Hinge Collective, LLC

Name

Hinge Collective, LLC

Legal name

Hinge Collective

Website

https://hinge-collective.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hinge Collective, LLC is a Philadelphia-based architecture and landscape architecture firm founded in 2017 that delivers community-engaged design, planning, and engagement consulting for public spaces. It serves community development corporations, nonprofits, and municipal agencies across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Community Engagement Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Landscape architecture
• Community engagement
• Public space design
• Urban planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Landscape Architecture Services: Hinge Collective is licensed to perform both architecture and landscape architecture services, including conceptual design, construction documentation, construction administration, urban design and planning, sustainable and equitable design, and green infrastructure planning and design.
2. Community Engagement Consulting: Consulting services for tailored community engagement strategy and planning, design and facilitation of engagement workshops, stakeholder visioning and goal setting, and youth engagement and education programs.
3. Project Management Services: Interdisciplinary project team management, practitioner and expert convenings, and capacity building for community organizations.
4. Strategy Sessions: 2-hour strategy sessions offered with principals for guidance on community projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hinge Collective is a licensed architecture and landscape architecture firm that designs public spaces and neighborhood plans through a participatory community engagement methodology. Services span conceptual design, construction documentation, construction administration, urban design and planning, green infrastructure, and sustainable/equitable design, combined with community engagement strategy, workshop facilitation, stakeholder visioning, youth engagement, and interdisciplinary project management. The firm delivers engagement reports and resource guides (e.g., Clean & Green Guide) as part of project deliverables for government, nonprofit, and community development corporation clients.

Product overview

Hinge Collective is a professional services firm offering architecture and landscape architecture services focused on community engagement and socially conscious design. Their core offerings include conceptual design, construction documentation, urban design and planning, sustainable design, green infrastructure planning, community engagement strategy consulting, workshop facilitation, stakeholder visioning, youth engagement, and project management. They also produce resource guides and engagement reports as part of their service deliverables. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 9,000 residents engaged in Philly Tree Plan process
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

32 partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHinge Collective principals Alexa Bosse and Ari Miller have taught graduate and undergraduate studios at Penn Design. The firm also collaborates on research and engagement methodologies with academic programs.
• Drexel UniversitymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlexa Bosse has taught at Drexel's Westphal College, contributing to urban studies and design education.
• Jefferson UniversitymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerHinge team members teach design studios at Jefferson University, including multi-disciplinary design emphasizing story of place.
• Cornerstone West CDCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Rodney Reservoir Park project in Wilmington DE, collaborating on community engagement and design process.
• Meliora DesignmoderateTechnology or IntegrationDesign consultant on Rodney Reservoir Park project providing additional design expertise.
• The Nature ConservancymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Resilient Communities Stormwater Initiative contributing environmental expertise.
• The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversitymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Resilient Communities Stormwater Initiative providing scientific expertise.
• Clean Water ActionmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Resilient Communities Stormwater Initiative.
• PEER EnvironmentalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental consulting partner in Resilient Communities Stormwater Initiative.
• Greenprint PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Resilient Communities Stormwater Initiative focused on implementation.
• Philadelphia Water DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funder of Clean & Green Resource Guide, supporting neighborhood greening resources.
• City of Philadelphia Office of SustainabilitymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Clean & Green Resource Guide supporting climate resilience resources.
• Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation (Drexel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed the Philly Tree Plan team with expertise in urban innovation and policy.
• AzeveamoderateTechnology or IntegrationGeospatial consulting partner on Philly Tree Plan providing mapping and data visualization.
• Rising SonsmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity engagement partner on Philly Tree Plan with deep Philadelphia roots.
• Hector DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrequent collaborator on neighborhood planning projects including Mifflin Square and Cody Rouge & Warrendale.
• DIGSAUmoderateTechnology or IntegrationArchitecture firm partner on Schuylkill Center Master Plan.
• SEAMAACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and community partner on Mifflin Square Park project in South Philadelphia.
• CityScapemoderateTechnology or IntegrationDesign partner on Unity Park Baltimore project.
• Wissahickon Landscape DesignmoderateTechnology or IntegrationLandscape design partner on Tall Trees Nature Playscape project.
• NKCDC (New Kensington Community Development Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partner on multiple projects including Tusculum Square and Jasper Street. Collaboration began as student studio project.
• Kensington Soccer ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partner that will program the soccer pitch at Jasper Street, providing low- to no-cost soccer programming to local youth.
• Gehl ArchitectsmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative funder and partner for National Street Service, exploring streets as public spaces.
• The Enterprise CentermoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFacilitated Blackwell Library Book Benches project with funding coordination.
• The Workshop SchoolmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudents designed and fabricated book benches in school wood shop for Blackwell Library project. Provides youth skill development.
• Interface StudiomoderateTechnology or IntegrationProject team member on Rebuild PHL Community Engagement Handbook development.
• Connect the DotsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategy partner on Rebuild PHL project.
• Rising SonsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity engagement partner on Rebuild PHL project.
• Community Design CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHinge founder Alexa Bosse served as Program Manager for Infill Philadelphia Play Space initiative under this organization.
• Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient for Infill Philadelphia Play Space initiative focused on childhood play.
• Frankford Community Development CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partner on Frankford Pause park project, leading the multi-phased placemaking initiative.
• Philadelphia Water DepartmentmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Frankford Pause project and various green infrastructure initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• DIGSAU: Philadelphia architecture firm partnering with Hinge on the Schuylkill Center Master Plan. Comparable in scale and mission orientation, with shared interest in socially engaged design and Philadelphia civic projects.
• Community Design Collaborative: Philadelphia-based nonprofit design firm offering pro bono architecture, landscape architecture, and community engagement services to community groups. The most direct peer in the same city, with overlapping founders and project histories (Hinge's Alexa Bosse previously served as Program Manager for the Infill Philadelphia Play Space initiative at CDC).
• Interface Studio Architects: Philadelphia-based architecture and urban design firm with similar size and civic focus. Partnered with Hinge on the Rebuild PHL Community Engagement Handbook, and operates at the intersection of design and community engagement in the Philadelphia market.
• Wissahickon Landscape Design: Landscape design partner with Hinge on the Tall Trees Nature Playscape project. Small Philadelphia-region firm with overlapping focus on ecological and community-oriented landscape architecture.
• Hector Design: Frequent collaborator with Hinge on neighborhood planning projects (Mifflin Square, Cody Rouge & Warrendale). Small community-engaged planning and design firm with comparable scope and Philadelphia-region footprint.
• Popolum: Design firm that collaborated with Hinge on the Rebuild PHL initiative. Small civic-focused design practice in the Philadelphia ecosystem with similar commitment to community-engaged design processes.
• Meliora Design: Design consultant collaborating with Hinge on the Rodney Reservoir Park project. Comparable small-scale design firm with overlapping project types in community-centered public space work.

Broad incumbents

• Sasaki Associates: Large landscape architecture and planning firm with community engagement practices spanning master planning, urban design, and public space. Operates in the same professional services category but at much greater scale and geographic reach than Hinge.
• Agency Landscape + Planning: Cambridge-based landscape architecture and planning firm focused on community-engaged public space and urban design. Comparable methodology around participatory planning but operates nationally and at larger project scale than Hinge.
• Gehl Architects: Internationally recognized urban planning and public space design firm with a strong community engagement methodology. Partnered with Hinge on the National Street Service initiative and represents the scaled, global version of the practice model Hinge operates at regional level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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