Sustainable Master Planning
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Founded in 1949, Mithun is a national leader in planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design services—a multidisciplinary approach that unites human and natural systems within the built environment. With offices in Seattle and San Francisco, our work includes civic, cultural, residential, commercial, academic, and institutional spaces, designed with a focus on health, connectivity, and high performance.
University of Washington, Nordheim Court | Seattle, Washington
An advocate for social, environmental, and economic sustainability since our inception 60 years ago, Mithun understands the intricate challenges that go hand-in hand with the development of sustainable places.
Integrated Design Mithun’s integrated design process brings together the multidisciplinary expertise that clients need with the continuity and cohesion of a single firm. This layered approach allows us to maintain an equilibrium between beauty, performance, efficiency, and cost.
In our experience, integrated design projects can achieve a greater sense of conceptual clarity when the full design team—landscape architects, urban designers, architects, and interior designers—work together with clients from the outset.
Markets With a 60-year history as a West Coast leader in sustainable design, Mithun provides integrated design and planning services for clients and projects across the region—and the nation. In 2008, we opened a second office in San Francisco in response to our growing client base throughout California. Today, our clients and projects span the nation. From our work with Denver Housing Authority and the redevelopment of Baltimore’s State Center in Baltimore to the redevelopment of Treasure Island in San Francisco, Mithun’s capabilities are grounded in Pacific Northwest innovation balanced by national expertise. Our capacity ranges from single site feasibility studies to large-scale master planning, from commercial and multi-family residential design to student housing and classrooms, civic projects, such as city halls, libraries and fire stations, and mixeduse transit-oriented development—the key elements that together create vibrant cities.
Our key markets include: Austin, Texas Baltimore, Maryland Denver, Colorado Los Angeles, California New Orleans, Louisiana Portland, Oregon San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington Washington, DC
Mithun Offices, Market Street | San Francisco, California
Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan | Portland, Oregon
Leadership in Sustainability Mithun’s commitment to the health of our planet begins with our day-to-day operations and home-grown culture of sustainability. We have been carbon neutral since 2004, joined the AIA 2030 Commitment, and offer our employees a range of opportunities to increase the sustainability of their lifestyles. As specialists in the LEED® certification process, nearly every member of Mithun’s technical staff is LEED® accredited. Our leadership in the sustainable movement is shaping projects around the country. Mithun is deeply familiar with the full range of sustainable design performance metrics including LEED™, BREEAM, Living Building Challenge, Sustainable Sites, One Planet
Living, Energy Star, and other green building assessment tools. We have contributed leadership and expertise to organizations working to further sustainability as a professional practice and way of life such as the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Climate Change, Land Use and Energy (CLUE) Advisory Committee and the National Building Museum’s Intelligent Cities Initiative. Mithun brings hands-on, extensive experience in projects that meet the “triple top line” objectives of economic, environmental and social responsibility. We design each of our projects to connect people to these values through thoughtful planning and built forms, guided by the goals and visions of our clients.
Mithun’s work has been outstanding as they developed campus-wide plans for our campus entrances and landscape, buildings, interiors, classrooms, student spaces, housing and athletics. I would like to express my appreciation for Mithun’s innovative design and collaborative approach. We have been, and continue to be very pleased with the leadership and guidance that the Mithun team has demonstrated so successfully. Sheri Jeanne Tonn, PhD, Vice President, Pacific Lutheran University
Auraria Redevelopment (Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver) | Denver, Colorado
Campus Master Planning Work Pacific Lutheran University Campus and Sustainable Master Plans Seattle University Master Plan The Ohio State Sustainable Master Plan University of Virginia Campus Sustainability Consultant Washington State University Precinct Master Plan University of Washington Master Plan
Sustainable Campus Planning
University of Washington Tacoma Campus Master Plan Update Central Washington University South and North Neighborhood Planning Studies University of Puget Sound Master Plan Saint Martin’s University Master Plan Clover Park Technical College Master Plan Duke University Master Plan Duke University Action Plans University of Pennsylvania Edges of Campus Plan (Lee) South Seattle Community College Master Plan Edmonds Community College Master Plan Bates Technical College Master Plan Dartmouth College Grasse Road Phase III University of California Davis West Village Northwest Indian College Master Plan Concordia University Master Plan
Over the last several years Mithun has become a nationally recognized leader in innovative campus planning and design. Our work has stretched from coast to coast and includes dozens of community colleges, private institutions, public four-year colleges and universities. Our approach is tailored to the unique needs and characteristics of each institution to support the institution mission, promote excellence in education delivery, and strengthen the sense of community. Sustainability is increasingly important in campus master planning. Whether an institution has an existing campus requiring integration of sustainable practices and guidelines, or a new site, sustainability becomes a fundamental, integrated element of the plan. As an integrated framework of design, construction, operations and demolition practices, sustainability encompasses the environmental, economic and social impacts of buildings and places. In a college environment, sustainability may also serve an important role in student education and faculty research. Sustainable design includes efficient management of energy and water resources, reinforcement of natural systems, protection and restoration of habitat, management of materials and waste, protection of health, indoor air quality, and an integrated design approach.
Seattle University Campus Major Institution and Sustainable Master Plans Seattle, Washington
client Seattle University size 48 acres
To fulfill its mission as a leading educational institution, Seattle University (SU) desired a campus Major Institution Master Plan that, coupled with a Sustainable Master Plan, would contribute to the world’s knowledge of how to create a vibrant and sustainable campus. SU was an early supporter of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment with the goal of achieving climate neutrality. The comprehensive sustainable plan helps the university achieve this goal and establishes design and implementation strategies that address energy, carbon, water, ecological systems and human wellbeing. Mithun is also developing the Major Institution Master Plan, a comprehensive land-use plan guiding the entitlement process with the City of Seattle.
The Ohio State University Sustainability Plan Columbus, Ohio
Mithun is co-leading The Ohio State University’s Sustainability Plan Project Team with Heapy Engineering. The focus of the effort is to identify synergistic solutions and design standards to create a more sustainable campus consistent with the University’s mission and climate change targets. Sustainability analyses include water consumption, ecological function of campus landscapes, a reduction of impacts from purchasing decisions, food systems and waste flows. Further, energy and greenhouse gas emissions data, as compiled by the University and its consultants, was incorporated into the Sustainability Plan. Additionally, the Team is producing OSU’s Climate Action Plan to comply with the requirements of the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment.
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Grid Electricity 574,013,929 kWh/yr (1,958,536 mmBTU/yr)
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Annual Net GHG Emissions for Measured Categories ~735,000 tCO�e / year
60.8% Grid Electricity 22.3% Natural Gas and Distillate Oils (#1-4) 15.6% Transportation 1.3% Agriculture and Solid Waste
Natural Gas and Distillate Oils 3,103,105 mmBTU/yr
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Transportation Fleet and Commuting 1,350,864 mmBTU/yr
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Faculty and Staff Commuting 70.7% Student Commuting 12.5% Outsourced Air Travel 11.1% Fleet Vehicles - B20 Biodiesel
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Fleet Vehicles - Gasoline
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Offsets: Composting and Renewable Energy Certificates (~1,000 tCO�e / year)
On-Campus Biomass and Soil Sequestration (~650 tCO�e / year)
Data: Calendar Year 2009
Pacific Lutheran University Campus and Sustainable Master Plans Tacoma, Washington
client Pacific Lutheran University size 135 acres
Located on a 135-acre site in suburban Tacoma, the intent of the university master plan was to support the overall, longterm vision of the university and establish project needs and priorities that preserve and improve the welcoming nature of the campus. Mithun worked with University stakeholders to address a number of issues that included residence hall and athletics improvements, a more studentfocused student center, evaluation of the physical condition of aging buildings, consolidation of administrative and academic space, and landscape improvements campus-wide. Campus-wide environmental impacts were studied for energy/carbon, water and ecosystem function. Resource-efficient design and environmental stewardship were emphasized in the final plan.
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University of Virginia Campus Sustainability Consultant Charlottesville, Virginia
Mithun has an ongoing contract with the University of Virginia to develop and assess sustainable strategies in coordination with the 2007 Grounds Plan. The team is currently working to identify the opportunities for LEED certification. Future efforts are expected to include providing analysis and guidelines for future campus operations as well as measurable indicators and planning principles for key areas such as the built environment, natural environment, and resource management.
South Lincoln / 10th and Osage Redevelopment Denver, Colorado
client Denver Housing Authority size 17 acres
Mithun completed a TOD redevelopment master plan for Denver Housing Authority that is revitalizing the 17-acre South Lincoln/10th & Osage Area in downtown Denver. The visioning for this underutilized site emphasized economic development and public health connections with the built environment. Through an extensive public outreach process, the work built on the existing Station Area Plan, while utilizing a community workshop and CulturalAudit™. The master plan strengthens connections and sets the bar for high-performance TOD and mixed-income redevelopment in the historic La Alma neighborhood, nearly tripling the existing density and adding a mix of uses. The project integrated a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) with the planning process to ensure that the design responded to primary community health issues including improved mobility, walking, and biking options, access to healthy food, and social cohesion. By adapting and applying the Healthy Development Measurement Tool (HDMT), the Housing Authority has established a wider network of community redevelopment partnerships as well as creates a framework to guide their implementation efforts and monitor progress over time.
Teton Science Schools Jackson Campus Jackson Hole, Wyoming
client Teton Science Schools size 63,000 sf
The first private accredited K-12 school in Wyoming, Teton Science Schools Jackson Campus features hands-on environmental learning near Grand Teton National Park— a living laboratory for students and teachers alike. Mithun collaborated with Hawtin Jorgensen Architects to create environmentally intelligent spaces where teaching and learning work hand-in-hand with research, and where buildings integrate with natural surroundings. Outdoor spaces were designed to be flexible; providing accommodations for dining, gathering and excursion organization. The new Journeys School and Teacher Learning Center serves hundreds of people each year, helping to foster education and exploration by blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors.
IslandWood: A School in the Woods Bainbridge Island, Washington
client IslandWood size 255 acres, 70,000 sf
IslandWood provides people with a deeper understanding of the natural environment through hands-on project and outdoor field experience in a curriculum combining science, technology and the arts. This complex undertaking preserves a variety of wetlands, streams and ponds, while restoring an earthen dam and salmon habitat. Careful master planning minimizes the project’s disturbance of the site’s heavily forested ecosystem, which includes rare wetlands, bogs, plants, and a restored salmon-bearing stream. The on-site wood from the solar meadows was milled to provide all interior trim and 50% of exterior siding. Strict clearing limits were enforced around all structures. Building sites only occupy six out of 255 acres.
District-Scale Planning and Design Environmental stewardship is increasingly important as the changes occurring on our planet become clearer. Mithun has gone from designing green buildings to designing green neighborhoods and campuses, integrating habitat strategies and aiding larger natural systems. Now we are thinking about entire regions. We recognize that every designer must be a steward of the environment, because each line drawn has environmental impact. We learn the site in all its aspects—natural forces, ecology, habitat, topology, hydrology,
social/cultural, mobility, scale and form, urban adjacencies—and develop solutions that would only be appropriate there. We have developed high performance sustainable urban district plans in six cities across the United States. Each of these has involved master planning, site capacity studies, integrated planning for high performance green building and sustainable infrastructure planning. One of our strengths is our focus on economic analysis and development of innovative public/private financing strategies.
Project Green | Austin, Texas
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Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan Portland, Oregon
client Portland Development Commission (PDC) size 35 city blocks (47 acres/19 hectares) awards 2004, Commendation, Honor Awards Program, AIA, Seattle Chapter; 2005, Place Planning, EDRA/Places Awards; 2005, Top 10 Green, Committee on the Environment (COTE); 2006, Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, AIA
This visionary plan takes an underutilized inner-city neighborhood and transforms it into a vibrant, attractive, and highly desirable place to live and work where the entire 35-block ecosystem mimics the behavior of a pristine forest, even as the area’s population and built space increase fivefold. Development built by both public and private dollars will return positive cash flow that is invested back into advancing the neighborhood’s sustainable goals each year. The plan introduces the concept of “predevelopment metrics,” a new methodology for benchmarking and measuring habitat, water, and energy use, and for planning an urban environment that mimics natural systems and reduces the development’s net environmental impact over time.
EcoDistricts Portland, Oregon
client Portland Sustainability Institute (POSI)
Mithun is collaborating with PoSI and Portland State University to develop an assessment protocol for neighborhood sustainability plans through the EcoDistricts Initiative. The EcoDistricts Initiative is a comprehensive strategy to accelerate sustainable development and activities at the neighborhood scale by integrating building and infrastructure projects with community programs and individual action. The assessment protocol is part of a toolkit for EcoDistricts to understand their current district performance, set targets, and develop district strategy recommendations in seven key performance areas. It is coordinated with a prototype system for collecting and visualizing relevant data, which is focused on informing decision- making and monitoring over time. The assessment protocol will be launched in October 2010, and piloted with identified EcoDistricts in the fall.
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Project Green Austin, Texas
client Trammell Crow size 2.6 million sf
In the footprint of a decommissioned water treatment plant, five city blocks will be transformed into a dynamic, transit oriented, and diverse neighborhood that includes 2.5 million square feet of office, hotel, residential, and retail space. When complete, Project Green will be the largest single development in downtown Austin. Striving to achieve water and carbon neutrality, the build-out reflects the site’s utilitarian history of delivering a cleaner, higher quality environment.
Northgate Urban Design Framework Plan Seattle, Washington
client City of Seattle Mayor’s Office of Policy and Management
Drafted for the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Management, the Northgate Urban Design Framework creates a design framework of pedestrian-scaled green infrastructure connections with a pattern book of ‘off -the-shelf’ public realm elements offered as a part of an up-zone process in exchange for increased height and development capacity. Mithun’s holistic approach to urban design, planning, and development incentives is exemplified in this project. Key to our success was the simultaneous inclusion and integration of natural and human systems at multiple scales, and our understanding of both policy context and market realities that inform a broad range of design responses.
State Center Baltimore, Maryland
client Ekistics, LLC McCormick Barron Salizar State of Maryland size 28 acres
Mithun is working with the private development team in conjunction with the State of Maryland in a unique public private partnership to develop a sustainable master plan that can become a national model for transit-oriented development . The project includes a District Energy, Water, a Waste plan, streetscape plan,and two city blocks of mixed use catalytic development. The Phase One implementation plan, to be opened in 2014, includes over 600,000 GSF of offices for the Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Department of Planning, and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Additional components include a 1000 car state owned parking garage, 75,000 GSF of retail, and 100 units of live/work and workforce housing.
Resource Guide for Sustainable Development in an Urban Environment Seattle, Washington
client Urban Environmental Institute size 80 ac, 850 housing units, 5,500 sf office/commercial space
Mithun led a cross-disciplinary team of leading consultants to develop this document utilizing Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood as a case study. Performed under contract with The Urban Environmental Institute, and funded by Vulcan, Inc., the study identified means and methods for the speculative development community to engage in economically viable sustainable practices that create value and can be replicated by others within existing cities. The paper used the US Green Building Council’s LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system as a framework for analyzing and evaluating sustainable strategies. The Guide addresses site issues, energy use, water resources and materials.
Bellevue BIM City Model Bellevue, Washington
client City of Bellevue
The City of Bellevue BIM (Building Information Modeling) City Model is an intelligent sustainable visioning and decision making tool that considers the impact of sustainable planning and public policy at the regional and community scales. This dynamic tool is intended to promote swift and iterative real-time visualization, simulation and analysis of a changing city; its process is intentionally non-linear and grounded by measurable data to promote a rapid multi-directional exploration of ideas. A platform for visualizing existing and future built environments, the BIM city model leverages massive amounts of data to ensure a high level of accuracy, but also remains optimized for everyday use by individuals. The accessibility and visual clarity of the BIM city model will also help to foster long-term community and regional ownership as citizen participate in designing the city’s future. The BIM city model can be used as a platform to simulate zoning and growth scenarios, comprehensive planning, infrastructure development, mass transit alternatives, design guideline implementation and dynamic environmental forces such as the wind and sun. In addition to visualization and simulation, the model is capable of utilizing analysis technologies to track performance metrics in real-time. This analysis is used to measure, forecast, guide and optimize critical sustainable practices.
The Blue Ring Open Space Plan & Taylor 28 Streetscape Design Seattle, Washington
client City of Seattle (Blue Ring Open Space Plan) BRE Properties (Taylor 28)
Mithun worked with the City of Seattle to develop The Blue Ring Open Space Plan as part of an urban design strategy to enhance the vitality of Seattle’s downtown core. The strategy focuses on a ten-year implementation plan as well as a 100-year vision, providing recommended improvements to better connect the Olmsted Brothers’ 1903 ‘green ring’ plan for center city open spaces with those amenities in Seattle’s neighborhoods. Recommendations include revisions to the street design manual, sustainable infrastructure, zoning code and incentive programs. The implementation plan includes leveraging private investment opportunities to the benefit of the community and involving residents and grassroots organizations. Initiating one of the first implementation projects along the Blue Ring corridor, Mithun worked with a private developer
on the design of Taylor 28, one of the first residential, mixed-use developments within the transforming neighborhood around Seattle Center. The project is setting precedents for a new urban design language by transforming an underutilized roadway back into the public realm, creating a pedestrian-focused environment and enhancing the quality of the urban experience. The success in transforming the street into usable public open space has been realized through a collaborative process between the design team, city departments and the owner. The team has coordinated a unique rainwater approach to the streetscape design by incorporating infiltration planting areas throughout, achieving the goal of zero-discharge for a 25-year storm event. In addition, tree canopy, textured paving and a variety of seating opportunities are organically arrayed to complement the adjacent building uses and enhance pedestrian experience.
Leaders by Example
Bert Gregory
Erin Christensen
As Chairman and CEO of Mithun, Bert Gregory FAIA leads Mithun to national recognition for concept-based, environmentally intelligent design. Under his leadership, national organizations honored the firm with the 2003 Sustainable Design Leadership Award: American Institute of Architects (AIA), four Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top 10 Green Projects, two American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) National Awards, and an AIA National Honor Award for Urban Design. The United States Green Building Council bestowed Mithun with the 2004 Local and Regional Leadership Award. As a renowned expert in resource efficient design, Bert serves as a national leader, speaker and advocate for sustainable building and urbanism. He is currently serving on the Washington Governor’s Clean Technology Leadership Council and as a member of the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Climate Positive Communities Technical Resource Group.
A community-focused urban designer and architect , Erin Christensen instills a highly collaborative spirit into every project she takes on. Erin believes that sustainability and environmental stewardship are key to a functional community, and designs innovative systems that connect people to each other through their natural and built surroundings. She sees her work as a conduit for enabling communities, both large and small, to achieve lasting vitality and strength, and allows her designs to be guided by the character of the people for whom she designs. With a deep understanding of the public/private process, Erin approaches each project from a learning standpoint, seeking to understand the history of the site, the influences that have shaped it, and the stakeholders who value it. Her contextual awareness and proactive leadership ensure a fluid, inclusive process that creates dynamic results.
FAIA, LEED® AP / Principal
AIA, NCARB, LEED® AP / Senior Associate
Brodie Bain
Lee Copeland
Brodie Bain has more than 20 years of experience in architecture and planning for institutional clients with an emphasis on campus planning, programming and predesigns for clients ranging from government agencies to hospitals. Brodie has focused almost exclusively on higher education for the past 15 years. As master planner, programmer or architect, understanding the client’s mission and user experience is always at the forefront. Recently, Brodie has been developing a process at Mithun for sustainable campus master planning. This is particularly relevant to many of her clients who are recent signatories of the President’s Climate Commitment. The process takes a comprehensive approach beyond carbon footprint studies. Much of her work has included consensus building with stakeholders and public process. The process has been translated to EcoDistrict planning through her leadership developing an assessment protocol of five EcoDistricts in the City of Portland.
As a nationally recognized urban designer, Lee Copeland has been responsible for influencing and shaping campuses and civic places throughout the country. A former Dean and Professor of Architecture and Planning at two prestigious universities, he shaped the core curriculum for urban designers as a powerful organizational leader for colleagues and students. His insightful work ripples across the nation and honors cities and its inhabitants as they live, learn, and thrive. Lee is a recipient of the Topaz Medallion in 2001 from the American Institute of Architects and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for cumulative contributions to architecture and education as well as a recipient of the Seattle Medal in 2000 that recognizes distinguished lifetime achievement in architecture and service from the American Institute of Architects.
AIA, AICP, LEEDÂŽ AP / Principal
FAIA / Principal
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