Arts and Planning on Campus
For over 60 years, HGA has worked with higher education institutions on more than 120 campuses nationwide. Cumulatively, we have a rich history of working in a variety of campus settings, academic programs, and educational modalities, with each project an opportunity to create environments that elevate learning, teaching, research, and community.
Holistic Design
Holistic design is a transformative approach to design that acknowledges the interconnectedness of beauty, function, sustainability, resilience, and equity. By leveraging our interdisciplinary expertise, thoughtful research, and deep engagement of stakeholders, we create meaningful projects with positive, enduring impact for people and communities.
Placemaking
Our interdisciplinary teams are skilled at planning, programming, and engagement. We begin by understanding the specific identity of each campus, city, group of stakeholders and history to help build upon legacy. HGA brings together big picture vision with strategic implementation.
Typological Expertise
Today, institutions under pressure to do more with less. Program driven buildings must rise to the top of the class. HGA’s expertise in key typologies makes us invaluable partners as you envision, design, and build the future of academic programs, learning, and creative spaces. HGA helps you make the most of whatever space you have.
Campus Planning
HGA’s higher education studio is a dedicated collective of architects, engineers, planners, researchers, and specialists with a wealth of expertise in the planning and design of campuses and buildings for education, creating sustainable environments that cultivate creativity, foster excellence and engage community.
Engaging With Historical Contexts
Physical spaces must evolve alongside the purpose and values of an institution. In partnership with your institution, we learn and build upon your established mission, creating impactful, forward-looking spaces that acknowledge legacy with an eye to the future.
National Impact
Over the past six decades, we have developed a national reputation for designing extraordinary cultural facilities, museums, collection facilities, and spaces for arts education that artfully balance form with function.
