project portfolio
Threatt Filling Station
Open Design is collaborating Threatt Legacy LLC to revitalize the historic Threatt Filling Station as they prepare for the Route 66 centennial.
Reviving the Jewel Theater
Open Design is leading the architecture, design, and cultural preservation efforts for the historic Jewel Theater —Oklahoma’s last standing, historically Black theater
So8th: A Community Vision
Open Design worked alongside community members to develop OKC’s first cultural master site plan, urban design plan, and reparative justice guide for NEOKC neighborhoods that were impacted by urban renewal practices.
Culture Park
Open Design is working alongside neighbors to design + build of NEOKC’s first community greenspace designed to combat environmental, economic, and health challenges in the historic JFK neighborhood.
Brockway Center & Lyons Mansion: Reuse Feasibility Study
Open Design led a community visioning and co-design effort to inform and guide adaptive reuse and cultural programming strategies for the historic Brockway Center and Lyons-Luster Mansion
NEOKC Storytelling Project
A collaborative effort to safeguard and preserve the cultural legacies of NEOKC across various generational and geographical experiences through oral history collection.
NEOKC Masterplan Framework
Open Design developed a framework to guide emerging community development and coalition building efforts in the NEOKC community.