Inclusive design and sustainable public spaces

In a post covid world, there is renewed interest in providing public space that rethinks collective care and human vulnerability, through enabling equitable support for all our neuro- and bio-diversity.

Co designing and inclusive engagement with local and under-represented communities, disabled and non-disabled young people, creative organisations and artists is vital to inform how diverse people experience and interact with publicly accessible spaces. By implementing alternative ways of working that are inclusive from the start, alongside sustainability, we can deliver positive changes and create places that are inviting to all.

Jay Ahluwalia, Principal Director at Dominus will introduce 65 Crutched Friars scheme in within which the Migration Museum will permanently be rehomed in the City. Lauren Parker, Head of Creative Partnerships at the Museum of London will tell us more about the engagement and partnership work being done in advance of the museum relocation in Smithfield area. Tiziana di Ronco, Director at Re-Fabricate, and Poppy Levinson, Architectural Assistant at DSDHA and part of the DisOrdinary Architecture Project, will present their work on the ‘Co-designing Equity in the Public Realm’ installation to be delivered in Postman Park in June 2023 as part of the London Design Festival.