Pocket Garden

https://www.pocketgarden.org/

We co-create better public spaces for public health and well-being through a multidisciplinary approach focusing on: 

 
Working closely with other researchers, professionals, and citizens, we gather insights as a form of collective sensemaking in order to determine the value potential of a place or product.
 

 
We see design as a transformative tool that translates insights and transforms potential into a sustainable product or place. We apply this through tech-enabled spatial design and the visual identity of parks and recreational spaces.
 

 
We see placemaking as a valuable process hinged on the shared values and identity of a community. Having the community involved in this process reaps social, economic, and environmental benefits.
 

We ground our work and collaborations on the following values: 

 
We see communities as those with real knowledge of how a place can become better for all. As researchers and designers, we don’t seek to impose solutions but instead, become effective translators of a community’s deep insight and knowledge into transformative frameworks and space.
 

 
Land development, especially urban development, has become an unhealthy industry because we’ve excluded many people in the process of planning, design, and building of our cities and townships. With more voices and insights into the mix, the better we can build places that are sustainable and valuable for the majority.
 

 
We can no longer see a place as one that is truly healthy when nature isn’t taken into account. A healthy place needs a sense of balance and harmony between people and nature.