Lucy Warin

Past Member & Employee

Lucy previously worked as a researcher and designer working to get more people, particularly marginalised groups, involved in shaping where they live. Lucy’s skills during her time were in placemaking, community engagement and participatory design and her work at Transition by Design focuses on housing and homelessness.

At Transition by Design Lucy led Homemaker Oxford, a grant-funded action research programme looking at how empty and underused space might help tackle housing need in Oxford. She led the Open House project. Lucy worked closely with the architecture team to develop research-informed, and participatory build projects, most notably the design of Floyds Row, Oxford's accommodation and assessment hub for people rough sleeping. You can find out more about what Lucy is currently up to via her Twitter below.

Research

Homemaker 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.

Writing

The Planning Bill puts citizen-led design on the table, but it’s up to us as architects and designers to make sure it means something.

Architects, designers, and other built-environment professionals can play a crucial role in supporting street referendums and design codes. To help others do this well, we’ve put together seven guiding principles for supporting meaningful citizen-led design.

Research

'Nobody needs to feel like a spare part'

What one room taught us about community, civic space, and collective action on Oxford’s broken housing system.

Writing

Five Ideas to tackle housing need in Oxford during, and beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic

As charities predict a wave of homelessness as a result of Coronavirus, what might Oxford do to tackle housing need during and beyond the pandemic?

Writing

Does a home ‘solve’ homelessness?

Homemaker Oxford is one of our newest initiatives at Transition by Design, a three-year piece of action research exploring housing…