Sustaining Publics
We create tangible human-centered solutions
People’s experience of space should be taken seriously.
Our role is to identify and transfer what feels authentic into built form — and vice versa.
We exist to enable the design of places that people can inhabit and trust.
We work with cultural actors, local communities, architects, designers, public institutions and NGOs to provide a clear vocabulary to address these questions.
People relate to spaces, to each other, and to the world around them.
We convey how.
With our help these insights can drive your designs, interventions, and projects.
We work across the full design process, from A-Å, generating research-based solutions.
Projects
UTZON’S FREDENSBORGHUSENE
What does it mean to live inside a work of art?
Marking the 60th anniversary of Utzon’s iconic senior co-housing, we worked alongside the residents of Fredensborghusene to shed light on their lived experience of design and architecture. The collaboration showcased how architecture not only creates physical space but also fosters community, preserves privacy, supports ageing, and shapes the rhythms of everyday life.
CLEVER
How do people really experience electric vehicle charging -and what does that mean for innovation?
We worked with Clever to explore the journey of EV users, uncovering behavioural insights that shaped smarter, more user-aligned solutions. By grounding innovation in real human perspectives, we helped Clever design services that meet people where they are, and where they’re going.
COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY
How can design help restore a sense of ease in public spaces?
In collaboration with COBE Architects, we turned daily disruptions in the urban settings into design insight. Through 115 personal accounts, we studied how public space intersects with gender, ability, and social norms -transforming ethnographic accounts into a manifesto of actionable design principles.
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