The aim of this paper is to assess how values are set through co-design and translated into a housing project. To do so, we develop an analytical framework to conduct a longitudinal single case-study that traces back the co-design process of the resident-led housing cooperative 'La Borda', in Barcelona. Our findings shed light on how co-design unfolds and uncover trade-offs carried out to overcome tensions mostly between individual and collective demands, and between building costs and quality. The Supplementary File includes the complete dataset of the textual excerpts of the reviewed documents that was used to conduct the analysis.
Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (grant code SFRH/BD/136257/2018).