Equipping placemakers to shape a thriving and equitable city
The built environment plays a crucial role in our overall happiness. We brought together industry experts to explore how urban design foster wellbeing as part of our Happy London project. Our Happy London panel event challenged conventional approaches to urban development by examining how thoughtful design and community engagement can … Read more
Beam Park is a new community created on the site of a former Ford car plant near Dagenham. As part of our Happy London project, we went to find out how wellbeing is being created through green space and community involvement. Our recent field trip took us to Beam Park, … Read more
More built environment professionals are keen to involve communities in the design and delivery of developments in a more meaningful way. Co-production is one way to do this as our new community engagement report shows. Co-production refers to the joint delivery of projects and services between community members and decision-makers. … Read more
For a lot of people working in the sector, the types of public-private partnership (PPPs) – JV, Development Led, Strategic Partnership – are still not clear. This session explored different types of PPPs available and give the audience a better idea of the ways in which the public and private sectors can collaborate to unlock more affordable housing.
On Thursday 30 June we launched our Rethinking Community Engagement programme, with an online roundtable featuring speakers from across the built environment sector – including grassroots community organisations.
We are drowning in debate over how we should meet for work, if and when people come in at all. Field trips are a great way to surface, and to share learning and power between stakeholders.
How can the built environment create community connections? Practical reflections from the online launch or our People, Place and Community report
Since the start of the pandemic people of all ages now spend more time outdoors – and the public realm has taken on a new significance in community life. As we look towards a post-pandemic future, this case study explores Thamesmead, the lessons we can learn from how communities have used outside spaces during lockdown and how landscape-led placemaking prioritises and strengthens community.
Since March 2020, the way we connect with each other has dramatically changed. But what influence does the built environment have? One day before the second UK lockdown came to an end, we explored the role of the built environment in fostering a sense of community.
Hear about the shifting connections between culture and place in this lively conversation with cultural strategist Aida Esposito, Southbank Centre’s Gillian Moore CBE and placemaking strategist and FoL alum Paul Augarde.
With 10 years of austerity followed by Grenfell, Brexit and now Covid-19, funding public projects may seem more daunting than ever. But there is potential. Read on…
At a Bartlett Real Estate Institute event with FoL involvement, panellists discussed possibilities for real estate over the next century. This Spotlight summarises the event.