Rachael Livingstone
Rachael Livingstone is entering her fourth year of architecture at the University of Dundee. Her work explores architecture as advocacy—focusing on inclusive, climate-resilient design for displaced communities. Her current research aligns with Design HOPES Challenge 2, reimagining vacant buildings as preventative care hubs through circular, community-led design, with equity and spatial justice at its core.

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Design Challenge 2 News
We’re delighted to announce Rachael Livingstone as the winner of our Design Challenge 2. Rachael’s powerful proposal, ‘Cutting Emissions, Not Connections’, reimagines the adaptive reuse of vacant buildings into low-carbon, community-led health hubs for refugees displaced by climate change and conflict. Co-designed with displaced communities, her project combines circular design, preventative healthcare, and social equity […]

Cutting Emissions, Not Connections
Adaptive reuse of vacant buildings into low-carbon health hubs for climate and war displaced refugees