St Luke’s, Oxford

Documenting community led design with Empowering Design Practices

I have been working with the Empowering Design Practices team since 2016 on the research around community led design in places of worship. It's a fascinating project looking at how historic places of worship can be use as a catalyst for connecting communities.

In 2019 I was commissioned to make three case-study films on places of worship that had successfully re-designed their space, involved the community, and were now thriving as a result. It was incredible to see such brilliant projects flourishing up and down the country.

St Luke’s completed a project to develop their church in 2014 creating a space that effectively serves worshiping needs alongside offering a variety of activities and services for the wider local community. This film tells the story of the design process, and how the community helped change the proposed development.

September - November 2019