Creative Urban Alchemy public-space design work

Creative Urban Alchemy

Strategically building active, vibrant, empowered communities.

Art + architecture + urban design + planning

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Brooklyn, New York

Design ideation and strategy rooted in engagement.

Creative Urban Alchemy works at the intersection of art, architecture, urban design, and planning, centering cultural heritage and equity in practice.

The studio advocates for, designs, plans with, and visually showcases the stories of community.

Current work

Public space as a shared act.

Osisi Obodo Community Shade Tree design work

Weeksville, Brooklyn ยท 2026

Osisi Obodo Community Shade Tree

Project Architect / Artist

Dikenga Pavilion public-space work

Dikenga Pavilion

Flatbush African Burial Ground
Designer / Engagement Strategist

Creative Urban Alchemy community design work

Ecologies of Memory

Van Cortlandt Park African Burial Ground
Project Designer / Artist

The studio

Creative work, strategic planning, equitable outcomes.

CUA is a certified Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise with New York City and New York State. The practice brings design, facilitation, strategy, public-space programming, and master planning into one collaborative process.

Principal
Ifeoma Ebo, LEED AP, NOMA
Focus
Cultural heritage and equity
Creative Urban Alchemy public-realm project

Ways of working

Public-space design

Urban design frameworks

Participatory design

Start with the community

What story should this place carry forward?

Begin a conversation