M A S T E R P L A N N I N G & C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R S

HOK makes great places for people. We help clients shape the infrastructure that connects people to each other and to the world around them. For us, performance and aesthetics are not separate conversations. The best design solutions are as functional as they are beautiful.

Our master plans and urban design strategies employ a place-based, integrated systems approach that is economically viable and socially and environmentally responsive. We work closely with clients, stakeholders and diverse project teams to set goals and build consensus, ensuring a successful process from design conception through implementation.

Now more than ever, communities are focused on achieving sustainability. Using biomimicry as a design ethos, we’re looking to the “genius of the place” – the native species, ecologies and cultures – for design inspiration, performance measures and time-tested resiliency strategies.

Fully Integrated Design

“Collaborating with our clients and partners, we are enriched with new ideas for a more sustainable future that incorporates nature’s genius into solutions for the built environment.”

CHIP CRAWFORDPractice Leader | HOK Planning Group

“Collaborating with our clients and partners, we are enriched with new ideas for a more sustainable future that incorporates nature’s genius into solutions for the built environment.”

HOK professionals deliver a range of integrated or individual services including:

ArchitectureBranding / Visual Communications CAD/AnimationConstruction ServicesCost EstimatingFacility ManagementInterior DesignLaboratory DesignLandscape ArchitectureLighting DesignMechanical/Electrical/Plumbing EngineeringSite Planning Strategic Account ManagementStructural EngineeringSustainability ConsultingUrban DesignOnsite Workplace ServicesWorkplace Strategies

INDUSTRY RANKINGS#1 Architectural/Engineering Firm, Building Design + Construction, 2011

#1 Architectural/Engineering Firm, Engineering News-Record, 2011

One of the Top Green Design Firm, Engineering News-Record, 2011

#2 Interior Design Practice, Interior Design, 2012

Award Winning Design -40 State, National and International Design Awards

C O M P R E H E N S I V E P L A N N I N G , D E S I G N A N D D E L I V E R Y S E R V I C E S

HOK creates exceptional convention centers and hospitality environments for operators and investors worldwide. Our team of designers, architects, planners and brand-specialists have found the formula that unites luxury and fi nancial success for each brand and region our clients can be found in. Our extensive experience and award-winning talent is proven to increase the value of existing and new properties.

Global hospitality markets are fl uid, dynamic and very demanding; custom-ers demand more comfort, more experi-ences, more amenities, more adventure, more services! Since 1955, we have had the opportunity to design numerous world-renowned convention centers, including:

America’s Center Convention Center & Stadium FacilityAnaheim Convention Center ExpansionCincinnati Convention Center ExpansionCleveland Convention CenterFort Worth Convention Center ExpansionGeorge R. Moscone Convention Center,Hampton Roads Convention CenterIllinois International Convention CenterIndiana Convention CenterJacob K. Javits Center RenovationMC Benton, Jr. Convention CenterMGM Grand Hotel Convention CenterNorthern Kentucy Convention CenterOrange County Convention CenterPalmetto International Exposition CenterPlano Center Convention Center, PlanoSan Jose Convention CenterTampa Convention Center

HOK’s planning process generates location-specific solutions for mixed-use villages based on local context as well as regional economic vitality and market potential. Our approach is guided by our established principles of urban design:

• Concentrate development and mix uses: Promote compact, pedestrian-friendly and mixed-use neighbor-hoods with the many necessities of daily life available within walking distance.

• Design for the human scale: Design neighborhoods for people and their perceptions to create a sense of com-munity with appropriately scaled streets that acknowl-edges local traditions.

• Create public open spaces: Create high-quality parks and public spaces which coheres to local and regional destinations through an interconnected open space network.

• Provide transportation choices: Establish convenient connections to public transit as well as safe bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Concentrate living, shopping, enter-tainment and employment opportunities and pedestrian amenities within walking distance of transit stations.

• Develop an interconnected street network: Align streets to establish an urban grid with short block lengths, to provide pedestrian comfort, and frequent intersections, to encourage successful street level retail.

• Use natural resources wisely: Promoting increased transit usage helps reduce the number of auto vehicle trips, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and dependency on petroleum. Optimize land value with appropriate densi-ties while discouraging large parking lots with impervious surfaces.

• Increase job and business opportunities: Placing em-ployment opportunities near transit stations creates bet-ter access to jobs for transit-dependent workers, elderly and disabled. The daytime population created by these jobs provides a customer base for retail, restaurants and entertainment—supplementing the residential customer base typical of evenings and weekends.

• Promote safety and civic engagement: Establishing a relationship between buildings and streets encourages safety and stability by providing “eyes on the street.” This also encourages interaction and community identity.

• Encourage citizen and community involvement: Public engagement is a fundamental part of successful placemaking and community building efforts. We engage residents, neighbors, civic leaders, politicians, regula-tors, developers and local institutions throughout the planning process to determine strategies and solutions most appropriate for the specific location.

M A S T E R P L A N N I N G E X P E R I E N C E

Location Chevy Chase, MD

Size 412,000 g. sq. ft.

34,500 sq. ft. (Renovation)

CHEVY CHASE CENTER

HOK provided master planning, architecture and landscape architecture services for the expansion and redevelopment of offices, restaurants and retail stores in one of the country’s most successful neighborhood shopping centers.

The project, which expanded the Center from 98,000 sq. ft. to 412,000 sq. ft., included design of a two-story retail building, a three-story office and retail building, an eight-story office building and a two-story neighborhood retail center. Two public parks and a wide streetscape with specialty lighting and high-quality street furnishings appeal to pedestrians. The space is defined by adjacent buildings and a large wall of water surrounded by trees and flowers, which create an enclosed feeling. Additional plantings complement a pre-existing buffer between the site and an adjoining neighborhood.

Chevy Chase CenterChevy Chase, MD

Location San Mateo, CA

Size 12.6 acres/5 hectares

750,000 SF offi ce

BAY MEADOWS MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

HOK is working to create the mixed-use commercial heart for the new 83.5 acre part of the San Mateo Rail Corridor Transit Oriented Development Plan. By virtue of providing a commercial development within a new five city block area, the intent is to initiate a pedestrian friendly environment with a ground plane that connects train station access, public plazas, courtyards, and streetscapes.

All buildings are anticipated to be LEED Silver or higher. The Bay Meadows program includes 1.25 million square feet of office use, 1,250 multi-family residential units, 150,000 square feet of retail, and 15 square acres of public parks and open space.

HOK created a permeable framework of streets and passages which extends into the watershed. The ground plane is designed to absorb run off rather than direct it into the storm/sewer system.

KENTLANDS BOULEVARD

Kentlands, a Traditional Neighborhood Development, was designed and built beginning in 1988. Its Town Center consists of mostly single-story retail with a sprinkling of live/work units, office space and open field parking. The initial plan wisely arranged the typically suburban uses in a grid of streets, envisioning a future time when much more development could be accommodated in a more urban form.Additionally, the Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) is considering a transit line that will eventually link Shady Grove metro Station and Urbana, Maryland – relieving traffic from the I-270 corridor.

HOK’s scope included a vision for the future character of a 3-12 story Kentlands Boulevard Commercial District (based on market demand and other influences), a recommendation for the transit station to be located within the Town Center, and a series of short-term changes that better link the southern sector of the KBCD (Market Square) with the northern sector (Kentlands Square), “taming” Kentlands Boulevard.

Location Gaithersburg, MD

Size 90 acres

32 hectares

Location Long Branch, NJ

Size 8 acres

3 hectares

BROADWAY ARTS CENTER

Working in conjunction with a developer, The HOK Planning Group completed a Main Street Urban Redevelopment for a plan that focuses on existing arts and entertainment venues and seeks to create an active, pedestrian-friendly mixed use community in the urban district of the city. The Concept Plan illustrates the Team’s desire to re-establish the cultural center of the urban district; to create enough residential density to sustain a vibrant urban community and support a retail street; and to provide beautiful and permanent architecture that reflects diversity within a specific local context.

The Concept Plan is the first step toward revitalizing and restoring the cultural center of the urban district.

C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R E X P E R I E N C EC O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R E X P E R I E N C E

A N A H E I M C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R E X PA N S I O N Anaheim, California

PROJECT OVERVIEW SIZE Convention Center Expansion & Renovation 3,000,000 SF

H A M P T O N R O A D S C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R Hampton, Virginia

SCOPE SIZE Coliseum and Convention Center 344,000 SF

G EO R G E R . M O S C O N E C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R A N D R E N O VAT I O N San Francisco, California

SCOPE SIZE Predominantly Un der ground Convention, 724,300 SFMeeting & Exhibition Space

F O R T W O R T H C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R R E N O VAT I O N A N D E X PA N S I O N Fort Worth, Texas

SCOPE SIZE Convention Center Expansion & Renovation 139,500 SF

O M N I F O R T W O R T H C O N V E N T I O N H O T E L Fort Worth, Texas

SCOPE SIZE Convention Center Hotel and Break-Out 881,000 SF Space

A M E R I C A S C E N T E R St. Louis, Missouri

SCOPE SIZE 12 Block Exhibition & Conference Center with 2,185,500 SF Trans World Dome

INDIANA CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATION AND EXPANSION Indianapolis, Indiana

SCOPE SIZE Convention Center with RCA Dome 200,000 SF and Ballroom

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