Supernatural Thinking is where we share ideas shaping landscapes, public spaces, and communities. Through reflections on equity, memory, and resilience, we explore how design can imagine and build more sustainable futures.
Designing by Listening
For most clients, a new pool is a first pool. Mike Tramutola reflects on how listening to memories and aspirations can shape a place for new ones.
Westside Neighborhood School: A Landscape in the Making
Three weeks from completion, the landscape at Westside Neighborhood School reveals how soil analysis, tree selection, salvaged materials and social spaces come together to create a cohesive sense of place.
Planting of New Delhi
A brief return to New Delhi revealed a city defined not only by its density and history, but by an extensive and evolving urban canopy. This post looks at Delhi’s layered urban structure, climate, and the planting strategies shaping its streets and public spaces.
Curb Cuts: Small Changes, Big Shifts in Public Space
From Oakland sidewalks to the ADA, curb cuts show how small design moves can create more equitable, inclusive, and welcoming public spaces.
Designing for Comfort: Seat Height, Depth, and Back Tilt
Comfort is more than aesthetics. By considering seat height, depth, and back tilt, we design public spaces people return to again and again.