Co-design as an Ecological Champion
What is Co-design? From my experience working at The Glass-House, I understand co-design as a method and tool whereby groups […]
Jake Stephenson-Bartley
Posted on Nov 10, 2023
Co-designing Place Quality and Place Equity
Back in 2007, The Glass-House produced a series of postcards aimed at stimulating discussion around what we saw as inequities […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Sep 26, 2023
Celebrating a Decade of Strategic Partnership with The Open University
Last month, I had the immense pleasure of watching my long-time collaborator and now dear friend, Professor Theodore Zamenopoulous, give […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 10, 2023
Exploring Community Design Groups & Review Panels
In the fourth blog of this series, we explore the differences between scheme-based vs place-based conversations.
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Dec 15, 2022
Scheme-based vs Place-based Conversations
In the fourth blog of this series, we explore the differences between scheme-based vs place-based conversations.
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Dec 8, 2022
Building an Infrastructure for Collaboration
The notion of an ‘infrastructure for collaboration’ is not a new idea, and came into the ethos of The Glass-House […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Dec 1, 2022
The Role of Effective Community Design Engagement Strategies
Setting a design engagement strategy starts with a commitment to investing sufficient time, research, conversations and planning to explore and […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 24, 2022
Unpicking Design Engagement
What The Glass-House refers to as “design engagement” is often quite different from the standard consultation we see on most […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 17, 2022
Engaging Communities in Design Decision Making
In the past few months, we’ve had some interesting conversations within communities, with local authorities, with designers and a range […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on Nov 10, 2022
Working with an Ethic of Care
Opinion piece Having worked at The Glass-House for a while now and having built my confidence and familiarity with The […]
Jake Stephenson-Bartley
Posted on Jun 21, 2022