Making the Case for Caretakers
One of the roles that seems to have become increasingly rare over recent years, particularly in the context of housing, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 12, 2025
Planting Seeds for Sharing Place
Our upcoming in-person events that form part of our 2024/25 WEdesign series, Sharing Place, are spaces for people to get […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 5, 2025
Sharing Place: Think Piece by Sophia de Sousa
This is the first in our series of Sharing Place Think Pieces, part of The Glass-House 2024/25 WEdesign event series […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jan 31, 2025
What? in Housing
Last night, I attended a Negroni Housing Roundtable, part of the Negroni Talks Series at the Architectural Association School of […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Jan 29, 2025
A New International Participatory Charter
The UN Habitat Professionals Forum (HPF) recently launched The International Participatory Charter for Urban and Territorial Development to deliver the […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 19, 2024
Glass-House Chats: Should we build less and reuse more in placemaking?
In this month’s chat we explored the delicate balance between reuse, refurbishment and new build.
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 18, 2024
Co-production & Community Engagement
Last week, I went to a thought-provoking event, How Co-production Creates Better Places, organised by Future of London (FoL). The […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 12, 2024
The Third Sector, Higher Education & Collaborative Research
Universities and other research institutions are increasingly interested in working with community and voluntary sector partners through research. Many are […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 29, 2024
Sharing Findings from our Cross-pollination Research Project
On 9 October, we took part in the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Policy Brief session, Cross-sector Collaboration and […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 14, 2024
Co-design, Cohousing & Community Building
Last week, The Glass-House team ran a workshop along with our strategic partner the Open University Design Group, at the […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 8, 2024