We are a core design group, generalists with a working knowledge of the arts and sciences, plus a talent for integration, who devote our efforts to creating and implementing ecological designs (we formed in 1976 as Nieman Ryan Designs).We assemble teams of consultants (designers, architects, artists, ecologists, and engineers) for specific projects to work with corporate officers, government officials, military units, citizens groups, and planners.
For corporations and neighborhoods, we recommend how to: revegetate yards and plant sites, reforest and replant fields, reclaim damaged and paved areas, integrate product and material flows into biogeochemical cycles, shift to renewable energy sources, recognize links and dependencies, adapt sites to functioning ecosystems to ensure stability, mediate technology and community, redesign and reuse buildings, simplify and minimize maintenance, and make alternate paths of education, communication, and financing.
For towns and cities, we show how to: mitigate the problems of urban development, such as waste or water runoff; remake patterns of convivial activity to restore contact with nature and amenities in urban life; redo private and commercial developments; restore wilderness, conservation, and park areas; internalize and manage costs and resources; minimize external subsidies; and revitalize the sense of place.
For individuals and businesses, we design houses, yards, business buildings, posters, and books. For example, The Seasons Restaurant, which was done by our colleagues, Dillard Designs.
If you would like more information on RE-design, please write or send email to the Senior Designer (at laughingdreamer@riangarciacalusa.com).