All community engagement articles
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News
New proposals aim to transform Bournville’s underutilised heritage spaces
Proposed developments include a community-led cohousing scheme and a new 112-room hotel
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News
LDA and Matt+Fiona collaborate with youth group on HS2 ‘meanwhile use’ community garden
Local youth take centre stage in designing a new community garden near Euston Station
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Features
How Essex teenagers are shaping their community with a little help from MATT+FIONA
Mary Richardson went to meet a group of young people in Colchester whose ‘inspirational’ input is helping shape the design of a new garden village. They spoke about the innovative ways they are being empowered to contribute to this new community with support from young peoples’ placemaking champions MATT+FIONA.
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Opinion
To shift from a NIMBY to YIMBY spirit, we need to stop framing development as a battleground
Achieving the UK’s housing and net zero goals demands inclusive community engagement and innovative, cooperative planning, not divisive rhetoric, writes Ed Houghton
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Opinion
How the Architecture for Kids podcast is empowering young people and educators
A new podcast series explores the growing consensus around the need to engage young people in the built environment, writes Antonio Capelao
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Opinion
Community engagement and co-design: it’s our duty, not a luxury
We need to make community engagement and co-design core to what we do as designers, writes Simone de Gale