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Ray Gindroz - Water Cities

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Channel: TheIHMC · 2009 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Mr. Gindroz is co-founder and principal of Urban Design Associates and has pioneered the development of participatory planning processes for neighborhoods, downtowns, and regional plans. An internationally recognized advocate and veteran practitioner of architecture as city-building, Mr. Gindroz leads UDAs efforts to revitalize cities by transforming inner city neighborhoods and public housing projects into traditional mixed-income neighborhoods and by working with downtowns to attract new development including residential, commercial, and civic uses. Mr. Gindroz also initiated the revival and application of Pattern Books in neighborhood building.

Current projects under his leadership:
· UDA Pattern Books: Celebration Pattern Book, Celebration, FL; & Watercolor Pattern Book, Watercolor, FL.
·Downtown urban design projects, including downtown & waterfront plans for Norfolk, Portsmouth, & Suffolk VA & the Brooklyn Bridge Park in NYC.
· Mixed-income neighborhood revitalizations in the Broadway Neighborhood, Baltimore, MD; Park DuValle, Louisville, KY; & a strategic investment plan for Shaker Heights, OH.

Raymond Gindroz is one of the Founding Directors of The Institute of Traditional Architecture at the University of Miami. He has taught urban design for more than 20 years at Yale University School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, and the City University of New York.

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