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Home page for the urban development consultancy of Structura Naturalis Inc.
Services Offered
- Leading international expertise in low-carbon urban development, TOD and mixed-use projects - Planning and development consultation - Entitlement, approvals, team management - Expertise in Pattern Languages, collaborative design processes and LEED-ND - Planning and design at all scales - Lectures and written works on these and other topics
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Summary of background:
Former Project Manager, Orenco StationMultiple award-winning and groundbreaking transit-oriented project in Portland, Oregon "Perhaps the most interesting experiment in New Urbanist planning anywhere in the country" - New York Times op-ed
Former Director of Education The Prince's Foundation for the Built EnvironmentFounder of its respected professional education program in sustainable urbanism, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and leading UK and international universities, agencies and professional organizations "Highly intelligent inquiries into key urban issues." - Architects' Journal, UK "The Deputy Prime Minister's office is proud to be associated with them." - Keith Hill, UK Minister for Housing, ODPM
Co-Founder and Research Associate The Centre for Environmental Structure - Europe Legendary architect/planner Christopher Alexander's practice-based research centre affiliated with the University of Cambridge "Alexander may be the closest thing design has to a Zen master." -The New York Times
CNU Planning Team member, Mississippi Gulf Coast UNOP Planning Team member, District 6, New Orleans Planner and consultant on other industry-leading projects in sustainable urban design, LEED-ND and related tools
Co-recipient of the Ahwahnee Award for Smart Growth, the Arthur Ross Award for Community Planning (for work to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina), US DOT Livable Communities Transit Design Award, et al.
Noted author and lecturer (in the US, UK, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East) on pattern languages, generative design processes, new research into sustainable design and construction, and related topics
Chair, USA chapter of the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism (INTBAU) Chair, Academic Committee of the Council for European Urbanism (CEU) * Executive Director, Sustasis Foundation Editorial boards, Urban Design International, Journal of Urbanism, Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Nuevo Urbanismo Coordinator, Environmental Structure Research Group * Advisory boards, several research projects and CDCs
INFORMATION ABOUT LECTURING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING WHY WE OFFER AN INTEGRATED "SYSTEMS APPROACH" NEW: Recent Media Coverage: Smart City Radio * Traditional Building * Urban Land |
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More about: Work Ideas Background Contact us at "michael-dot-mehaffy" at gmail.com, or in the US at (503) 756-1595
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