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Earth Court Case Study 002

Upstate New York, US
2025“Untitled” 


           


Designed by Kindred Studio, ‘Earth Court 002’ is our most ambitious basketball court proposal to date. It features interior recreational space, a full court basketball court, tiered natural outdoor seating, a walipini greenhouse and garden, a community soccer pitch, and large-scale public art installations throughout the property. This follow up to ‘sanctum’ aims to fully realize the potential of integrating landscape architecture with sports and recreation.


Kindred’s earth courts investigate the ways that merging art and sports can create impact. Through this initiative, we investigate the role and importance of public art, its capacity to connect and engage people. Infusing the beauty of nature with the simplicity of minimalist design we invite visitors to re-evaluate their relationship with nature and the natural world.


Influenced by the Case Study house program of the mid-20th century, our earth courts exist as purpose-driven functional art that demonstrate some of the ways in which basketball has been, and continues to be a driver of other things, and an aggregate for social impact.