Transition by Design

Setting the standard for climate positive retrofits

Transition by Design demonstrates a model for turning houses in the UK into carbon positive homes fit for a sustainable…

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We are Transition by Design, a design collective at the junction of architecture, strategic design and social change.

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Projects

Our work is motivated by the belief that collaboration combined with good design can solve complex problems and improve the world we live in.

Blackbird Leys Community Centre Community Engagement

Transition by Design are appointed as the community engagement consultants for the new Blackbird Leys Community Centre. For the past…

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Transforming empty and underused spaces across the high streets of Oxfordshire

Meanwhile in Oxfordshire

In 2020, we became a project partner on the Meanwhile in Oxfordshire programme. A grant funded project led by Makespace…

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Hutchcomb Road

Transition by Design demonstrates a model for turning houses in the UK into carbon positive homes fit for a sustainable…

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Thame CLT

We're supporting residents of Thame to build their own Community-led housing.

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Open House

We transformed an empty shop into an urban room to keep the door open for conversations on housing.

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Floyds Row

We co-designed Oxford's newest homelessness accommodation with the people who would sleep there

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Sketchbook

Not all ideas find their way into reality; some never make it off the page. This is where you can explore our sketches – things we imagined but which never came to be.

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