portfolio
Oklahoma Black Town Homecoming Project
The Black Town Homecoming Project is a pilot initiative honoring the rich history of Oklahoma’s historic Black towns of Tullahassee, Taft, and Rentiesville while supporting pathways for cultural tourism and economic development. Through storytelling, cultural experiences, and revitalization strategies, the project celebrates themes of homecoming, civil rights, resilience, and entrepreneurship.
Threatt Filling Station
Open Design is collaborating Threatt Legacy LLC to design the historic Threatt Filling Station into an interpretive center the family prepares for the 2026 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