As the government starts looking towards life after lockdown, local and city authorities are developing plans for recovery, set to dominate the agenda for several years, and practices are second-guessing how to position themselves for the new situation.

Plans and strategies to address climate change, inequality and good growth will now have to be looked at through the lens of covid-19. During this time we have experienced remarkable, hopeful stories that speak of an emergent paradigm of collaboration, care and social value. It is really important to keep these fresh in our memories as we co-create the new normal.

As part of a larger project by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence on the impact of covid, I’m doing a project to try to bring together some of the research, stories and initiatives that have taken place during the pandemic in terms of the built environment, in particular housing and neighbourhoods. (Please send me your examples.)

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