach onhow to create a structure with respect to a sustainable holistic approach. The secondary target groups are Regional and national agencies of public protection, construction business associations, other educational institutes and trainingcentres and policymakers. This scheme is expected to match public bodies, companies and the University's expectations with regard to learning process outcomes, considering short- and long-term sustainable planning, common business and academic language.
The core idea of the HOPE was to approach the basic principles of sustainability and focus on sustainabledesign with regard to constructing a modular house for several and different needs. This was translated into viableengineering by adapting Τechnologies, processes and materials towards a smart use of natural resources as well asresidue materials or reused ones. The idea was to firstly identify natural materials and by-products (I.e. wood products andwood residues) with limited potentials up to now, which may be used as a raw material for constructing off-site buildingunits. The sustainable design principles expected to be implemented in creating pathways towards exploiting suchmaterials and finally “upcycling” them into a useful new modular product/unit. The most critical part of this project was totake under consideration all these parameters (design wise and material wise) which will allow to disassembly of all thesemodular units after the end of its use with the ability to further reuse those in a future project with the least possible non-reusable percentage of this primary modular unit. The main need to be addressed regarding this project is the reskillingand/or upskilling of the final users of the outputs.