foreground design agency is a transdisciplinary practice operating between the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism and the visual arts. We adopt foreground as a verb, meaning to make prominent or bring to visibility. This implies that we work within a given condition (a ground), giving prominence to unique particularities of place through research-based design. To foreground means to bring forward or bring close, reflecting our commitment to the body-scale and heightening sensory impact.
As an activist practice, we investigate the temporal phenomena of social rituals and ecological processes to generate design interventions that promote a healthy public realm and offer enhanced opportunities for enriched participation in the environment. Our work is both grounded in time and place – offering temporal-spatial responses to specific design challenges, as well as strategic and projective – enhancing social and ecological performance and ensuring sustainable futures.