Lessons from Minamisanriku: Houses or shops?
How can new housing be built in a way that ensures it is supported by local infrastructure? While in Minamisanriku, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 8, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: What does place mean to us?
Negotiating different personal and community associations with a building or place Minamisanriku is in many ways an idyllic setting, a […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 7, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Introduction
When I asked a survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Minamisanriku, Japan in June 2011 what we could […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 6, 2015
Urban governance: do current models support our ambitions for great places?
This blog post was first published on the Future of Cities blog run by Foresight Projects, part of the Government […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 20, 2015
Towards a more open dialogue around place
Recently many place organisations and institutions have met to discuss the desire for collective action and stewardship on place, prompted […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 8, 2014
How can we learn something from every experience with place?
The irony of it. The day after returning from our debate in Edinburgh exploring the relationship between place and health […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 4, 2013
£1 Homes – an initiative to applaud
It’s about time that we looked at more creative, small-scale interventions to improve neighbourhoods and bring our failing streets, towns […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Feb 27, 2013
The show’s over… let the legacy begin
Monday’s London parade marked the end of our Olympic summer. I think that all said, we Brits are pretty pleased […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 13, 2012
A crisis in housing and transport: what about placemaking?
Two news items caught my eye yesterday. One was the much commented on statement of Housing Minister Grant Shapps, that […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Aug 21, 2012
The National Planning Policy Framework and Community Led Design
Yesterday, the final version of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was released. I would like to draw attention […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Mar 28, 2012