design & planning consultingWe work with clients, designers and communities to understand the specific user needs for a new or renovated space, to engage users in planning processes, and to provide a strong evidence-base to guide planning decisions.
Our services can include:
highlighted projectsParticipatory Design & Installation of Natural Play & Learning Space
Blessed Sacrament Elementary School / London, Ontario Child-led Design & Installation of Community Playspaces
Communities of Aviacion & Mocupe / Zana Valley, Peru |
research & evaluationthrive design consulting bridges the gap between research and design, by synthesizing both academic research evidence and professional best practices to inform design decisions. We also perform original research to understand users’ environmental behaviour and needs, or to assess the impacts and outcomes of new or renovated built environments.
Research-based services include:
highlighted projectsPre-Post Assessment of the Impacts of a Natural Playground Renovation
Public elementary schools / Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario |
community engagement & assessmentWe have extensive experience working with communities and other stakeholders to effectively engage them in environmental assessment and planning processes. We also facilitate community or environmental planning processes with special interest groups including children & youth, seniors, users with disabilities or challenges, Indigenous communities, and immigrant & multi-cultural communities.
Engagement & assessment services can include:
highlighted projectsYouth Engagement Workshops for Neighbourhood Planning
Rolston Neighbourhood Action Group / Hamilton, Ontario Child-led Design & Installation of Community Playspaces
Communities of Aviacion & Mocupe / Zana Valley, Peru |
teaching & trainingthrive's principal consultant, Dr. Janet Loebach, has extensive teaching experience at college, undergraduate and graduate levels, and has been invited to deliver lectures and presentations at institutions across Canada, the US and Europe. She offers full and partial course modules in diverse fields including architecture & planning, interior design, landscape design, child & youth studies, child health and well-being, community development, sustainable environments & landscapes, engineering & building sciences.
Courses specialized teaching modules (1 to 4 weeks) currently offered include:
thrive design consulting also provides numerous professional development presentations, workshops and seminars which help to illuminate the relationship between human health and behaviour and our natural and built environments. We can also develop customized training seminars or modules for design professionals, educators, municipalities, NGOs, and community groups. Seminars and presentations currently available include:
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program & curriculum developmentthrive design consulting can help your group to develop effective programs, workshops, and curricula related to the design and development of healthy, supportive environments and vibrant communities.
We offer broad services in the areas of:
highlighted projectsDesign Curriculum Development & Review
St. Clair College / Windsor, Ontario Development of the international Children's Health & the Environment Workshop
in collaboration with HEAL Lab, Western University / London, Ontario Conference program development & management for IPA World 2017
International Play Association Triennial World Conference / Calgary, Alberta |
proposal & report developmentwe can also help you to develop research-based grant and project proposals in support of healthy environment initiatives and programs, and to create effective project reports and policy documents.
our development & writing services also include:
highlighted projectsPre-Post Assessment Report on the Impacts of a Natural Playground Renovation
Public elementary schools / Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario |