Thursday / May 18, 2017 / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
On the Boards - Gensler Urban Design + Planning
Gensler, 11 East Madison Street, 3rd floor, Chicago
Andre Brumfield, a firmwide leader of Gensler’s Planning and Urban Design Practice Area, will give an overview of our current work in the field of urban design and master planning. You’re welcome to bring a lunch to this event.
Speaker: Andre Brumfield is a firmwide leader of Gensler’s Planning and Urban Design Practice Area. A Design Director in the firm’s Chicago office, he is focused on and committed to revitalizing and repositioning urban environments through urban design, master planning and architecture. Andre’s broad career experience includes: redevelopment in emerging urban districts; neighborhood and community revitalization; high-density, urban-infill; city-wide master planning; corporate campuses; and industrial centers. He has extensive experience in mixed-income housing and has crafted visionary, yet realistic revitalization plans that have been implemented in economically challenged urban areas. A true urban strategist, Andre has worked with multiple public agencies, private sector clients and non-profit organizations to develop master plans that shape the future of neighborhoods and cities. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, working with the ULI / National League of Cities Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, and as the Vice Chair of the ULI’s national Urban Revitalization Council.
