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what we do

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.

PROJECTS

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Design as Liberation

“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.

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Authentic and Meaningful Engagement

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.

Dear Chinatown, DC
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Co-Design and Co-Creation with Communities of Color

Facilitate collaborative processes that allow people to implement their own visions within their own communities.

STUDIO SOUTH CENTRAL
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Intergenerational Leadership and Mentorship

We foster democratic, inclusive, and non-hierarchical spaces for co-learning and mentorship.

CUT|FILL Live
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Elevate Experts of Lived Experience

People living in the landscapes we design are the experts of that land, in a way that we as designers will never be.

STUDIO DC

SERVICES + EXPERTISE

Services

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

Expertise

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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THE URBAN STUDIO

DC | LA

(202) 649 - 0624

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