Building Together
Building Common Ground is a collective of three studios spanning design, community engagement, and project realization, united by a shared commitment to rural places and the people who live in them. Their work sits at the intersection of planning, construction, and community-building, creating resilient infrastructure that reflects the specific character of the places it serves rather than imposing solutions from the outside.
After a significant partnership with CIRD supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, BCG came back to Mast to help shape the next chapter of their work, this time funded by the Mellon Foundation. That returning trust meant something. It asked for an identity equal to the ambition of the work: one that could represent three distinct studios without flattening them, speak to rural communities without condescending to them, and hold up across every context from a jobsite to a foundation boardroom. The task was the same one BCG brings to every community they enter: show up with intention, build something that lasts, and leave the place stronger than you found it.