Our vision for the world is to ensure all people have the means to create healthy, vibrant, and just communities. And as a values based organization, our projects and partnerships work toward this collective vision through five core values.
“It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men.”
- Frederick Douglass
Rather than spend time trying to fix a broken system, we at The Urban Studio are working to build a new one. Our work leverages interdisciplinary art and design expertise and resources to give power to the voices of the next generation.
We nurture a different relationship to engagement so that those who are most affected by design decisions are seen as key members of the design team.
Facilitate collaborative processes that allow people to implement their own visions within their own communities.
We foster democratic, inclusive, and non-hierarchical spaces for co-learning and mentorship.
People living in the landscapes we design are the experts of that land, in a way that we as designers will never be.
Design Education Instruction
Environmental Education Instruction
Program Design
Curriculum Design
Career Mentorship
College and University Preparedness
Workshop Facilitation
Outreach and Engagement Design and Planning
Asset-Based Community Mapping and Planning
Strategic Planning
Vision and Master Planning
Exhibit and Installation Design
Visual Communications
Prototyping
Design Research
Grant Writing
Speaking Engagements
Community-Based Design
Co-Design and Co-Creation Methodologies
Participatory Action Research
Design Research Methods
Community Organizing
Community Planning
Nonprofit Organization Management
Environmental Justice
Design Justice
Design Leadership
Landscape Architecture
Urban Forestry
Urban Design
Urban Planning
Integrative Design
Architecture
Certified Arborist
Storytelling
Participatory Art
Fine Arts
VR and AR Technology
Video Production
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