For Azure Magazine Nina Chase and Chris Merritt explored what has become a guiding ethos for our work at Merritt Chase - that we should be reimagining how we see and approach temporary placemaking (or whatever else you want to call it - tactical urbanism, DIY city-building, or pop-up urbanism) both as an opportunity to bring meaningful design to the placemaking process and for its potential as one of the most useful tools communities and designers have to drive long term transformation of public spaces.

“As landscape architects, we’re increasingly emphasizing an approach that integrates innovative short term design, activation and research with traditional long term planning and design — as seen through our projects like Monument Circle. Our work spans from long-term, built landscape projects to short-term activations, temporary installations, and community engagements. This holistic approach is intended to ensure that the public spaces we create are shaped by research, history, and meaningful community input. What does this design process look like? What can the long-term impacts be?“

Check out the full article here.