The motivating philosophy and commitment of our organization is a belief that people are the most important element of research, planning and design. Barrio Planners Incorporated employs a unique process; incorporating social research and technical expertise to develop meaningful design solutions. This approach encourages client/user involvement throughout the entire project from idea formulation through policy and priority programming and design conception and implementation.
Barrio Planners Incorporated (BPI) takes great concern with the quality of life of people affected by a project and includes provisions of maintaining environmentally conscious solutions in our practice.
BPI is a multidisciplinary consulting firm engaged in the practice of: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Programming, Urban Design BPI services a variety of Markets including project related to: Transportation, Healthcare, Educational, and Residential, and Urban Planning.
Our team is comprised of innovative designers and supporting staff whose talents and creativity are equally matched by their experience, and dependability. It is these attributes that have given BPI the capacity to undertake intricate projects of any size and complexity.
We believe that through landscape and architectural design creates opportunity for everyone – uplifting communities, improving community access and sustaining our environment.
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Founded in 1971, BPI began as a non-profit design firm with the mission to provide design and planning service to the underserved communities in Los Angeles. Throughout the growth of our company, BPI has maintained our dedication to the production of quality design of projects, which speak to the community in which they are implemented.
BPI launched with a handful of employees with architectural design and urban planning backgrounds and shared a vision of creating a architecture and landscape architecture design firm dedicated to the communities they serve.
We became an independent company formed from a grassroots effort. While our official founding was in 1971, many of our history is distinguished histories dating back more than 100 years of architecture and construction.
Since then, more than 50 professionals from the environmental design discipline have worked with us and to give back, and build-up the environment we all share.
The BPI design philosophy is to provide design solutions that both address the architectural and physical requirements of a design that are also sensitive to the cultural and historic identity of the community at large which shape the use of these structures and environments.
Design and Community Three Principles
BPI has been guided by three principles. BPI recognizes the impact that architectural design projects have on people and their environment.
For this reason projects should be planned, designed, and integrated within the context of their environment.
Second, BPI has a strong belief that those most impacted by said project, should have a participatory role in a project, and that these impacted persons and/or user groups may provide value input in the planning and design of the proposed projects.
Third, BPI believes that those persons of all income levels deserve quality designs projects that will enhance their community that do not deter said communities pride of ownership.
What we aim for...
Barrio Planners, Inc. takes great pride in adhering to these principles and providing our clients a quality product on time and within project budgets.
Our design approach is to provide solutions that address, not only the literal architectural program and physical requirements of existing structures, but that respond in an appropriate and positive way to the cultural and historic articles that have shaped the uses of these structures and environments.
Frank X. Villalobos, FAIA
Architect/Principal-in-Charge
William Villalobos, AIA
Architect/Principal
Teri Griffin
Controller
Alfonso Felipe
Drafter CAD Support
Palmira Gomez
Drafter CAD Support
Bessie Gonzalez
Administrative Staff
Catherine Harada
Drafter CAD Support
Noah Lopez
Drafter CAD Support
Yanawy Michel
Drafter CAD Support
Sofia Olivares
Planner
Luis Vazquez
Architect
Alex Villalobos
Marketing
Francisco Villalobos
CAD Manager
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