Focusing on communities marginalized by expansive urban developments, Julia King’s research has carried her across the globe; from analyzing the impacts of mass-migration on the micro-economies of UK high streets, to designing decentralized sanitation systems for sprawling ad hoc settlements in New Delhi. Wherever these projects lead them, Julia and her team adopt a methodology of “unlearning”: of leaving behind what they have been taught, to allow themselves to learn from the world anew, working closely with communities to design and test alternative, site-based strategies towards building their own visions for the future.