The everyday is worth designing for.
The everyday is worth designing for.
A good public place makes room for more than one way of being there.
A good public place makes room for more than one way of being there.
A good public place makes room for more than one way of being there.
Some people arrive with a plan. Others are just passing through. A shared place needs to welcome both, with somewhere to pause and an easy way to keep moving.
Some people arrive with a plan. Others are just passing through. A shared place needs to welcome both, with somewhere to pause and an easy way to keep moving.
COMMONKIND brings landscape and spatial thinking together. We are interested in the small decisions that change how a place feels: the position of a bench, the depth of shade, the edge between a path and a garden.
COMMONKIND brings landscape and spatial thinking together. We are interested in the small decisions that change how a place feels: the position of a bench, the depth of shade, the edge between a path and a garden.
A useful proposal should be easy to understand and open to discussion. We put drawings, material choices and questions in front of the people who will use and care for the place.
A useful proposal should be easy to understand and open to discussion. We put drawings, material choices and questions in front of the people who will use and care for the place.
After School · Imagined study · AI-generated image
Where we can help.
Where we can help.
Public spaces & courtyards
Public spaces & courtyards
Public spaces & courtyards
Shared outdoor rooms, small squares and overlooked pieces of city. Site thinking, spatial concepts and a clear account of how the place could be used.
Shared outdoor rooms, small squares and overlooked pieces of city. Site thinking, spatial concepts and a clear account of how the place could be used.
Shared outdoor rooms, small squares and overlooked pieces of city. Site thinking, spatial concepts and a clear account of how the place could be used.
Landscape & planted places
Landscape & planted places
Landscape & planted places
Gardens, planted thresholds and everyday routes. We consider movement, shelter, planting and maintenance together, from the first sketch.
Gardens, planted thresholds and everyday routes. We consider movement, shelter, planting and maintenance together, from the first sketch.
Gardens, planted thresholds and everyday routes. We consider movement, shelter, planting and maintenance together, from the first sketch.
Pavilions & temporary use
Pavilions & temporary use
Pavilions & temporary use
Light structures and short-term ways to test a place. A chance to try a different arrangement, invite activity and learn before making a longer commitment.
Light structures and short-term ways to test a place. A chance to try a different arrangement, invite activity and learn before making a longer commitment.
Light structures and short-term ways to test a place. A chance to try a different arrangement, invite activity and learn before making a longer commitment.
Three things we return to.
Three things we return to.
Begin by noticing.
Begin by noticing.
Look at what people already do here. Keep the useful things that a new plan could easily overlook.
Look at what people already do here. Keep the useful things that a new plan could easily overlook.
Leave room for choice.
Leave room for choice.
Offer different ways to sit, move, gather and spend time. One intended use rarely tells the whole story.
Offer different ways to sit, move, gather and spend time. One intended use rarely tells the whole story.
Think beyond opening day.
Think beyond opening day.
Ask who will care for the place, what can be repaired and how the proposal might adapt over time.
Ask who will care for the place, what can be repaired and how the proposal might adapt over time.
A note on this demo: COMMONKIND is an imagined practice. Replace this introduction, services and working principles with your own before using the template for a real studio.