Planning

Michael Singer Studio is working in close collaboration with Community Solutions on a health driven community based sustainability plan for the Northeast Neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. The plan is directly informed by a neighborhood Health Impact Assessment through the Health Impact Project of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions: a Population Positively Affected by Sustainable Practices…

Eleuthera, Commonwealth of the Bahamas In 2009 The Friends of Lighthouse Point…

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Design: Towards a Greater Understanding in Research and Practice, 2011-ongoing This report is a result of a multidisciplinary collaborative effort by Michael Singer Studio and Dr. Matthew Goodwin of Northeastern University and the MIT Media Lab. The goal of the project is to contribute to ongoing efforts in developing the relationship between Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and design for educational spaces and to spur further activities and innovation in the field. Specifically, the effort focuses on classrooms for those with ASD and associated individual learning stations.

W.E.B. Du Bois Homesite Planning Study Great Barrington, Massachusetts Michael Singer Studio…

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts Michael Singer Studio provided the Sterling and…

The sustainable development firm Melaver McIntosh asked Michael Singer Studio to join…

Melaver Inc., a pioneering sustainable development firm, included Michael Singer Studio as…

UConn Forest nearby Mansfield, Connecticut This 7,000 square foot building is intended…

Michael Singer Studio was commissioned to provide a master plan for the…

WRT Planning and Landscape Architecture teamed with Michael Singer Studio to develop…

Michael Singer Studio was invited to propose a design for Strømsø Square…

Michael Singer Studio conducted an extensive strategic planning study and community visioning…

The Ice House Complex was an abandoned set of buildings with an…

Brattleboro Downtown Riverfront Site Brattleboro, Vermont, 2007-2011 Over four years and throughout…

The Florida Regional office of Whole Foods Market engaged Michael Singer Studio…

A private client engaged Michael Singer Studio in the design of their…

Florida Atlantic Investments engaged Michael Singer Studio to investigate how to distinguish…

Michael Singer Studio was engaged by members of the local community and subsequently contracted by the City of Lake Worth to conduct a Site Visioning Study for the Lake Worth Municipal Beach. The project involved researching current conditions at the site, review of the many past planning studies, as well as an open community dialogue including numerous workshops and a three-week online survey. The Studio’s fast-paced Site Vision process created a design and planning consensus that was overwhelmingly approved by the community and its leaders. This consensus saved the municipality from losing a $5 million County Parks bond that was awarded many years prior and not utilized due to community disagreements about the project’s future. A key part of the Singer Studio findings was that the planned parking structure for the lower half of the site was unnecessary and that through proper planning and layout the required parking could be accommodated without a multi-million dollar structure. Funds for the parking structure were therefore able to be focused on recreational, aesthetic and ecological enhancements to the upper level of the beach. The Studio was subsequently hired as a part of a design team to develop the Site Vision into a full Schematic Design that was based on 30 discreet environmental principles and project elements. The innovative beach design replaces large expanses of asphalt at the top of this rare and extraordinary public oceanfront with active and passive recreational areas and a regenerated landscape. Pedestrian and bicycle paths, native coastal vegetation, shaded overlooks and sea-turtle friendly lighting were designed along the eastern oceanfront promenade. Bioswales and recycled permeable paving are designed to filter and infiltrate stormwater back into the ground throughout the project site.

Boca Raton Road is the only remaining vestige of the historic downtown…

New Haven, Connecticut In 1988 New Haven, Connecticut initiated a Public Art…

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Transformations is the result of a multi-year academic and professional collaborative process to re-envision the design and policies for landscapes throughout the campus beginning with the College of Arts and Letters. Michael Singer developed this program while he was the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar for the College of Arts and Letters at FAU as a part of his “Creative Thinking in the Public Realm” seminar. At the core of Transformations is a series of visual, scientific and engineering studies demonstrating the improvement of aesthetics, ecological health, water quality, biodiversity and comfort of naturalized landscapes and retention ponds on FAU’s campus. A series of conceptual designs focusing on regenerative design strategies were created for a number of campus courtyards, plazas and retention ponds. Over several years the project evolved in different ways, from engagement with the campus planning department to collaborations with engineering and business faculty and students. A proposal for a composting partnership with Whole Food Market Boca Raton (across the street) was developed to supplant chemical fertilizers on FAU‘s campus and save tens of thousands of dollars a year. Tobin Hindle a faculty member and PhD candidate at the time ultimately wrote his thesis on the Transformations project.

Chicago, Illinois The Chicago Parks District along with the Canal Corridor Association…

Michael Singer Studio was selected as a part of an integrated design team to lead the re-imagining and design of the new West Palm Beach Downtown Waterfront. The Waterfront is over a 1/2 mile long and encompasses over 12.5 acres along the Intracoastal Waterway. The new civic space revitalizes the City’s historic downtown and restores the natural beauty of West Palm Beach’s waterfront. The Studio designed the main commons and event spaces, 3 new floating docks, shaded gardens, two community buildings, a continuous waterfront esplanade, shade trellises, custom benches, 7 water elements and an estuarine ecological regeneration area known as the South Cove. The $30 million park (with $9 million of that coming from Federal, State and Local grants) opened in early 2010, with an estimated 80,000 people attending the grand opening celebration.