Common Ground will seek to uncover and build upon the shared starting points that unite us. In an era of increasing societal division, it’s vital to recognise that connections still exist across our communities. A recent report from Britain’s Choice highlighted that “protecting our environment and acting on climate change concerns all of us… even if sometimes, we might use different words to describe why“
Common ground is not just an idea; it’s a tangible reality. The spaces we share, our neighbourhoods, towns, and cities, hold the potential to bring people together and foster collaborative action, enhancing lives and livelihoods for all.
Join us for this free co-design event in collaboration with Live Works and students and tutors from the University of Sheffield’s School of Architecture and Landscape, to discuss and create opportunities to develop shared visions for turning common ground into places for everyone to flourish.
Refreshments and informal networking from 6:00 for a prompt start at 6.30pm
This is a free event but places are limited. Booking will open in January.
About the series
WEdesign is The Glass-House’s annual series of free interactive public events, held online and in-person in cities across the UK, where we explore collaborative design in placemaking through discussion, debate and playful co-design activities.
Our online events create provocative spaces for conversation and are open to participants across the UK and further afield. Our Think Pieces bring together a series of blogs from a range of voices to explore the WEdesign series theme.
WEdesign in-person events are safe spaces for diverse audiences to come together to explore challenging issues and to work collaboratively to generate ideas and solutions, co-designing propositions for changes to culture, policy and practice through hands-on making activities, discussion and debate. These events are co-facilitated by students from our WEdesign Student Programme, in collaboration with our partner universities in cities across the UK.
WEdesign is supported by the Ove Arup Foundation.
Find out more and book a place at one of our WEdesign Sharing Place events here.
Visit our WEdesign page to find out more about the WEdesign Programme and how we work with partner universities, students and external contributors here.
