Tags: equitable development

Beyond the Surface: Advancing Material Transparency

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Material transparency is key for architects and designers to improve health, reduce environmental impact, and promote equity. We use transparency frameworks like LEED, Living Building Challenge and the AIA Materials Pledge to inform our practice.

Transportation Planning: Adaptation Through Connection

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As we help communities design their streets, transportation systems, and public spaces, we recognize the uncertainty that big changes can bring. By focusing on the fundamentals of walkable communities and safe, accessible networks, we will be resilient.

evolve celebrates Bike Month

Since 1956, May has been celebrated as National Bike Month. evolveEA joins in the fun and promotes cycling infrastructure in the work we do.

Negley Station Area Plan

evolveEA is designing improvements at Negley Station that incorporate enhanced connections, flexible gathering areas, and safer access.

City of Bridges Community Land Trust

evolveEA facilitated the process where participants built knowledge about Community Land Trusts, explored alternatives, and made decisions regarding CLT Expansion. Equity and inclusion were central to these endeavors, which led to the establishment of the City of Bridges Community Land Trust.

Station Area Planning for Transit Oriented Development

Station Area Planning enables the Port Authority to strategically manage its facilities and operations, and increase ridership by densifying urban nodes around transit stations and promoting healthy, active, car-free, and affordable lifestyles.

Wayfinding and Transit Design: True Accessibility and Universal Design

As we design transit stations, it is important to remember that for many people with disabilities, several barriers remain in navigating to and within the pedestrian environment. Ron Brooks will be talking at Mpact with Sarine Sahakian about wayfinding, universal design, technology and its challenges and opportunities.

Fifth & Dinwiddie Transit Oriented Development

The Uptown neighborhood will see a transformation from parking lots to a multi-use development that includes affordable and market-rate housing, a bus rapid transit hub, and public art allowing opportunities for cultural expression. evolveEA led the masterplanning of the public spaces and is currently designing the public spaces with artists from the Hill and Uptown.

Missing Middle Models: Planning for Equity

In another Missing Middle Models blog post, we talked with Christine Walker of Navigate LLC about the strategies involved in establishing and operating a Community Land Trust to address housing needs, as well as design and market strategies that are shaping equitable communities in mountain destinations like Bozeman, Montana.

Missing Middle Models: The Rise of Modular Construction

The growing trends of modular construction and automation—technology that some of our current residential projects are utilizing—is one piece of this puzzle. We would like to share the benefits and challenges that can come with different approaches to modular construction and possible implications for the future of housing development globally.

Rachel Carson Ecovillage

Situated on Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus in Pennsylvania, the Rachel Carson Ecovillage (RCE) aims to attract and connect diverse residents through sustainability and inclusivity. RCE will be a multi-generational community that invites residents to build strong relationships with neighbors while caring for the environment.