URBAN DESIGN, PLANNING AND REGENERATION

Collaborative strategies for change:

Urban design and community co-design for equitable, inclusive places

Get in Touch
Visit Archive

Understanding local knowledge

Gathering stories and perspectives at a granular level through initial scoping and street interviews to inform briefs and map starting points.

Building Trust & Co-design

Designing and hosting locally focused events, citizens forums, and design charrettes to put local knowledge at the heart of change.

Iterative Strategic Delivery

Devising tools and processes that enable communities to meaningfully contribute to design decision-making and ensure change is shaped by lived experience.

I have had the pleasure of working with Jennie on a number of projects on making urban green space welcoming and accessible for all. Jennie is a brilliant designer and collaborator. I have been impressed and inspired by her commitment to inclusive design, community engagement, and working well in partnership.
Professor Alison Blunt,
Queen Mary University of London
Working with Jennie was a very rewarding experience. Her creative thinking, commitment to issues of well-being and social justice and determination to make a positive impact on society were inspiring. She is a brilliant collaborator - a good listener and sensitive yet persuasive communicator - who ensures the whole team gets things done.
Professor Alastair Owens
Professor of Historical Geography
Jennie delivered an exceptional interdisciplinary piece of research into gender inclusive design. This project is trailblazing in drawing attention to this hugely important issue, in a locally specific way – with simple real world practical proposals that can lead to change that has tangible positive impacts on the lives of women in Tower Hamlets.
Natalya Palit
Tower Hamlets
“Jennie carried out a highly consultative placemaking and spatial design exercise for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, producing a compelling and inspiring book - Future Stories: Tales from BCP Future Lab. With flair and conviction Jennie showed how we can reimagine our town centres, putting people and culture at their heart, and how we could put this into practice.”
Micheal Spender
Head of Culture
“Over the time I have been lucky enough to know and work with Jennie, she worked tirelessly as the lead creator, author and exhibition designer for the BCP Future Lab project, a collaborative design project to re-imagine Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole town centres post pandemic. This was an action research project which she led through a public consultation programme that ranged from approaching strangers in bus stops to recording vox pop audio, devising and leading workshops and walks with the public, and working with local schools and universities. The incredible findings of this research were used to devise five key principles that indicate a necessary change in culture around town centres and a series of designs that suggest site specific interventions. She has proved to me the effectiveness of engagement techniques in creating public spaces, and inspired me too.”
Amelia Rose
Planner
“Jennie ran a great project I produced called Peveril Gardens, in Southwark in London where her early work with audiences, in particular, residents was formative in the thinking of the project and its final form. Jennie is incredibly hardworking. She possesses impressive engagement skills, and works closely with communities. She is a true team player, and always fosters positive discussions and is a dedicated and knowledgeable person who I would comfortably recommend.”
Aldo Rinaldi
Pevril Gardens
“Jennie ran a great project I produced called Peveril Gardens, in Southwark in London where her early work with audiences, in particular, residents was formative in the thinking of the project and its final form. Jennie is incredibly hardworking. She possesses impressive engagement skills, and works closely with communities. She is a true team player, and always fosters positive discussions and is a dedicated and knowledgeable person who I would comfortably recommend.”
Aldo Rinaldi
Pevril Gardens
“Jennie ran a great project I produced called Peveril Gardens, in Southwark in London where her early work with audiences, in particular, residents was formative in the thinking of the project and its final form. Jennie is incredibly hardworking. She possesses impressive engagement skills, and works closely with communities. She is a true team player, and always fosters positive discussions and is a dedicated and knowledgeable person who I would comfortably recommend.”
Aldo Rinaldi
Pevril Gardens

People shape places. And places shape people.

Co-production is the process of listening to peoples’ stories and understanding shared aspirations at a granular level, and the practice of working collaboratively with non-designers to create solutions, share idea generation, design, and decision-making tools. When people have agency to shape places, there are better outcomes for communities.

Planning and Place Shaping

Gender Inclusive Design Framework.

Working in London Borough Tower Hamlets Plan Making team I used partcipatory engagament and research methods to co-design an evidence base with over 500 women and girls from the borough.

Planning and Place Shaping

Creating green spaces for all 2025

The purpose of this project was to test the design guidance and invest in micro projects to explore the benefits and barriers to adopting the inclusive design framework.

Planning and Place Shaping

Queens Park Healthy Homes Forum 2026

How can listed, Victorian homes be made warmer in winter and cooler in summer, reduce damp and mould, without losing the character of the conservation area, and being mindful of the mixed tenures of residents that live there?

View Archive Case Studies
"I think the workshop sessions were remarkably productive in terms of the energy they generated, and the commitment of the people who attended and really got involved, and actually share their opinions and try and come up with positive things to say"
Resident interview,
Queens Park Retrofit project
image 1
Screenshot_2026-03-13_at_15.49.53-removebg-preview 1
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.50.32 1
image 9
image 8
image 7
image 6
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.21.30
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.22.02
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.22.50
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.36.35
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.37.14
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.37.46
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.40.26
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.41.03
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.41.58
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.42.28
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.43.07
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.43.52
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.44.21
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.44.59
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.45.36
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.49.18
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.52.14
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.52.57
Screenshot 2026-03-13 at 15.53.28

Let’s get in touch

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Get in Touch