Episode #67: Co-designing for Spatial Justice with Jane Wong, Lydia Toohey and Tom Greenall (DSDHA)

Podcast episode and companion blog post

This episode is a conversation with Jane, Lydia and Tom of architecture and urban design studio DSDHA. We discuss their research project 'Towards Spatial Justice: A guide for achieving meaningful participation in co-design processes'.

We explore what co-design really means, why it’s important and how they have applied co-design processes at their projects: White Horse Square in Wembley Park, London and the extension of the British Library.

Learn more about DSDHA here: Link

Download the Towards Spatial Justice research report here: Link

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Below are visuals of the projects we talk about in the podcast. Have a look while you listen.

Co-designing a public space at White Horse Square, Wembley Park

Plan of White Horse Square (Source: DSDHA)

White Horse Square - new planting and seating (Copyright: Chris Winter)

White Horse Square - public art that also helps with crowd control as people move to and from Wembley Stadium (Copyright: Dennis Gilbert / VIEW)

Some images of the co-design process with local residents. Note on the blackboard the comment "judgment free zone", which became a key design principle (Source: DSDHA)

British Library Extension

Isometric view of DSDHA’s British Library extension proposal (Source :DSDHA)

CGIs of the proposed British Library extension (Copyright: Miller Hare Ltd.)

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