Interwoven is an open-ended communal space providing a place for residents to listen, observe, dream, and reflect. The space was created by The Urban Conga in collaboration with the Brooklyn neighborhood of South Baltimore. The space was created in Garrett Park in Baltimore, Maryland where the local neighborhood is painted with a false narrative of negativity, but the community is strong and craved positive communal connection. From the early conversations of the desires and hopes for the community, to the final design of Interwoven – the community has gifted their stories, experiences, feedback and more to enhance their neighborhood and create a brighter future. Play methodologies like play therapy were utilized during the process to create a safe place for people to share and open up around the traumas. Every component of the space was created, critiqued, and refined by the community. 

The work is focused on encouraging people to explore what they hear, see, feel, and dream while in the space. Interwoven was created as a place for the community both young and old to gather, discuss, and reflect on these issues and the changes that need to be made. The work consists of four stepped seating structures that point directionally towards different areas of the neighborhood and city reflecting those views onto the work itself. On each of the four separate pieces, prompts are in place to provide open discussion, intimate conversation, and private reflection on the issues within the neighborhood and hopes for a better future. These prompts ask the questions of what do you dream, what do you hear, what do you see, and what do you feel. Each serving as a conversation starter in the space. Each component of the space was designed to create a calming environment, from the work's color to the curved forms. Keeping the main space open for programming like community meetings, dance classes, birthday parties, movie nights, and more - the ground mural creates an open-ended game space to spark playful imagination by use of its interweaving geometric shapes. The interweaving pattern of the work creates a safe, playful, and open-ended space for the community to make their own.