Urban Design
Woonasquatucket Greenway Trail, Providence, RI
Supporting Healthy, Happy, and Inviting Places
Horsley Witten Group provides innovative and implementable urban design concepts that support healthy, happy, and inviting places that are in balance with nature. Our urban designers, landscape architects, and engineers specialize in sustainable neighborhood design and resilient infrastructure. We apply a “boots-on-the-ground “interdisciplinary approach that draws on our experience implementing sustainable design at various scales from the watershed to the block, street, and site generating realistic solutions that people love!
We strive to build momentum through a collaborative and participatory design process. Much of our experience involves translation of community values and objectives to consensus designs and implementation plans. We understand visioning builds momentum for long-term change, and realize that decision-makers often need a clear and manageable series of steps to get started. Our design solutions clearly express long-term community vision, and align immediate and short-term actions and investments towards common objectives.
"Our experiences with the HW team have been superb, including Folly Road. They are first-rate collaborators. Their technical work was the best we’ve seen in their areas of specialty, and they were nimble and responsive to our questions and directions.” --Victor Brandon Dover, Dover Kohl and Partners
Areas of Expertise
Our urban design team brings specialized knowledge across a broad range of project types, with particular depth in
Vision and Master Plans
A master plan is a strategic framework that guides the future physical and economic development of a town or city based on the community’s vision and goals.
Neighborhood Design
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Conceptual Site Planning and Yield Analysis
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Waterfront Planning
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Landscape and Shoreline Restoration
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Green Streets and Streetscapes
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Greenways and Urban Trails
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Community Outreach
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Public Engagement
We love the public engagement process and strive for clear communications and collaboration with all.
Design Guides and Manuals
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Graphic Design and Project Websites
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Educational Signage
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During our conversation we dive into what makes good design good, how green infrastructure and sustainable practices fit into the built environment, and how these principles create value for a community.
Work With Us
Have a unique challenge that needs a sustainable solution?
Let's talk about what your community or organization needs and how our team of experts can help.