Building affordable housing in Thame with the people who will live there.
We're supporting residents of Thame to build their own Community-led housing.
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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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Our work is motivated by the belief that collaboration combined with good design can solve complex problems and improve the world we live in.
Makespace Oxford
We're transforming empty and underused space in Oxford into hubs for co-operatives, social enterprise and community organisations.
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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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The Paper Mill
We're finding better ways to do housing in one of the UK's least affordable cities.
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Manor Farm
We added a contemporary ecological extension to a listed Georgian building, harmonising natural materials and low energy design.
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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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Doing meanwhile well: How to create effective and impactful temporary use
Doing meanwhile well: How to create effective and impactful temporary use
Read moreHomemaker Oxford - how could empty and underused spaces in the city help us tackle extreme housing need?
We've spent the past four years looking into innovative and community-led solutions for Oxford's housing crisis. Here's what we've learnt.
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Have your say! Oxford City Council & Transition by Design holds upcoming community engagement events for the Blackbird Leys Community Centre Redevelopment
Oxford City Council, together with Transition by Design (local community engagement specialists), are excited to share about upcoming community engagement…
Read moreWant to help shape the future Blackbird Leys Community Centre?
Join the Leys’ Community Review Panel Want to help shape the future design of the Blackbird Leys Community Centre? We…
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