MATTER SPACE SOUL’s Compassionate Places Method and Place Quality Model have been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global exemplar for urban health. The WHO released 22 case studies in December 2025 following their report and call for a new era of strategic urban health action. The new guide and international case studies aim to support decision-makers to unlock change and build healthier, fairer, prosperous, resilient and more sustainable cities.

PRESENTATION BY NATASHA REID AT SMART CITY EXPO MIAMI - RE:IMAGINE URBAN SPACES. October 2025 As cities grow more complex, a new paradigm is emerging—one that treats the built environment as a living ecosystem shaped by human emotion, connection, and well-being. Compassionate Places redefines smart cities through empathy, equity, and psychological insight. SMART CITY MIAMI MAGAZINE - RE:IMAGINE URBAN SPACES SPECIAL ISSUE Compassionate Places is a philosophy and prac tical me

Compassionate Places & Place Quality featured as innovation in this documentary on the connection between housing and health.

The Place Quality Intervention was selected for an academic evaluation by the PHIRST (Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team) scheme, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

MATTER SPACE SOUL's Compassionate Places Method was published by the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health in 2025

Innovative purpose-led approach, method and system to embed health, social impact, inclusivity and equity into the design of new development

What would our built environment look like if we took our emotional, psychological and social needs today as the starting point for creating our surroundings?

Essay and call-to-action by Natasha Reid, published in the Quality of Life Foundation's collection of thought-leadership pieces here...

Reorienting towards nature with new narratives of Life-Centred Design In these times of increasing stress, can new forms of natural,...

Natasha Reid's piece for the Royal Town Planning Institutes publication - The Planner magazine - makes the case for integrating heath...

Thought-piece by Natasha Reid for Sound Advice's "Now You Know", a publication challenging spatial and racial inequality in the built...

In response to the current situation, and as are most in our industry, we are considering what the pandemic means for the design of...

HIGH DENSITY AT A HUMAN SCALE Much has been written on the housing crisis, but it is clear that many of those who make the city function...

How can we do High Density Development at a Human Scale? Can we make places to fit people, not the other way around? To coincide with the...

We are delighted to announce that we've been awarded funding from the British Council and Arts Council England for phase 1 of our major...

A research commission for the British Council's International Architecture Showcase to generate new thinking on regeneration in East London.