D + S COLLABORATIVE
Design strategies for creative community development.
D + S COLLABORATIVE
Design strategies for creative community development.
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Design strategies for creative community development.
DESIGN
Connecting the landscape with the community and the built environment.
THE STUDIO
Our studio is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico at the crossroads of Interstates 10 + 25, on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail, a US designated historic trail. We design guidebooks, trainings, and organizational frameworks that support long-term, narrative change for cultural and environmental initiatives.
Site Analysis + Assessments
Utilizing contemporary technology tools to create strategies that produce a sense of place and well-being in the community. Tools may include geospatial, cultural resource mapping and the creation of asset inventories.
Community Development
Supporting long-term planning and hosting story-based convening, co-creates design-led processes that are relational, regenerative, and responsive to place.
EXHIBITION DESIGN
Co-Curated, co-designed, In Place: Future Artifacts and Remembrance on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, at the Santa Fe Art Institute, with SciArt Santa Fe.
CONSERVATION + PRESERVATION ACTION
Prepared natural resource section of the Georgia O'Keeffe Home + Studio Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for the Abiqui, NM designated National Historic Landmark (NHL).
DESIGN GUIDELINES
Documented existing conditions and analyzed periods of significance for the Ricardo Legorreta Visual Arts Campus in Santa Fe, NM.
PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAMS
Surveyed, inventoried, mapped extant buildings, both tangible and intangible heritage, associated with the Barelas Historic District in Albuquerque, NM.
Design led engagement invite participation and involve community members and stakeholders in shaping places and spaces with equitable outcomes. Our methods prioritize shared power, local knowledge and mutual respect.
OUTCOMES
Synthesize a collective vision for underutilized sites through creative 2D/3D visualization tools.
+ Design standards + guidelines.
+ Place-based design initiatives.
+ Data collection + visualization.
+ Concept sketches + 2D/3D renders.
+ Exhibitions, way finding + interpretive signage.
Concept Sketch: University Heights Public Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, David Senk
IMPACTS
+ Supports economic development through heritage tourism and creative industries.
+ Builds bridges between academic research and practical, on the ground work.
+ Integrates Cultural Resource Management (CRM) into resilience planning.
+ Activates underutilized spaces with festivals, public art, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
WHY D + S COLLABORATIVE ?
WHY D + S COLLABORATIVE ?
Tackling complex problems and systemic local and regional issues.
Communities, especially in rural areas face disproportionate challenges in housing, food and job security, education opportunities and land use planning. Our work helps these communities build resilience, while promoting local knowledge and a greater understanding of place and well being.
Building community coalitions.
By involving local stakeholders and community members in the design process, we ensure that solutions to complex issues are rooted in both practical and aspirational needs.
Revitalizing neglected or underutilized community assets.
We can utilize local and connect regional assets- spaces and places to de silo vital resources without “reinventing the wheel” to build capacity for local and statewide initiatives, like Creative Industries, Outdoor Recreation, and Scientific Innovation.
Healing through creative expression.
Art has the power to heal. Through collaborative projects and community activation, develop spaces for healing and transformation, especially in the face of local and global challenges.
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