Design Symposia

Design Symposia are a testament to Design Workshop's concept that we are one firm with long hallways. Symposia are design reviews and learning sessions that convene multiple offices for critical discussion around several projects that share a theme, scale, issues or program – retail environments, streetscape design, new community design, park design, stormwater strategies, and conservation easements, for example.

Using web and video conference technology, teams from different Design Workshop offices convene to review the projects as well as to engage in broader and more elevated discussions about topics and issues that the projects share. Symposia are a valuable forum for tapping into and sharing expertise and experience across offices, building capacity and knowledge and receiving objective input from outside your team. They are a forum for discovery and for building collective intelligence about project best practices. Frequently, guest experts are invited to participate.

Past Design Symposia topics include:

  • 2006: New Community Master Planning; Street Design, Park Design Workshop
  • 2007: Planting Design, Contemporary Stormwater Systems; Conservation Easements
  • 2008: Stormwater Design and Detailing