Placemaking Consulting

Every place can be a unique and impactful collaboration of culture, architecture and infrastructure. This can be achieved by determining and leveraging the social and physical assets particular to each place.

Our studio offers an open source solution for placemaking, the Public Art Framework. Designed to enable temporary public art and events, and to change a space into an active creative location.

Check out the Public Art Framework here

 

Our typical placemaking approach includes : 

 

Community Outreach

  • Organize community meetings
  • Define local stakeholders / artists / event organizers
  • Begin community discussion / blog forum / feedback loop
Gathering ideas and opinions from public meetings

Gathering ideas and opinions from public meetings

Work with Contractor One-on-One

  • Use community feedback to inform scope of intervention
  • Feedback loop / open source specs during development
We work one on one with contractors

We work one on one with contractors

Social Infrastructure 

  • Standalone media package
  • RFP / open source blog
  • Methods and standards of record-keeping
  • Determine stewardship group
Design incorporating public dialogue

Design incorporating public dialogue

Open Source entire process start to finish

Open Source entire process start to finish