Designing our streets together
Join our weekly collaborative workshops to draft, plan, and build street-level improvements for our neighborhood storefronts.
The workshop curriculum
Spatial Planning
Zoning Navigation
Street-Level Build
Learn to sketch accurate floor plans and elevations on tracing paper, understanding scale and spatial flow.
Deconstruct complex local commercial codes and permit requirements into clear, actionable steps for shopkeepers.
Get hands-on experience constructing physical benches, custom planters, and shared public parklets.
Our shared streetscape archive
A visual catalog of physical interventions designed and built during our Saturday community sessions.
Upcoming Saturday sessions
Our open-door workshops run every Saturday morning. No prior design or drafting experience is required to participate.
Storefront Elevations
Planters & Greenery
Zoning & Codes
Learn the basics of architectural drafting and design a mock storefront facade using professional tools.
Help construct modular cedar planters destined for the independent shops along Pine Street.
An accessible guide to navigating local commercial ordinances and securing permits for outdoor seating.
Build with your neighbors
Join us this Saturday at our open-door studio. Help us keep our local commercial districts vibrant, independent, and architecturally distinct.