This research examines how resettlement housing often fails to foster community despite providing physical shelter. By focusing on culturally responsive design of shared spaces, it explores how environments can encourage interaction, trust, and belonging. The goal is to transform housing into socially cohesive communities through design that reflects real human behaviors and connections.

This research examines football chanting in France beyond censorship, focusing on sound, rhythm, and social connection. Using ethnographic fieldwork and the concept of antiphony, it shows how chanting’s musical structure can reshape relationships, arguing for a reparative approach that engages with fan culture to enable social change.