Design + Planning

Design + Planning
A comprehensive understanding of how people's lives shape and are shaped by their environments is the starting point for IGTIC's approach to the design and planning of places at all scales. Whether working on a multi-acre corporate landscape, a small urban park, or a year-round resort, our landscape architects and urban designers consider the site's physical surroundings and the needs of the client as well as the financial mechanisms, long-term community effects, implementation, maintenance, and management of the project.

Our practice is not simply focused on buildings and sites but on systems: the physical framework of streets, squares, parks, plazas and gardens that contribute to a sense of place. Effective and sustainable design requires careful integration of the myriad features of a particular site, from issues of aesthetics to those of ecology, circulation, infrastructure, visual impacts, and economic viability. IGTIC's interdisciplinary approach brings together the best creative and strategic thinkers to facilitate the often complex reciprocal relationships between sites and their surrounding context.

Our work takes place in a variety of settings, from established downtowns to new communities to rural landscape settings. All our projects have in common the need for practicality, quality, and attractiveness. Underlying everything we do is the ideal of making places where we ourselves – and ultimately, many others – will want to be.
           

Practice Areas

1. Economics + Planning
2. Landscape Architecture
3. Master planning + Urban Design
4. Sustainability

Market Sectors

1. Civic
2. Corporate
3. Education
4. Healthcare
5. Justice
6. Leisure + Cultural
7. Sports + Venues
8. Transportation + Urban Design

Economic + Planning

We help clients create value through comprehensive analysis, planning, and strategic thinking. The values are private and public, economic and environmental, to create feasible and sustainable outcomes.

IGTIC's skilled practitioners have been instrumental in forging collaborations to reposition local economies, design master plans, execute regeneration strategies, create more sustainable environments, formulate comprehensive plans, and adopt regulatory and financing strategies that enable effective implementation.

Our skills are comprehensive. We are passionate about working with our clients whether the project is preparing a regional plan, revitalizing a community, improving access and mobility choices, designing amenities, creating new towns and communities, or conserving valued resources.

We work at all scales – regional, rural, urban, community, district, and site. Working with our clients and their constituents, we position places to unlock opportunities that meet our client’s economic, environmental, and social goals.

Comprehensive and spatial planning
Climate and resource planning
New town and community planning
Urban redevelopment and regeneration
Infrastructure and public facilities
Implementation and delivery
Community and stakeholder engagement
Planning policy analysis
Planning project management

Landscape Architecture

IGTIC's understanding of how people’s lives shape and are shaped by their environments has provided unique insights into the design and planning of places at all scales. Whether working on a multi-acre corporate landscape, a small urban park, or a year-round resort, our landscape architects and urban designers consider the site's physical surroundings and the needs of the client as well as the financial mechanisms, long-term political effects, implementation, and maintenance of the project.

Our practice is not simply focused on buildings and sites but on systems: the physical framework of streets, squares, parks, plazas and gardens that contribute to sense of place. Effective design requires careful integration of the myriad features of a particular site, from issues of aesthetics and to those of ecology, circulation, infrastructure, visual impacts, and economic viability. IGTIC's interdisciplinary approach brings together the best creative and strategic thinkers to facilitate the reciprocal relationships between specific sites and surrounding context.

Our work takes place in a variety of settings, from established downtowns to new communities to university campuses. What all of our projects have in common is the need for practicality, quality, and attractiveness. Underlying all that we do is the ideal of making places where we ourselves — and ultimately, many others — will want to be.

Master planning + Urban Design

With most of the world's people living in cities for the first time in history, how we plan our land and design our built environments is more significant than ever. Whether our planners, designers, architects, and engineers are helping to sculpt tomorrow's neighborhood, campus, or destination, or regenerating existing land in a developed region, we work with our clients and their communities to optimize the potential of their sites.

Our expertise is rooted in the land and its relation to the built form. We seek first to understand the unique challenges and opportunities of a project; its financial goals; any regulatory drivers; and community perspectives. Working with IGTIC, our clients have access to global experts in master planning, architecture, building engineering, interior design, and other critical disciplines, paired with a local understanding of cultures, people, and existing places