We listen to and learn from local communities .Because we respect and admire communities that care about their built environment. There always is very valuable input from local residents and businesses, because they live and/or work there and they know local goals, problems and/or limitations.
Explore successful community based planning delivered by DIAP
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Entitlements’ risk management and Risk Management in general.
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Program management for the project which is critical for the designs’ and entitlements’ success?
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Taking into account sustainability and history – approach and strategy, history, concepts, cost and ROI
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Creating resilient, redundant and recoverable designs
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“Off the grid” design approach and strategy
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Designing for soundscapes to enhance, repel, and insulate sound as needed
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Designing for privacy and defensible spaces (private, public, military, natural calamities, etc.)
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Use of prefabrication or prefabs for small, medium and large systems (concrete, metal and wood).
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Breaking the mold on affordable housing and aesthetics
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Addressing parking lots - Public Enemy #1
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Designing modular houses when feasible with diverse materials such as concrete, steel, and wood
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Using our own 10 rules (or commandments!) to create a “Silicon Valley” somewhere else on this planet
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We at DIAP have created a novel mixed use conceptual prototypes (in addition to the standard ones) for various occupancy combinations such as warehouse/office, commercial/medical and housing for - student quarters, market rate, affordable, empty nesters and senior care.
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A thorough understanding of what an “International Address” is
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How competition between countries, cities and “international addresses” influences the world, regional and local economy, environment, demographics, politics, technology, etc.