urban development consultancy

1. Feb 2014
OFF
THE GRID
STUDIO
urban development consultants

2. Why?
Urban Interventions are complex
by nature, involve multiple
stakeholders and represent
major investments. 80% of
masterplans stay on the shelf
because of ill-conceived briefs.
Off-The-Grid is a boutique urban
design and planning studio
assisting public authorities and
private developers on initiating
urban development projects
by delivering action-orientated
guidance to optimize the
Site’s potentials and the
Project’s chances of success.

3. Who and What?
Off-The-Grid is a small studio of
We deliver high-end visions and concept designs for distinct and
contemporary environments, combined with the constant concern of
development feasibility and ease of implementation.
urban development experts of
different fields, from urban
planning and design, architecture
and cultural programming.
Founder Edouard Moreau,
urban designer, has over 8 years
of experience operating as a lead
urban designer and project
manager within award-winning
international design
We draw on our experience of over 25 international projects to maximise
each site’s development potentials through site appraisals and innovative
site programming.
We are specialised in the critical phase of project inception and provide actionorientated guideance to ours Clients through development briefs, project
roadmaps and stakeholders coordination.
We generate high-end communication materials to support specific Client’s
goals and maximise the project’s chances of success.
consultancies.
We provide a cost-effective and independent support to Clients throughout
the development process.

4. Project Benefits
Project Inception
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Concept Design
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Detailed Design
Construction
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“Get it Right at the Beginning”
The Project Inception and Concept Design are the most critical
development phases, with the highest cost-benefit ratio.

5. founder experience
25
s
+
major international
urban development projects
10ha
100ha
3
7
XL
L
M
1,000ha
11
+10,000ha
4

6. founder experience
12
Moscow
different
countries
Baikonur
Tirana
Erbil
Algiers
Casablanca
Constantine
Cairo
Doha
Riyadh
Makkah
Taif
Quito
Lagos
UAE

7. project inception
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Visioning
Site Appraisals
Site Programming
Stakeholders Coordination
Project Coordination
Project Reviews
Project Briefs
Development Roadmaps

8. Visioning
Site Programming
Project Roadmap
We deliver visioning documents
Following the visioning stage, we
There is not one standard
and innovative concepts for large-
optimise each site development
development process. Based on
scale urban projects with high-end
capacity and propose complex,
our extensive experience
communication materials.
innovative and rich development
in complex large scale projects,
The visioning phase is developed
programs.
we help Clients through
hand-in-hand with the Client and
development roadmas to
stakehodlers
optimise the chances of sucess
and plan ahead to avoid pitfalls.

9. concept
masterplan
We deliver concept urban design
with high-quality communication
materials. We combine solid,
innovative design with the concern
of development feasibility.
From running business models,
to attracting further investments
or gaining planning approvals,
we adapt our products to the
Client’s needs to provide the
most cost-effective solutions.

10. project
communication
We recognise the
importance of project
communication as
a key factor of success
for the implementation, funding
process and public consent.
We have coordinated a large
number of high quality animations,
interactive models, tablet applications and
other high end communication material.

11. urban
research
Our fact-based researches
on contemporary cities is the
backbone of the consultancy.
We offer Clients benchmarking and
research studies to support project
development.
In 2008, Off-The-Grid founder
Edouard Moreau created think-tank
technopolitan studio at the Bartlett
School of Architecture and will be
leading in 2014 a research studio
at award-winning Strelka Institute,
Moscow.
Off-The-Grid at
Strelka Institute, Moscow

12. OFF
THE GRID
STUDIO
urban development consultants
for a copy of our portfolio,
please contact us
em@offthegrid-studio.com