Momentum for collective change
We are an ecosystem for regenerative urban innovation
About
Building The New is a participatory ecosystem connecting talent, capital, and governance to enable a new form of regenerative urban development. We attract those who are ready to serve the whole — not extract from it.
By fostering commons-based value creation and future-proof innovations, we create momentum for system change. Step by step, project by project, our lighthouse sites demonstrate what becomes possible when we design with community, ecology, and shared purpose at the core.
We are currently transitioning from traditional governance to steward-owned structures rooted in care and reciprocity.
WHAT WE DO
We catalyze future-proof urban development by connecting ideas, teams, capital and place.
Through our lighthouse projects, we test and scale new models for living, building, and belonging — rooted in bioregional ecology, community ownership, and shared value creation.
As an open ecosystem, we offer knowledge, tools, and momentum. We don’t just imagine a better future — we prototype it, place by place.
We catalyze future-proof urban development by connecting ideas, teams, capital and place.
Through our lighthouse projects, we test and scale new models for living, building, and belonging — rooted in bioregional ecology, community ownership, and shared value creation.
As an open ecosystem, we offer knowledge, tools, and momentum. We don’t just imagine a better future — we prototype it, place by place.
Our ecosystem is growing.
We invite governments, creatives, and impact-driven investors to collaborate with us in shaping collective change in urban development. Together, we co-create places — and systems — that serve conditions conducive to life.
Ventures
At Building The New, innovation grows from real places. We develop new solutions in urban development and construction by grounding them in actual projects — and refining them in collaboration with partners. When an innovation proves successful, it becomes a service or product. From there, it can grow into an independent venture. This is how we scale — not by centralizing, but by planting seeds that take root and contribute to the larger regenerative transition we’re building together.
Amplifying regenerative values through digital, culture, and imagination. Studio SUE creates immersive experiences that invite people to co-shape the future — through storytelling, participation, and shared vision.
Systemic urban development grounded in ecology, community, and purpose. We design regenerative places from the inside out — with people, for life.
We build what the ecosystem imagines.Boom Builds realizes regenerative architecture with wood, earth, and local hands — creating places that serve life and community.
INITIATIONS
Our projects and concepts are bold initiatives that explore new forms and solutions in urban development — spanning social participation, regenerative planning, and biobased construction.
COMMON GROUNDS DAO
Shared governance for a regenerative future. A DAO designed to unlock participation, ownership and value co-creation across all Common Grounds projects.
COMMON WOODS — Amersfoort, Netherlands
A regenerative neighborhood of 56 timber homes — our lighthouse project rooted in ecology, inclusion, and shared space.
COMMON GROUNDS ALMERE — Netherlands
A living lab for biobased building, urban farming, and inclusive community-making.
COMMON GROUNDS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — USA
A pilot for bioregional regeneration and cultural reconnection, co-created with local stewards and indigenous partners.
COMMON GROUNDS - Abandze, Ghana
A sacred transformation around Fort Amsterdam, Abandze; Ghana: from a site of colonial violence to a beacon of cultural healing and regenerative futures.
partners
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