GSA principal, Dnyanesh Deshpande, was recently interviewed by Metro News Edmonton. Dnyanesh provided his insight regarding the value added contribution the Edmonton Design Committee provides to the urban planning processes in Edmonton. Click here to read the full article.
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At the April 19, 2016 Council meeting, Edmonton City Council appointed GSA principal, Dnyanesh Deshpande, to the Edmonton Design Committee for the upcoming term. The Edmonton Design Committee provides advice to the City in formulating Urban Design principles, guidelines and policies. The committee also uses the principles to review and provide recommendations to applicants and…
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City Council recently approved Fort Saskatchewan’s Downtown Land Use Bylaw on 26 April, 2016. GSA principal, Dnyanesh Deshpande, led this project from its conception till the final approval. The new land use regulations are presented in a simplified format with a strong focus on urban design, built form character and promote mixed-use development. In 2009,…
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GSA is currently assisting Brazeau County in updating their Land Use Bylaw. The project includes a comprehensive overhaul of the existing Bylaw. GSA team also lead an extensive stakeholder consultation including the Steering Committee, general public, businesses, Council and County staff. The draft Land Use Bylaw passed the First Reading on May 11th 2016 with…
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On March 21, 2016, the City of Airdrie Council unanimously approved the updated Great Places Plan which is the master plan for parks and open spaces in Airdrie. GSA team led by Dnyanesh Deshpande worked closely with the City’s project team and led key aspects of this project including stakeholder consultation, revisiting parks typology, establishing new parks delivery…
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Dnyanesh Deshpande, Principal Consultant with Green Space Alliance gave a power point overview of a proposal that would see single, multiple and high density housing just east of the existing Brookside subdivision. Here is the link
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GSA principal Dnyanesh Deshpande was recently interviewed by the Avenue Magazine in Edmonton as a subject matter expert. He explained his ideas about the importance of long term planning in enabling successful redevelopment of underutilized big box store sites in Edmonton context. Here is the link to article on Page 80
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Earlier this year, the City of Edmonton, the University of Alberta’s planning program, and Media Architecture Design Edmonton (MADE) organized a competition in which they invited a select group of about 25 local artists/designers to envision design solutions for two sites in downtown Edmonton. Submissions had to be in the form of hand-drawn conceptual ideas. The…
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GSA principals Dheeraj Patil and Dnyanesh Deshpande gave a joint presentation at an event organized by Forum for Exchange and Excellence in Design (FEED) at Pune, India on 23rd December 2014. The event was attended by a wide range of local professionals including architects, designers, planners as well as architectural students. The theme of the…
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