Designing for Dignity 2: Accessible Homes
When we study design, we are taught the importance of the balance between form, function and feeling. Successful design achieves […]
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Posted on Jun 20, 2025
Learning from Community Anchor Organisations
Working with the Open University, we recently carried out a series of conversations with a group of place-based partners representing […]
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Posted on Jun 10, 2025
Exploring the Challenge of Sharing Learning & Resources
On 8 May we co-hosted an event with The Open University and Historic England for national bodies working with communities […]
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Posted on May 21, 2025
Sharing Leadership in Place
The date of 1 May carries with it a number of rich traditions and celebrations across cultures and centuries. Around […]
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Posted on May 1, 2025
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, […]
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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 […]
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Posted on Feb 5, 2025
What? in Housing
Last night, I attended a Negroni Housing Roundtable, part of the Negroni Talks Series at the Architectural Association School of […]
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Posted on Jan 29, 2025
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 […]
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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 […]
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Posted on Oct 29, 2024
Designing for Dignity & Independence
Last year, I helped my mother move into a new home. As a fiercely independent woman in her eighties, my […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Oct 1, 2024