With the SmartCode, compatible uses — varied housing types, neighborhood retail, community churches, civic spaces, schools, libraries, and various types of employment — intermingle to create vital, walkable places. This is done by emphasizing form and scale rather than use which, in turn, promotes the satisfying, fluid mixture of activities often associated with the traditional neighborhoods of the early 20th century.
Today, in conjunction with Duany, Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ), the architecture and town planning firm behind the SmartCode, PlaceMakers has emerged as one of the country's first and foremost SmartCode providers. In fact, as the organization also behind Andres Duany’s SmartCode Workshops, we’re literally on the cutting edge of SmartCode education and implementation trends.
Our expertise provides the critical link between you and the future of American land planning. With a well-orchestrated public process, from outreach communications to community visioning sessions, we take the hypothetical and turn it into a valuable tool that reflects the nuances of your community: the land, the people and the existing development.
Ultimately, the SmartCode delivers what every municipality, planner and developer is searching for — the means to maximize choice, quality-of-life, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship and adaptability over time.
Take the first step towards restored community. Check out our SmartCode Workshop.