As we continue to shape our places, we are faced with the huge challenge of balancing our personal needs, the collective needs of our communities and those of our increasingly fragile planet.

The Glasshouse WeDesign series aims to identify and explore the opportunities and synergies that exist when we strive to balance people, place and planet in placemaking.

How can we think differently about how we shape our places? How can we collaborate more through design and placemaking to value and respect people, place and planet equally?

The final year thesis work at the Mackintosh School of Architecture uses the year theme of ‘The Ethical City’, to engage the student in debates around the role of architects and architecture in addressing concerns facing the city, such as sustainability, inclusivity, social cohesion and community resources, and how the city facilitates and nurtures society.

Using the Co Design event as a vehicle to explore conversations out with the academic studio and as a methodology and tool of community engagement, we ask the question:

With the ongoing threat of pandemics, artificial intelligence, food + energy insecurity, the Climate Emergency and political upheaval across the globe (manifest in direct action, strikes and outright rebellion from ordinarily placid populations), we are asking the question, what does this mean for the current city and the future of cities? Ethical decision making, processes relating to people, place + planet, and the choices that we make can no longer be separated from architectural design.

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