HDR | Urban Design, Planning & Landscape Architecture

URBAN DESIGN, PLANNING & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Helping our clients imagine the future and providing the integrated and forward-thinking services to achieve their goals is the hallmark of our planning and design practice.

ABOUT HDR

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FROM U R BAN DE SIG N TO R EG IO NAL PL AN N IN G We believe great urban and regional design is always uniquely tied to its place: culturally, socially, and physically.

It derives its energy from a framework of elements, including demographics, ethnography, cultural drivers, the natural environment and the aspirations of the community’s shared vision. Our multidisciplinary team of planners, architects, engineers, landscape architects, and other design professionals collaborate to promote and advance the concepts of placemaking and community. We explore all economic, human, political, legal, environmental and aesthetic issues necessary to improve quality of life and build a sustainable future.

OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

ELEVATE THE VISION

REINVENT SMART

Translate the goals and aspirations of each client into architecture that elevates their vision to enhance their success.

Use our expertise not to replicate what we’ve done before, but to design better every time.

VALUE PEOPLE , PLACE & TIME

EXPRESS INTEGR ATION

CAPTURE A BOLD IDEA

Shepherd sustainable design by being good stewards of time and resources and respectful of communities, cultures and traditions.

Convey balance through clearly expressing the integration of building systems and advanced technologies throughout our architecture.

Inspire wonder and foster curiosity by creating the unexpected—beautiful places that elevate the human spirit.

REGIONAL PLANNING

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Our planning teams are strong advocates for smart growth, transit oriented development, vibrant and walkable streets. We create attractive and productive spaces to foster innovation alongside mixed-use development, environmental sustainability, and diverse communities. We strive to create exceptional environments using a long-term perspective.

01 Blockchains Innovation Park, Reno, NV, USA 02 Statewide Tourism and Recreational Water Access and Resources Sustainability Plan, NE, USA 03 Future Land Use Vision Plan, Papillion, NE, USA

04 Vietnam Urban Growth and Climate Change Study, Ho Chi Minh City & Bien Hoa, Vietnam 05 All Systems Go! Austin Transit Plan, TX, USA 06 Tangijwan District Master Plan, Zhuhai, China

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URBAN DEVELOPMENT With nearly 70% of the world’s population projected to live in urban communities by 2050, many cities are focused on repurposing underutilized land to encourage healthy living and spur economic development.

Successful urban redevelopment projects require a vision to breathe new life into a community, as well as the knowledge and experience to deliver them. We specialize in reinventing mixed-use urban spaces by emphasizing all elements of a sustainable approach: natural systems, built form, social fabric and economic viability. Our teams combine the right mix of talent and depth of experience to turn a shared vision into your reality.

01 Sydney Olympic Park Town Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

04 Health Corridor Master Plan and Economic Feasibility Study, Coeur d’Alene, ID, USA

02 Edmondson Park Town Centre, Sydney, Australia

05 Baylands Master and Specific Plan, Brisbane, CA, USA

03 Aksarben Village Master Plan, Omaha, NE, USA

06 Oxford Properties Emeryville Public Market, Emeryville, CA, USA

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COMMUNITY DESIGN & PLANNING We design thriving communities by understanding a community’s unique spirit and working to resolve complex functional and programmatic challenges.

Through thoughtful planning and design we create spaces that bring people together and enrich the place they call home. Whether that means revitalizing a riverfront to connect growing communities, rebuilding a net zero community on higher ground to safeguard from annual flooding, reimagining a landfill to create a treasured scenic outlook — or anything in between — we can help. By blending resilient, reliable engineering solutions with transformative design, we partner with communities of all kinds to develop places and spaces that not only support but define their future.

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01 Daybreak Master Plan, South Jordan, UT, USA 02 Central Park Redevelopment Plan, Denver, CO, USA 03 Peña Station NEXT Experience Vision and Wellness Center Program Plan, Denver, CO, USA

04 Hamilton Community Master Plan & Feasibility Study, Hamilton, WA, USA 05 Central Park North End Neighborhood Park, Denver, CO, USA 06 Baymeadows Specific Plan, San Mateo, CA, USA

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PARKS & PLAZAS Human beings have dual needs for social interaction and connection to nature. To satisfy this socio-natural existence, we work with communities and developments of all sizes to create successful places that span the recreational opportunity spectrum. Through our integrated and holistic placemaking approach, we design experiences ranging from an important respite from urban life to a walkable, pedestrian-scaled city street that connects home to office.

Our sustainable parks and plazas are healthy, durable landscapes where both culture and nature are mutually supportive, enabling growth and adaptation over time. We couple the functional needs of a space with unique and meaningful design interventions to activate spaces that invite people to play, interact and enjoy.

01 Historic Fourth Ward Park, Atlanta, GA, USA 02 Rodney Cook Sr Park, Atlanta, GA, USA

03 Beeler Park, Denver, CO, USA 04 Gene Leahy Mall at The RiverFront, Omaha, NE, USA

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CAMPUS PLANNING & DESIGN Through high performance buildings, smart infrastructure and environmentally sensitive site design, we add beauty and structure to create vibrant campus communities, whether health, corporate or academic. We help transform them to meet the challenges of the future. Our planning and landscape architecture experts leverage extensive resources to create and implement vibrant campus spaces that incorporate elements of environmental sustainability, social gathering, mobility and campus connectivity.

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01 Focal Point Community Campus, Chicago, IL, USA

04 University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

02 Denton County Master Plan, Denton, TX, USA

05 Confidential Client, Vancouver, BC, Canada’

03 Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA

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WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT At HDR, we believe deeply in the strength of reclaiming riverfront space and returning it to a state that can be enjoyed by the community and its visitors into the future. A city’s waterfront can be a major amenity and an opportunity to capture the essence of the community as a city connected to nature and the excitement that comes from engaging with water and open space.

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01 Waterfront, Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia

04 Gene Leahy Mall at the RiverFront, Omaha, NE, USA

02 Radio Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

05 Czech Village/NewBo Area Action Plan, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

03 21st Century Waterfront, Repair & Design, Chattanooga, TN, USA

06 Smoky Hill Riverwalk, Salina, KS, USA

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT Land developments near transit systems can truly flourish, with greater exposure and accessibility, and we can help you maximize this potential. We design transit oriented developments to meet a broad range of local and regional objectives: improving mobility, expanding ridership, attracting investment, serving new markets and reducing congestion. Our curated teams of urban planners, architects, engineers, economists and scientists bring the experience, knowledge and creativity needed to envision and create developments unique to each community and transit system. Understanding the dynamic relationship between transit infrastructure and land development is a hallmark of our practice.

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01 White Buddah Station TOD PLan Chengdu, Sichuan, China

04 Power District Master Plan, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

02 Linjiang Village Station TOD Plan, Chengdu Sichuan, China

05 Ontario Line Subway, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

03 Urban Core Strategic Plan, Omaha, NE, USA

06 Grand Boulevards Concept, CA, USA

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COMPLETE STREETS Complete Streets are streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to prioritize safety, comfort, and access to destinations for all users, especially those who have experienced systemic underinvestment or whose needs have not been met through a traditional transportation approach. At HDR, we have incorporated Complete Streets principles into our projects for the past 20 years, and have been on the forefront of providing innovative solutions to meet the mobility needs of the communities in which we live and work.

03 01 Santa Fe Drive Complete Street, Denver, CO, USA

04 River’s Edge Parkway & Cycle Track, Council Bluffs, IA, USA

02 67th Street Streetscape, Omaha, NE, USA

05 Santa Fe Avenue Streetscape, Salina, KS, USA

03 Main Street Streetscape, Plattsmouth, NE, USA

06 Auto Row Shared-Space Street, Butte, MT, USA

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ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING Our industry-leading engineers design highly integrated facilities where every aspect is carefully conceived to provide the desired experience within the built environment, perform reliably and efficiently support the anticipated outcomes. By providing well-informed custom design solutions for our clients, our engineers are able to adapt rapidly to the unique challenges of a variety of market sectors and building types. We leverage our past experience through the use of data and predictive analytics to provide resilient solutions and drive design decisions early in the project delivery process.

BRANDING

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Our specialists in brand strategy, graphic design and communications provide clients with tangible and memorable expressions of their organization’s brand.

We begin by identifying the important insights that make an organization unique, and then develop compelling visuals and clear communications that distinguish it from a sea of sameness while fostering a sense of ownership by clients, partners and owners. We work to make sure that all aspects of an organization’s brand identity — its brand promise, logo mark, messaging, online presence, environmental graphics and physical environment — are an extension of its brand values and are used effectively to build business.

As a fully integrated design firm, our landscape and site designs are holistically linked to the building envelope and engineering systems. We create spaces that are unique, yet an inextricable part of the whole. We begin with visioning sessions that establish high-level goals for what the design needs to achieve, and then develop a language for spatial quality that responds to user needs. We consider public and private as well as interior and exterior connections that are vital for creating inviting, active sites. We focus on the human dimension of design and strive to elevate the expression of the natural environment as it relates to the entire project context.

DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN

MASTER PLANNING

This emerging methodology uses computational design to connect the built environment to predictive analytics and operational design. We combine the art of iterative design and the science of complex analysis with the efficiency of automated workflows. We integrate and optimize formal exploration, highperformance design, planning excellence and technical execution. By connecting our traditional consulting services to the built environment, and leveraging our expertise in design, strategy, research and analytics, we’re able to consistently discover novel designs and deliver highly integrated solutions.

The most successful design projects link the goals of an organization with a comprehensive master plan demonstrating how facilities can support those endeavors. We provide useful and relevant benchmarking data to assist our clients in their planning efforts, ranging from the macro-level (multiple sites, campus) to the micro-level (facility, space). Through understanding potential outcomes of various scenarios, our planning efforts help predict with greater certainty a range of possibilities that encourage long-term sustainable solutions.

SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING We create visual stories to help orient people properly and simplify the navigation of complex facilities.

Relevant information placed in appropriate locations ensures positive experiences free from frustration and stress for all users. We use the elements of shape, color, texture, light and sound to support architecture, interior and site design, ensuring that wayfinding is an intuitive and integral part of the user’s relationship with our clients’ built environments.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Our full-service community engagement and creative practice helps you build more connected, equitable and sustainable communities. We team with our industry-leading engineering, architecture and advisory experts for a holistic approach to public involvement and communications that puts people first. Strategic communications practitioners specialize in grassroots education and outreach through communities. Our teams leverage web, video and social networking, and are experienced with wide-scale media campaigns that include targeted digital, print, television and radio material. We plan with purpose. Foster understanding. Seek all voices. And create a future where everyone moves forward together.

SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCY We partner with our clients to deliver integrated sustainable solutions. Our enterprising thinking leads to sound choices, providing the best possible economic, social and environmental value on projects. Our balanced sustainable solutions are resource sensitive and provide private- and public-sector opportunities for economic growth and development. We create quality and diverse spaces that are socially equitable and we consider the broad context of each decision.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & COMPLETE STREETS Getting from place to place should be convenient and efficient, no matter the travel mode. The environment through which we travel should be safe, comfortable and welcoming. Our streets

should be places where people can enjoy their communities. Complete Streets are streets for everyone. Complete Streets are designed to accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities.

URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING We believe great urban and regional design is always uniquely tied to its place: culturally, socially, and physically.

It derives its energy from a framework of elements, including demographics, ethnography, cultural drivers, the natural environment and the aspirations of the community’s shared vision. Our multidisciplinary team of planners, architects, engineers, landscape architects, and other design professionals collaborate to promote and advance the concepts of placemaking and community.

We explore all economic, human, political, legal, environmental and aesthetic issues necessary to improve quality of life and build a sustainable future.

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