Our mission is to mainstream collaborative design across the built environment sector to democratise design, create better neighbourhoods and inspire long term stewardship.
About the Association of Collaborative Design
The Association of Collaborative Design (ACD) brings together a network of individuals, professionals and organisations that endorse the collaborative process of creating and managing environments with and for people and nature.
This process promotes change to the built environment from the street to neighbourhood to the regional scale and aims to meet peoples needs through participatory and democratic decision-making at all levels.
The ACD was founded in 2020 and is a Community Interest Company (CIC)
Championing
Communities will benefit from the company promoting the importance and value of collaborative design in urban development to local government and central government authorities, as well as to developers and house builders. At present, meaningful community-led design is not mainstream in urban development.Network
Network of Individuals, organisations and institutionsACD will benefit built environment professionals in broadening the impact of collaborative design within the UK, encouraging the sharing of best practice, and developing a collaborative design community of practitioners that support each other.
Research
Research and guidance on economic, social and physical value of collaborative design is not currently evidenced. The undertaking and publication of research and guidance will offer a strong incentive to take up collaborative design as a mainstream activity.Events and Training
Built environment professionals, developers, housebuilders and civil servants will benefit from understanding the value and significance of collaborative design with communities in creating successful, healthy and sustainable places through a series of course and events, leading to accreditation. This will increase the number of practitioners in collaborative design.Collaboration
ACD will benefit communities who require the expertise and support in developing their own ideas for the way their neighbourhoods and cities need to be designed and shaped. The company will offer a ‘find practitioner’ service, provide guidance, and champion their needs to local authorities.Show More