PARKS is both the space of an old recycling yard in Hamburgs industrial east that is being collaboratively transformed into a public park, and the development of an exemplary cooperative planning process. Care is a central approach in transforming the landscape of PARKS. Care is a way to design, when working with existing vegetation and what is structurally available. By involving a diverse group of local actors and inviting new users, the social dimension of care – caring for each other and the commonly used space – becomes a focus. To institutionalize forms of care – which we call “Kümmer*innenschaften”– we’re about to develop a model project with the city authorities combining paid caretakers (Parkmeister*innen) and volunteers (Kümmer*innen). Reflecting these formats of care, spatial designs are developed that differ from the classical canon of architecture. PARKS’ role is the continuity of communication, this moderation we understand as a core part of urban planning.