Our Services

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  • PLANNING

  • VISIONING

  • DESIGN, ENGINEERING, OWNER ADVOCACY

FIRST We facilitate, connect, and energize people
THEN we put pen to paper to provide technology planning, visioning/scoping, & design services that make a difference.

Through workshops, planning studies, and human-centered technology initiatives we are connecting traditional planning, management, and design-engineering skillsets to emerging digital shifts. 

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS NOW PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL

Viewfinder exists to bring the human experience back into focus, partnering with planning, architectural, and institutional clients to:

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Plan: Develop rational and future-forward masterplans with funding models, peer benchmarking, and implementable roadmaps that incorporate the future for technology.

Study: Explore possibilities for projects and initiatives based on the influence of technology on the future use of space, scholarship, and work.

Define Technology Requirements & Space Programs: Ideate and develop design criteria for technology-enhanced building projects or other academic initiatives.  Cost estimation and value-engineering that align ambitions with fixed resources.

Implement: Represent or assist institutions in the creation, deployment, and use of technology for new curriculum, new academic programs, building projects, and pilot projects; maximizing value and adoption while minimizing friction.

Who we work with:

Representative Client Portfolio

  • Bentley University*

  • British Aerospace Engineering*

  • Broad Institute*

  • Dickinson College*

  • Harvard University

  • Hewlett Packard*

  • Illinois State University

  • IT-DRC.org Project Connect

  • Los Angeles County Mass Transit Authority*

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Mercy Corps*

  • Miami University, Ohio*

  • National Aeronautics & Space Administration*

  • Norwich University

  • Seminole County, FL School District

  • The United Nations*

  • University of Illinois

  • University of Pennsylvania

  • US Institute for Peace*

  • Wyss Institute*

[*] Denotes experiences gained while employed by the client or as a consultant at a prior firm

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