Visionary Planning with a Developer’s Sensibilities
TPUDC is an award-winning and nationally-renowned planning and urban design firm specializing in the planning, coding, entitlement and implementation of public and private projects across North America.
By taking on only a small number of select projects each year, it allows us to give our clients the personalized attention required to create authentic mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly environments and memorable places that will withstand the test of time.
Our work pushes conventional practice and employs time-tested placemaking principles to create buildings, civic spaces and streets that are vibrant and enduring, with the full contextual range of mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly environments.
TPUDC works on planning projects of all scales, from regional plans to downtown plans, from large new mixed-use neighborhoods to small infill projects. We also have specific expertise in urban agriculture, sustainability, complete streets, and suburban retrofit.
With an understanding of which details matter most to the successful outcome of a project, TPUDC offers a number of services to maintain the quality and character of our master plans through implementation and build-out.
Approach
TPUDC’s overall approach is to provide unmatched personal attention and high quality services to each planning project, developing a clear and implementable vision, and energizing future investment based on local opportunities and the collective wishes of the client.
01. A deep understanding of community planning
TPUDC plans are unique in their degree of creativity and sensitivity to existing conditions, context, and character. We understand the customized approach and strategies required to generate renewed interest in communities make authentic, vibrant places and attract a diverse population and thriving economy.
02. A creative approach to plan makinG
TPUDC is known for our ability to create interesting and nuanced plans with captivating graphics and visualizations that are easily understood by the public and clearly convey the goals of the client. The quality of our graphic tools helps build strong consensus around a tangible vision and makes it easier to obtain community support for implementation efforts, as well as public sector funding and private investment to move ideas forward.
03. a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach
At TPUDC, our approach to any project is based upon authentic and direct collaboration. We partner with the client, staff and the local community to provide the client with added capacity and skills that supplement the expertise available locally.
04. An innovative, all-in-one engagement process
TPUDC is a national leader in creating engagement strategies that bring together various constituents, getting them excited about the planning process and keeping their interest throughout the length of the Project. Support for the plan will rest largely on the timing, quantity and quality of community engagement in the planning process.
“In our project TPUDC always remained flexible to our ever-changing needs. They collaborated with us - the entire community and listened to our ideas and requests. Afterwards, they remind our ideas into clear, concrete designs that were neither pre-packaged nor borrowed. In other words, their work was genuine, their service the same, and the results speak for themselves.”
norman wright, AICP | Former Grants & Planning Director | City of columbia, tennessee
