Komma is a Berlin-based cooperative and research and relational technology studio working on ways to hold land and housing in common. It uses applied research, artistic inquiry and real-world demonstrations to explore how collective ownership, governance and care can be organised, with an emphasis on decentralised technology.23
The organisation works through place-based partnerships with citizens, municipalities, philanthropic funders and private businesses. Its process begins with local conditions and the people and institutions already involved, then develops and tests mechanisms across finance, governance, relationships and technology. Findings from those experiments are documented as patterns and developed into models, tools and civic technologies for use or adaptation elsewhere.2
Komma’s areas of practice include designing economic tools to increase community influence over land and housing; developing legal, policy and governance frameworks; and connecting everyday decision-making with digital coordination and physical spaces. The website describes initiatives including Meld, a deliberation system combining a device with a privacy-preserving platform, and work on neighbourhood mechanisms for capturing and circulating shared value.2
The team brings together experience in architecture, housing, organisational design, finance, governance and decentralised technology. Charlie Fisher is identified as Komma’s founder and works on demonstrations involving affordable housing and commons-based landholding. Clara Gromaches is described on the organisation’s website as a researcher, consultant and business operator working on decentralised technologies and cooperative housing.23
Komma is based in Berlin, Germany, and its work is organised around partnerships in specific places.