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The Hive: Permanent Placemaking Returns Unloved Land to the Community

When an alleyway became too undesirable to even walk through, play and tactical interventions helped residents address their neighbourhood’s trauma and reclaim the...

Dialogue & Redesign: How Business is Booming Again on Leyton’s High Streets

It took just months to spruce up High Road Leyton, once again filling what was a declining town centre with businesses, people, and...

Dignity by Design: How Kitty’s Laundrette is Reviving Anfield’s High Street

Faced with a decimated high street, residents of an Anfield neighbourhood created a community hub, reviving much needed services, decent jobs, and social...

CityChangers

CityChanger Deborah Saunt: Decent City-making with Social Value

Co-founder of DSDHA, Deborah Saunt, explains how social value optimises the investment in public spaces, and why redevelopment projects are improved by random conversations. When Deborah Saunt was asked to design a landmark building for South Molton Street in London,...

CityChanger Siobhan Burger: How to Lead Social Design for a Better Future

The cities we build today will still be standing for generations to come, so we need to anticipate how these will form the physical and social infrastructures people need in the future. Siobhan Burger explains how to achieve that...

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