Creating productive, delightful spaces is a disciplined, collaborative planning process. Cyril has led dozens of such efforts through the years, and there are a few key elements that run through every project, regardless whether it is Adaptive Re-Use, Historic Preservation or Master Plan Development:
Each project is unique but all require building of effective teams and processes to minimize schedule and insure that costs are appropriate for the owner’s goals. Having managed hundreds of projects from home additions to $100,000,000+ medical facilities Cyril works with the owner to build the right team to execute the project.
Nothing is more powerful than an energized and effective team focused on a singular goal. Cyril know the right processes and players to bring together to accomplish your project efficiently and effectively.
Effective facilitation is the key to achieving meeting goals and building teams. Cyril effectively and innovatively works with the client’s team to design and execute planning meetings and retreats.
It’s natural to see problems from limited perspectives. The power of getting the right people in the room and viewing opportunities from new angles can transform an organization. Cyril can work with your leadership to create the right environment and format to discover the creative thoughts hiding in the weeds.
Effective strategic planning involves identification of both short- and long-term goals, consideration of financial and personnel resources and creative analysis of solution options. The result is a plan that builds over time to a powerful result. Some of the best plans start small but build through a series of well conceived stages to the final result. One of the most important elements is a tool that leadership uses to enable all team members to visualize the project goals and end result.
Having worked closely with numerous dynamic leaders during his 25 years with Vanderbilt Medical Center, Cyril brings significant insight into strategies for moving initiatives and projects forward. Once the strategy is developed he can effective design and deliver persuasive conversations and presentations to achieve success.
40 years of training and practice have given Cyril the tools and expertise to help clients discover the potential of a site or evaluate several sites to determine which is optimal. The result is a cost effective, quick feasibility analysis and concept sketches.
From residential remodeling to a $100 million health care facility, the foundation of every plan is a functional program where all the elements are identified and quantified, matching outcomes to physical space requirements (not the other way around).
We have an amazing opportunity to design and build communities that promote physical, social and emotional health. But it requires seeing beyond the immediate project/building to a larger urban fabric.
Cyril uses his experience and skills to facilitate community leaders and citizens to discover the exciting opportunities for vibrant communities.
In the hours after the Christmas Day 2020 bombing of Nashville’s historic 2nd Avenue, Cyril was asked by the Historic Commission and Historic Zoning Commission to lead a task force to address the rebuilding of 2nd Avenue to a vibrant community better than it ever had been and to respect the historic architecture and wishes of the community in the process.
Working closely with the Mayor’s office, Metro Historic, Metro Planning, the Downtown Partnership, the Urban Land Institute, Civic Design Center and others, Cyril has been a champion for creation of a new, vibrant community, not only on 2nd Avenue but from Broadway to the Metro Courthouse and from the Cumberland River to 2nd Avenue.
Knowing the players and the process is essential for successful project approvals. Cyril’s experience in middle-Tennessee is a great asset when seeking project approvals.
Change isn’t easy for most neighborhoods. Cyril has a gift for working with neighborhoods to find ways for everyone to “win” and to effectively deal with opposition.