I am doing an MA in Architecture at the RCA, looking at the role of social enterprise in the built environment. What you say on this site resonates completely with what I am working on:

Recognising that built ‘things’ are necessary, and have the potential to be powerful tools/instruments for the evolution of society…

What value can a lateral-thinking architect bring to a community?
In what manner do we design/build/make things in the knowledge of resources/climate change?

I am interested in Optimism, Dialogue, Interdependency and Trust – how can we use design to build an ‘infrastructure of trust’, uniting councils, business and residents around shared aspirations, using the physical world to give presence and strength to the ideas.

Would be interested to hear more about your work…

Bethany