The concept of placemaking goes beyond simply naming an area. It’s about forging an identity and creating a sense of place, purpose, and community.
Our aim is to instil a sense of ownership and belonging across a number of different environments – from mixed-use and residential, to commercial and social spaces.
Our placemaking approach involves taking a brand narrative and transforming it into something experiential: taking ideas and applying them across different materials, typographies, public spaces, and artforms.
In this way, we help clients attract attention from new customers, tenants, and even investors; giving them a point of difference that transcends the built environment and creates communities.
Placemaking Projects
University of East London
London
Transforming UEL's campuses with vibrant placemaking, wayfinding strategy, and design to enhance user experience and community engagement. Winner of the 2024 SEGD Global Design Award.
Dubai Design District
UAE
An award-winning wayfinding masterplan for the new home of the creative industries in Dubai.
Wembley Park
London, UK
Placemaking and identity for a world-class destination.
Barbican
London, UK
Introducing a bold new identity to one of London's best-known cultural landmarks.
Haven
UK
Endpoint worked on placemaking concept designs for Haven, one of the UK’s biggest holiday park brands.
intu Broadmarsh
Nottingham, UK
Endpoint’s pre-pandemic placemaking work may not have come to fruition at intu Broadmarsh, but the conceptual work stands out in our portfolio.
Placemaking Views & News
Endpoint project wins Honour Award at the 2024 SEGD Global Design Awards
Our UEL project wins Honour Award in Placemaking at the 2024 SEGD Global Design Awards, celebrating excellence in experience design.
Placemaking: Creating communities in the Build to Rent market
We take a look at the importance of placemaking and building communities in the burgeoning Build to Rent (BTR) sector.
Place branding in a post-lockdown world: Building a stronger sense of purpose and community for new developments
The world is going through one of its worst pandemics, so Tim Hill at Noë & Associates and Alison Richings at Endpoint discuss place branding and placemaking in a post-pandemic world.
