SERVICES
We focus on urban ecology and offer landscape architecture services along with regenerative sustainability consulting and restoration planning services to design teams, developers, owners and cities. We are experienced in mixed-use/residential, transit and infrastructure, landscape and public space, education, office, arts and culture, hospitality and healthcare design projects as well as advisory services, policy and plan development.
BIOMIMICRY + BUILDING ECOLOGY
We help our clients design and plan a built environment that works more like an ecosystem, eliminating waste as a concept and promoting circularity, sustainability and resilience. We bring nature’s inspiration to the design process.
Our services include visioning, working with clients and interdisciplinary teams to set aspirational sustainability goals, identifying systems to meet those goals, and preparing analyses such as energy modeling and cost-benefit studies to refine options. We also consult to owner’s representatives to embed sustainability and ecological criteria into RFQs and RFPs. Across the board, we draw from nature as a model to connect building systems with living systems, creating landscapes and structures that function like ecosystems.
BIOPHILIA + WELLBEING
People are healthier and happier when they are connected to nature. Bio Studio is a biophilic design partner skilled in helping teams develop a deeper understanding and connection to their site’s ecological roots, infuse nature and natural patterns into their concepts and realize better places for people.
We help clients integrate biophilic landscape elements and strategies that benefit people and all species alike. We also facilitate broader design for wellbeing including considerations like green space, social connection, stormwater management features as amenities, accessibility, air quality, healthy materials and active design.
We assist teams in achieving the Living Building Challenge Beauty and Biophilia Petal from facilitating a team biophilic design exploration day to preparing a plan and helping teams integrate strategies. We also guide teams to achieve LEED v5 biophilia-related credits, plus WELL and Fitwel certification.
BIODIVERSITY + ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
At Bio Studio, we are passionate about restoring ecosystems and creating habitat for the benefit of all species, human and non-human alike. We guide project teams in planning to recognize a site’s place in the regional habitat picture, intentionally designing landscapes and buildings to reconnect habitat corridors and enhance biodiversity.
We offer ecological restoration planning, nature-positive landscape architecture, site assessment and alternative development, restoration workshop facilitation based on the Open Standards for Conservation, success metrics development and tracking and native planting design for landscapes and green roofs. We collaborate with other restoration ecologists and landscape architects, as well as geomorphologists, biologists, and engineers to serve clients who want detailed design and installation.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE + EQUITY
We acknowledge that wellbeing is not equally available to all communities and that communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities often suffer from higher levels of pollution and lower access to nature, exacerbating other challenges. We help clients find ways to address equity and environmental justice in their projects and seek out opportunities to provide and repair nature access to communities that need it most. We are a small, woman-owned, certified DBE business that works to engage inclusively. We eagerly partner with BIPOC, LGBTQ and other underrepresented professionals to provide informed and relevant sustainability solutions. We are honored to be a part of JUST Collaborate, working for justice by design.
CLIMATE POSITIVE DESIGN + ZERO ENERGY CONSULTING
For human and ecological communities to thrive, we must have a stable climate. Bio Studio offers a full range of climate positive design consulting services to support this goal. We have expertise in net zero carbon buildings and master plans, renewable energy systems and passive solar design. We partner with engineers to deliver detailed energy system designs, district energy systems and microgrids.
WATER HARVESTING + REUSE
Bio Studio offers expertise in planning and optioneering of net positive water solutions, such as rainwater harvesting, greywater and blackwater recycling. We assess a project’s water balance and available non-potable sources and advise on the most sustainable and cost-effective approach. We can provide performance specifications and assist in the hiring of a design-build integrator or work with an engineering team to provide a custom design to bid out.
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE + CERTIFICATIONS
We have proven success in green building certification management, specializing in the aspirational Living Future standards, Living Building Challenge, and Living Community Challenge. We have facilitated many built LEED Gold and Platinum projects in addition to having professional accreditation in LEED, Living Future Programs, WELL, Fitwel and Green Point Rated. We also facilitate engagement with a variety of additional programs such as Envision, SITES, EcoDistricts, One Planet Living, UN SDGs and Science Based Targets.
Our Services
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We work with clients and interdisciplinary teams to set aspirational sustainability goals, identify systems to meet those goals, and prepare analyses and cost-benefit studies to refine options. We also help owners embed sustainability and ecological criteria into RFQs, RFPs and corporate ESG commitments. We are experienced in managing interdisciplinary teams to deliver regenerative plans and designs. We can shepherd sustainability goals through planning, design and construction, assessing the project’s achievement at milestones and completing certification and compliance documentation. We also facilitate post-occupancy evaluation and performance-based certifications.
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We design spaces that educate, inspire, and restore—landscapes that perform ecologically, foster connection, and resonate culturally. Our work weaves people and place, integrating habitat restoration and stormwater management as aesthetic amenities, and implementing nature-based solutions that regenerate soils, support biodiversity, and connect people to nature. From global ecological initiatives to local landscapes, we design environments that serve both planet and people—living classrooms that act as catalysts for learning, stewardship, and climate resilience.
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We are skilled facilitators of stakeholder and community engagement. We encourage teams to articulate their priorities and reach for their most aspirational vision, all the while ensuring that all participants feel heard and welcome. When possible, we offer workshops outdoors on building sites or as mini nature retreats, recognizing the power of nature connection to generate innovation, creativity, interpersonal cohesion and simply a good time for all. We love to co-facilitate with our friends at JUST Design.
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Buildings and communities are only sustainable if they are also resilient. Bio Studio helps clients develop frameworks that make their projects more resilient to both known and unknown risks, increasing business continuity, asset preservation and community wellbeing. We collaborate with engineering teams, guiding studies like energy modeling and flood risk assessment for future climate scenarios and assessing options for microgrids and other islanding solutions.
