URBAN DESIGN, PLANNING AND REGENERATION

Collaborative strategies for change:

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

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Understanding local knowledge

Gathering stories and local insight at street level to map starting points and understand the project scope.

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.

She's the kind of collaborator who sparks creativity, gives others the confidence to step forward and is able to have fun while engaging in what is fundamentally serious work. And, crucially, she gets the job done."
Simon Wickes
The Planner Magazine
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
“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 has a mind that goes sideways and a momentum that goes forward, it’s a brilliant combination. It means that projects she works on get the benefit of her huge imagination coupled with the knack of turning expansive ideas into practical ways forward. Plus, she makes very human connections with everyone, which is a real gift to any project."
Anna Odedun
Head of Wilder Communities
“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.

Empowered communities create socially prosperous places that include everyone.

Planning and Place Shaping

Gender Inclusive Design Framework (2024)

The Gender Inclusive Design framework is a co-produced document that provides practical steps to delivering welcoming and inclusive places.

Planning and Place Shaping

Creating Green Spaces For All (2025)

This was an action research project which funded four pilot projects to test inclusive design principles and highlight the value of co-designing parks and green spaces.

Planning and Place Shaping

Queens Park Healthy Homes Forum (2026)

The Queens Park Healthy Homes forum was a citizens panel set up to look at how listed, Victorian homes can be made warmer in winter and cooler in summer, reduce damp and mould, without losing the character of a conservation area and being mindful of the mixed tenure.

Planning and Place Shaping

Gender Inclusive Design Evidence Base (2023)

‘This Is For The Majority’  evidences the experience of over 500 women and girls in London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The document makes recommendations about how to create welcoming, socially prosperous places that feel safer because they are informed by gender disaggregated data and first person, lived experience.

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"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
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Let’s get in touch

Please drop me a line if you would like to get started on a  co-design project. I work on projects at all scale and collaborate in place shaping teams. 

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