SECTORS
HIGHER EDUCATION
CORPORATE CAMPUS
DISTRICT / NEIGHBORHOOD
CITY+
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Align future built environment to a client’s mission with clear processes, analytics and decision making protocols.
Representative Project: Pittsburgh Innovation District
Aligning urban infrastructure to place-making, zoning and economic development.
Representative Projects: Brodie Oaks Redevelopment, 8th St. Masterplan
Charting actionable road-map to meet climate neutrality goals.
Representative Projects: Pitt Climate Action Plan, UNC Three Zeros Initiative
Creating clear pathways for sustainable futures working across community stakeholder groups.
Representative Project: Pitt Sustainability Plan
Building bespoke frameworks to connect goals, strategies and implementation plans directly to clients strategic direction.
Representative Project: Under Armour Global Headquarters High-performance Campus Framework
Utilizing techno-economic analysis to create detailed energy and infrastructure masterplans.
Representative Projects: Malaysia Vision Valley Masterplan, 5 Cities Energy Master Plans
INDUSTRY COUNCILS
The Van Alen Institute Council is an invitation-only community of leading systems-thinkers spanning the design professions. The council’s global dialogue tackles the most pressing 21st century challenges, providing a platform for knowledge sharing about cities, regions, and landscapes.
Council members are leaders in the fields of design, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, planning, land-use, and real estate development. They share a commitment to the principles of inclusive design, expanding their networks, and supporting Van Alen’s mission.
ULI- Sustainable Development Council
The Sustainable Development Council (SDC) is a product council of the Urban Land Institute. the SDC aims to accelerate the adoption and implementation of sustainability, resiliency, and health across the real estate industry. The council provides a forum for exchange of emerging best practices including planning, financing, entitlements, design, construction, and operational aspects of projects that advance triple bottom-line benefits while fostering more sustainable built environments.
In line with a comprehensive vision of sustainability, the council hosts conversations exploring the nexus between the built environment and resource efficiency, health outcomes, and natural systems. Exchange of “lessons learned” informs council members of the quantitative and qualitative added-value to real estate and the urban environment.
Riverlife Riverfront Design Committee
Riverlife is a nonprofit organization formed in 1999 to create a plan for the redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s downtown riverfronts. Riverlife’s staff team works every day with developers, land owners, and neighborhood groups on issues of riverfront design, access, amenities and programming in Pittsburgh and the region.
To best inform Riverlife’s comments and testimony, Riverlife’s Riverfront Design Committee, consisting of design professionals, meets with riverfront project proponents early in their project development process to ensure that riverfront development objectives are understood and incorporated.