Unit C explores innovative ways of community centered design at Oxford Brookes School of Architecture. We are interested in places that are on the verge of a major shift: how can architects participate in shaping resilient futures? Last year the unit visited Salo, the hometown of Finnish phone giant Nokia, which looks into new ways to channel its innovative potential after the company’s collapse. Because we think that it is not possible to tackle a site’s complexity without engaging the local community, we encouraged participation on site. After a workshop with the city council and other major stakeholders, the students were tasked to unearth their own insights from the community through custom build interactive research devices. These insights form the base for the students’ endeavors: resulting in proposals which are a product of rigorous experimentation and speculation, extrapolating implied future narratives.