Urban Space, Place, and the LGBTQIA+ Community Part 1 Dissertation 2024 Philip Smith Nottingham Trent University | UK This dissertation explores the impacts and effects that architecture and urban space has on the needs and identities of the LGBTQIA+ community, within Nottingham city centre. A hybrid study was undertaken, whereby a public questionnaire was conducted that asked participants about how they feel about urban spaces in Nottingham in relation to their safety. The document compares this research to a variety of secondary sources, highlighting the key themes and theories relating to: gender studies, sexuality, and the social impact of architecture. Alongside these literary arguments, two case studies of ‘successful’ safe spaces are critically analysed through diagrams, to showcase examples of how ideas given in literary secondary sources, such as books and articles, can be used to improve a space’s security, aesthetic, and social value. From the analysis, all findings are gathered to draw a conclusion that presents how urban spaces in Nottingham can be further improved to create safer spaces, through a personal ‘ideal façade’, which was later incorporated into my design studio project. A diagram listing the most important elements that an urban space should incorporate in order to accommodate the needs and identities of the LGBTQIA+ community was also produced as a conclusion to the study. Tutor(s) Lois Woods