Navigating Conviviality and Co‐Viviality: Persons With Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems' Home Making in Residential Care

The conducts of the residents and support workers are not passive by-products of the building design but constitute active shaping of that living environment themselves by means of socio-spatial strategies. The strategies employed by residents are embedded within rules and structures established by professionals. These power dynamics within which 'home-making' takes shape are especially relevant when considering the transformation of residential care facilities and challenging prevailing institutional logics.