Helping groups to rediscover their buildings through design training
Sometimes, when a community-based organisation is looking after a building, the challenges of the everyday can be overwhelming. This is […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 13, 2016
A clear vision and great design at St Michael and All Angels
One of the elements of our Empowering Design Practices project is to visit places of worship that have made physical […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Aug 2, 2016
We must be ambitious and dare to dream about the ideal: Dreaming Utopias in Bow
When people are asked to consider the future of their place, most often it is through a consultation exercise to […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 25, 2016
Triggering conversations about place: workshop at Paragon
Place is all around us. We interact with it both consciously and not. Our senses and emotions fire messages to […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 18, 2016
Delivering Homes Differently: Understanding community-led housing in high demand urban areas
On 16 March 2016, the day that George Osbourne made a budget announcement of £60 million pounds for community-led housing, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 18, 2016
Celebrate great design in your area: Civic Voice Design Awards
The Civic Voice Design Awards 2016 are now open for applications and I would strongly encourage communities across England to […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jan 6, 2016
People, place and policy: our evidence to the House of Lords
On 11 November, I gave oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on National Policy for the Built […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Dec 8, 2015
Collaboration for Innovation in Place – a breakfast workshop
The Glass-House believes that collaboration in placemaking can significantly improve the quality of places and how people interact with them. […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 7, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Iryado
Places that support, teach and empower Following the tsunami, there was an outpouring of support with volunteers arriving from other […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 20, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Octopus-Kun – a place to craft
The power of activity and enterprise Following the tsunami, one of the biggest challenges for local people, particularly those whose […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 18, 2015