We have spent the last few years researching community design and engagement, gender mainstreaming in planning, and feminist design principles as a grounding to our current projects.
Commonplace
May 2022
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Jan 2023
Our Commonplace platform will be inputted with information by the general public from 13th May - 13th August. After this time, we will be analysing this data and beginning to select possible sites.
Community interaction
Jan 2023
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May 2023
We will begin further, localised community engagement workshops, surveying, etc with a combination of both organised and ad-hoc methodologies.
Sketch Designs
May 2023
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Sept 2023
The design guide will be developed based on the community engagement, and we will have initial design principles that can be incorporated within the legislative parameters of historic environments in Scotland. Final community workshopping exercises will take place utilising sketch design proposals.
Exhibition and publication
Sept 2023
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Nov 2023
The final exhibition and design guide will be prepared and marketed across the UK. We have pencilled November as an indicative date for the final exhibition and public distribution of the design guide in Leith, with further notes on community representation being taken during the exhibition.
Ongoing work
Nov 2023
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onwards
We will continue our work on striving for gender inclusivity and accessibility within the built environment through further projects. Updates on our work will be found on the HerCollective website.