Opening Doors.

Building Community.

OPEN-Organizing Partners for Engaged Neighborhoods-is a global initiative that brings together artists, entrepreneurs, neighbors, educators, skilled trades, businesses, and community leaders to strengthen neighborhoods through creativity, wellness, sustainability, and thoughtful design.

One Mission. Many Places.

Currently Building: Detroit

Our first demonstration project is OPEN AiR House Detroit, where an ordinary historic home is becoming an extraordinary place for discovery, hospitality, and community.

WHAT IS OPEN?

Organizing Partners for Engaged Neighborhoods

Communities are strongest when people create together.

OPEN exists to organize partnerships that celebrate local culture, restore existing places, and expand opportunity through creativity and collaboration.

Rather than replicating buildings, we cultivate relationships.

Rather than importing identity, we reveal it.

WHAT IS AiR?

Artist in Residence

Artists help communities see themselves differently.

Every OPEN AiR House welcomes artists, designers, musicians, storytellers, architects, makers, and entrepreneurs whose work reflects and strengthens the place they call home.

Every residency leaves something meaningful behind.

Woman jumping for joy in a studio photoshoot.

Building Better Without Starting Over.

SmartGreen Way is OPEN's design philosophy.

Existing homes already possess incredible potential. Rather than replacing neighborhoods, SmartGreen Way demonstrates how thoughtful improvements can create healthier, smarter, greener homes