Projects focused on physical design can encompass one block, one neighborhood or special district, or an entire downtown or corridor segment. Their focus can also vary, from promoting revitalization, attainable housing or recreation and wellness to facilitating transit-oriented development, upgraded aesthetics and branding or walkable mixed-use outcomes. Yet all share the same goal of using design to achieve livable, sustainable, appealing communities. Urban design projects often result in a highly-illustrative, visionary document, established through a series of design charettes, public workshops, stakeholder listening sessions and steering committee meetings. Understanding and translating a community’s vision into images and visuals remains the top priority in all urban design projects.
KKC has extensive experience working with communities throughout the country to imagine attractive and vital downtowns, desirable neighborhoods, well-designed corridors, and other unique places. While KKC sometimes takes on urban design projects as a specific assignment, in other cases urban design is an integral component that is weaved into broader community planning and land development code efforts. Once the product of a KKC urban design engagement is adopted, it provides the basis for capital improvement planning, special projects, budgeting and staffing needs, and program development for the community’s future.
KKC’s urban design services include:
- Neighborhood Plans
- Downtown Plans
- Framework Plans
- Feasibility Studies
- 3D Modeling (from specific sites to complete downtowns or other areas)
- Design Standards and Guidelines (as standalone documents or incorporated into a Zoning Ordinance or Unified Development Code)
- Form Based Codes
- Corridor Studies and Plans
- Adaptive Reuse Studies
Work Examples:
- Downtown Master Plan and 2 Updates – Florence, SC
- 421 Corridor Michigan City, IN
- Dickinson, TX City Center
- Downtown Master Plan – Killeen, TX
- SR 49 Corridor Plans – Valparaiso, IN
- US 30 Corridor Plans – Valparaiso, IN
- Corridor Plan – Humble, TX
- 1092 Corridor Master Plan – Missouri City, TX
- Livable Center Plan – Waller, TX
- Bay City, TX North Downtown Master Plan
- Cuero, TX Downtown Master Plan
