Placemaking
Our wide range of architecture and urbanism services are now brought to you by Arcadis, the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
Our multi-disciplinary Placemaking practice produces long-term strategies that position communities for success in every aspect of the urban experience – from day-to-day living, learning and health, to major transportation and infrastructural growth.
Shaping communities
The multi-disciplinary nature of IBI Group’s Placemaking practice allows every facet of a community to be considered holistically, ensuring that the resulting place focuses on healthy living, accessibility, lifestyle choice, and vibrant activities and amenities.
Creating urban places around transit infrastructure
Transit-oriented development (TOD) patterns support the creation of vibrant, diverse and livable places. As a method of curbing sprawl and reliance on auto-travel in our communities, we recognize the power of place creation alongside linear infrastructure such as rail, bus rapid transit, and active transportation networks.
Strategic planning through IBI Quantum
We are continually looking for ways to shift the perception of technology from a ‘futuristic’ part of our urban environments, to a seamless function of our everyday lives, integrating smart technologies like our proprietary IBI Quantum into our design of distinct and vibrant places.
Planning for a resilient future
Our placemaking focus provides the platform for the innovative thinking that is necessary to developing adaptive and flexible designs in the face of rapid societal change, carefully balancing social, environmental and economic priorities within the design of a community.
Featured Projects
See more Placemaking projectsBarnsley Town Centre Redevelopment
Barnsley, UK
Our multidisciplinary design team is working on an ambitious project to transform and regenerate Barnsley’s town centre, comprehensively redesigning the heart of the once industrial town.
Master Development Plan of the Los Angeles Civic Center
Los Angeles, CA
Our master development plan presented a holistic vision for a vibrant mixed-use community uniting municipal, cultural, retail and residential facilities in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, California.
Valley Line LRT
Edmonton, AB
A $1.8 billion undertaking, Stage One of the Valley Line LRT will dramatically improve commute times and the overall public transport experience for Edmontonians. Part of an international design team for the project, this stage extends 13.1 km from downtown to the Mill Woods Town Centre in Edmonton.
North Bank Bridge Park
Boston and Cambridge, MA
IBI Group, as an equal partner in a Joint Venture that consisted of Greenman-Pederson Inc., WSP (formerly Ammann & Whitney), and Stantec (formerly Vollmer Associates), designed the final piece of the waterfront park system in the New Charles River Basin, located beneath the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge.
Toronto Railway Lands
Toronto, ON
IBI Group has been instrumental in the redevelopment of the Toronto Railway Lands, which occupy approximately 80 hectares (about 200 acres) of land between the financial core of Toronto and its waterfront.
Placemaking Services
Adding social and economic value to cities through Landscape Architecture and Planning & Urban Design. Learn more below.
