Why Urban Design Matters

The challenge today, Matt says, is that specialization into professional focuses such as architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and planning has left things rather discombobulated. The urban designer’s endeavor is to figure out where parts of the urban landscape overlap and complement one another and create a place that feels – to quote Goldilocks – just right.

For much more on this topic, check out this LinkedIn post by Matt, who is adding his craft to brownfield redevelopment projects and other efforts around the country to revitalize urban areas. Matt’s fingerprints are all over the West Edge redevelopment project that is starting to take root in Cheyenne, Wyoming, pictured above. The below image is from Yuma, Arizona’s, Yuma Crossing and historic downtown redevelopment project.