Career Fair
Overview Creating Space is a laboratory for youth-led design. Located on 557 N Central Avenue, a formerly vacant lot, Territory is collaborating with the neighborhood to transform this land into a public gathering space. Over the past five years, more than 310 Austin youth have participated in Territory programs, with many serving as core stakeholders […]
UIC MCD Plan
Overview Creating Space is a laboratory for youth-led design. Located on 557 N Central Avenue, a formerly vacant lot, Territory is collaborating with the neighborhood to transform this land into a public gathering space. Over the past five years, more than 310 Austin youth have participated in Territory programs, with many serving as core stakeholders […]
Creating Space
Overview Creating Space is a laboratory for youth-led design. Located on 557 N Central Avenue, a formerly vacant lot, Territory is collaborating with the neighborhood to transform this land into a public gathering space. Over the past five years, more than 310 Austin youth have participated in Territory programs, with many serving as core stakeholders […]
UIC CUPPA MUPPS Policy 2026
Overview Creating Space is a laboratory for youth-led design. Located on 557 N Central Avenue, a formerly vacant lot, Territory is collaborating with the neighborhood to transform this land into a public gathering space. Over the past five years, more than 310 Austin youth have participated in Territory programs, with many serving as core stakeholders […]
Creating Space Design Elements
Explore the Elements on Creating Space that Our teens have designed and prototyped! Shipping Container Heart Arch Swing Pink House Stage Resource Box Heart ARch TUDT 2024 The heart arch is a wonderful Heart ARch TUDT 2024 The heart arch is a wonderful Shipping Container TUDT 2024 Two modified shipping containers will provide indoor […]
INVEST South/West: Soul City Corridor
Chicago Department of Transportation Overview Site: Chicago Ave. Year 2021–Present Collaborators Civiltech, Lamar Johnson Collaborative Scope and Approach Three community engagement events bringing local youth perspective to the project, three placemaking strategies included in streetscaping for CDOT’s Chicago Avenue Corridor Project Stakeholders Youth residents and adult allies in the Austin community area. All Sit […]
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Creating Space is a laboratory where Territory youth test their designs. In 2023 Territory began a collaboration with neighborhood partners to transform one of these lots, 557 N Central Avenue, into a space for intergenerational understanding and overcoming stigma. This lot, known as Creating Space, has become the laboratory where Territory youth test their designs. […]
Soul City Corridor Invest South/West
Soul City CorridorInvest South/West Chicago Department of Transportation Overview Site Chicago Avenue from Cicero to Austin Blvd in Austin. yEAR 2021−2022 Commission Civiltech with Lamar Johnson Collaborative Scope and Approach Three community engagement events bringing local youth perspective to the project, three placemaking strategies included in streetscaping for CDOT’s Chicago Avenue Corridor Project Stakeholders Youth […]
Together We Heal
Overview Site Austin neighborhood with a focus on the Central Ave. corridor from Lake Street to Chicago Ave. Client/Project Grant Chicago Department of cultural Affairs and Special Events Commission Territory NFP and Root2Fruit Youth Foundation Scope and Approach Young people from the West Side of Chicago will develop a creative placemaking project for intergenerational healing. […]
Austin 2.0
Together we heal OVERView Commission Territory NFP and Root2Fruit Youth Foundation Site Austin neighborhood with a focus on the Central Ave. corridor from Lake St. to Chicago Ave. Scope and Approach Young people from the West Side of Chicago dveloped a creative placemaking project for intergenerational healing. Working with adult allies, young people used […]