Stewardship
Moving from Ownership to Stewardship
From Unraveling to Unfolding
Ownership: “the act, state or right of possessing something”
Stewardship: “the activity or job of protecting and being responsible for something”
At Unfold, we’ve discarded the word “ownership” from our dictionary as possession diminishes the collaboration that is core to our process. By leading with a stewardship lens, we see our projects and team members as vessels for reciprocity and responsibility.
As climate change becomes the forefront of navigating today’s world, conventional reactions are unraveling without vocation or direction. Houses and land are deteriorating, but all require different remedies depending on their location.
At Unfold, we start with place to influence next steps. Our strategies, team members, and materials are pertinent to each project’s eco-region and biome.
In Progress
Stewardship
Unfold01 + 01A
| Encinitas, CA |
ongoing
Project: Complete restoration + exterior enhancements
Rehabilitation of a Kendrick Kellogg engineered house and artist flat
Our Guild:
Land Acknowledgment: This project rests on the traditional village sites of the Kumeyaay/Kumiais tribes. Learn more about Native Land here.
Unfold02
| Idyllwild, CA |
ongoing
Project: Redevelopment
Redevelopment of a 1950s Church into a Community Space
Land Acknowledgment: This project rests on the traditional village sites of the Pivil uwenetem Meytémak (Cahuilla) tribes. Learn more about Native Land here.
Community Projects
Project: ICA San Diego Exterior Garden Enhancement—Phase I
Nurturing an art institute on its path to connect community + nature
The merger of housing+art for human relation
Residencies of Change (RoC) is an Unfold-led initiative and partnership with local art institutes to provide more spaces for artists to work on pieces that stimulate awareness of social and environmental needs. Read more
Unfold Development believes that the expression of art is the solution to human relation. The more we can relate, the more we can understand. However, cities increasingly have fewer spaces for artist residencies as well as a lack of affordable housing. Therefore, artists have less opportunities to create and less time to conceptualize visuals of change - and communities have less exposure to issues that will expand their lens.
Unfold Development will find, develop, design, and fund maker spaces, housing opportunities, and unique exhibits. Applications for artist residencies will be reviewed by a committee led by Unfold + partners, choosing artists that are determined to possess an innovative approach to art reflecting a variety ofthemes, including: climate change, ecology, environmental justice, and beyond.
Regenerative collaborators
RANA
Rana is an ecological design firm focused on restoration and circular economies, regenerative principles, and bio materials. It integrates ecological design processes into the built environment to ensure systems coincide with the living systems and communities they are a part of.
Ritual
Architecture
Tend
Living
Britton Neubacher is a crisis worker turned botanical designer living and working in San Diego. Projects under her company TEND aim to advance a sense of well-being by bringing life to green-starved spaces.
MHW
Set +
Drift
ICA
The Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego is a vessel for experimental art. With various thought-provoking exhibits it opens minds to the urgency of crafting the world differently.
