Professional services provided through the planning studio and Ms. Spina’s direction, address a broad range of private sector, city, county, and state agencies’ needs to issues associated with research, planning, historic preservation, potential development, and redevelopment programs. The studio’s projects range in scale from staff serving as departmental/program facilitators and providing agency assistance with the preparation of grants, to creating comprehensive community master plans. Planning assistance to clients incorporate the following services:
- MASTER PLANNING
- LAND ASSEMBLY AND LOCATION ANALYSIS ZONING
- CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
- REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION
- LAND USE PLANS
- DESIGN GUIDELINES
- MARKETING AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Professional services through the architecture studio, directed by Dr. Robert Fielden, NCARB, FAIA focus on using planning and design to increase the owner’s investment through advancing the quality of life for facility users and the community-at-large by creating environmentally conscience building and construction practices sustainable within the Mojave Desert. Professional Services provided through the studio are directed to:
- MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE STUDIES
- PRE-DESIGN ASSISTANCE
- DESIGN ASSISTANCE
- SITE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (WITH THE PLANNING STUDIO )
- BIDDING OR NEGOTIATIONS ASSISTANCE
- CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANCE
- POST CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
RAFI’s urban design studio also directed by Dr. Fielden focuses on planning and design issues extending beyond an individual building or single property. Broader, more holistic, goals and objectives address how a range of buildings or properties work together to create a synergistic solution, unifying and strengthening development. The urban design studio most often draws from the resources of the planning and architecture studios to work collaboratively in terms of facilitating the clients’ needs, creating a sense of place and building in a sustainable manner. The following services address the range of clients’ needs in terms of
urban design.
- URBAN FUNCTION EVALUATIONS
- URBAN FRAME EVALUATIONS
- URBAN FABRIC EVALUATIONS
- URBAN QUALITY EVALUATIONS
- URBAN AESTHETICS
