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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ZYSCOVICH <br /> <br />I ARCHITECTURE I INTERIOR DESIGN I URBAN PLANNING I LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I <br /> <br />October 10. 2007 <br /> <br />Ms. Jane A Hines. CMC. City Clerk <br />City C1erk's Office <br />Sunny Isles Beach Government Center <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach. FL 33160 <br /> <br />ECEIVEO <br />OCT 1 0 2007 <br />Mb (O;1Z.4~ <br />ell)' Of Sunny ..... a_ <br />Offlee olltlt CI CI.r11 <br /> <br />RE: Professional Design Services for Heritage Park and Parking Garage <br />RFQ 07-08-01 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Hines and Selection Committee: <br /> <br />We enthusiastically submit our qualifications to the City of Sunny Isles Beach for Professional Design <br />Services of the Heritage Park and Parking Garage project. Zyscovich. Ine. is a full-service architectural. <br />planning. interior design and landscape architectural firm with over 30+ years of experience in the field. with <br />the proven ability to guide the programming. design development and documentation. cost estimating and <br />quality control required to make vital public spaces. Our previous success in public facility and landscape <br />design is based upon a solid foundation of executing award-winning. innovative concepts that enhance <br />the character of the communities of which they are a part. <br /> <br />As experts in the field of architecture and conceptual design of municipal facilities and parking structures. <br />we know how to assess your needs and expound on them to bring you complete satisfaction. ensuring code <br />compliance. community receptiveness and cost control. By approaching the design of each project with <br />economic feasibility as a preliminary goal. Zyscovich creates plans that are consistently carried through <br />to construction. <br /> <br />Joseph Valencia. our Project Manager. will serve as the point of contact for the City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />and orchestrate the delivery of the services described in the attached. Carolyn Mitchell. our Director of <br />Landscape Architecture. will join Joseph as our Landscape Project Manager. ensuring an interdisciplinary <br />approach to design that draws on the full range of experience provided by the firm. <br /> <br />Our team also includes Johnson. Levinson. Ragan. Davila. Ine. for M/EjP Engineering. Bliss & Nyitray. <br />Ine. for Structural Engineering. Milian. Swain & Associates.lne. for Civil Engineering and Tierra Engineers <br />for Geotechnical Engineering. All of these firms have an excellent record of performing on time and on <br />budget for an array of municipal projects in South Florida. Should additional specialty consultants be <br />required. we will work with the City of Sunny Isles Beach to bring highly-qualified professional firms onto <br />the team. <br /> <br />Zyscovich's approach to design embraces a broad scope of services. Real Urbanism. our philosophy of <br />urban design. emphasizes sustainable development based on a neighborhood's unique character and <br />history. Integrating public space within the fabric of communities has been one of our most satisfying <br />design challenges and we look forward to offering the City of Sunny Isles Beach our expertise in this <br />endeavor. <br /> <br />Zyscovich helped the City of Hollywood create a vibrant new neighborhood anchored by Young Circle. <br />Our urban design reinforced a viable but no longer vibrant urban node by refining and reinforcing the <br />connection of the park to the surrounding retail district. The connectivity of parks. public spaces and <br />rights of way to their neighborhood context is a critical issue for landscape architecture and urban design <br />and one in which our approach and experience in integrating public space into larger contexts will be of <br />service. <br /> <br />In Downtown Miami. our yet to be implemented planning and design efforts will assist the City and <br />the Downtown Development Authority to develop the vision to reestablish Miami as a welcoming <br />urban destination. Our ability to create and reinforce connections between public spaces. residential <br />neighborhoods. and commercial districts through effective programming and planning will be a crucial <br />component of the success of any landscape architectural projects in the City of Sunny Isles Beach. <br /> <br />Miami <br />100 N Biscayne Blvd. FL 27 <br />Miami. FL 33132.2304 <br />I 305372 5222 <br /> <br />Hew York <br />32 W 22nd 51 . FL 6 <br />New York. NY 10010 <br />t 212 343 0044 <br /> <br />email@zyscovich.com <br />w www.zyscovich.com <br />