Urban Infill

Filling in the gaps of our Downtown

About Myself Phoenix Native

Education ASU • Bachelors of Studies of the Built Environment

• Masters of Architecture

• Masters of Urban Design

Live/Work/Extended Study New York

Chicago

Santander & Madrid, Spain

Buenos Aries, Argentina

Current Work • AiT Creo Architects

• Phoenix’s Next Flight

• Phoenix Community Alliance – Building Phoenix Communities Committee

• Urban Design Writer,

What is Urban Infill? And why should we make it our goal?

Infill development involves building and developing in vacant areas

in city centers or urban settings.

-Attract Businesses

-Reduce the cost of infrastructure

-Reduce Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution

-Save Open Space

-Create Livable Communities

-Density Is Green

-Provide a sense of Community and Pride

Phoenix in the 50’s

If there’s a reason, they will come

Phoenix Today

Dream Big!

Harness the Energy

Change is Incremental

Street Art

Scales of Infill

Adaptive Reuse

Lot Activation

New Projects

Street Art

Scales of infill

Uniqueness Counts

Scales of infill

Uniqueness Counts

Scales on Infill

Uniqueness Counts

Adaptive Reuse

Lot Activation

New Projects The Right Way

Add Interest

Engage/Activate The Street

Fill in the gaps

Grab the Street

Sprawl Repair Toolkit

Getting Involved

• My Plan Phoenix

• Phoenix Urban Design Week 4/3/14

• Local First Arizona

– Infill/adaptive reuse meeting 4/1/14 5:30pm

• Reinvent Phoenix

– Community Design Workshop 3/24/14 6pm