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FORUM STUDIO AND MAYER HASBANI ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE, ROOTED IN A SET OF SHARED VALUES, COMPLEMENTARY DESIGN APPROACH, AND A LONG AND FRUITFUL FRIENDSHIP.

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By collaborating across borders and disciplines, our partnership will deliver compelling and iconic architecture to commercial clients in Latin America and beyond.

Forum Studio is a full-service architecture firm distinguished by its thoughtful and rigorous approach to contemporary design challenges. The firm’s leaders have worked with some of the world’s top corporate clients on complex and critical projects, from headquarters that transform the operations of Fortune 500 brands to flexible workplaces that support the ambitions of emerging entrepreneurs. Regardless of scale, Forum Studio conducts in-depth marketplace research and design discovery that leads to unique, right-sized solutions. Recognized by multiple awards and publications, Forum Studio is among the world’s leading design experts.

In Mayer Hasbani, Forum Studio has found a likeminded partner. Founded by a prominent Mexico City-based architect and development expert, the firm quickly established a reputation for innovative, high-quality work. Its portfolio of residential and commercial work features bold design, inventive materiality, and a commitment to delivering value to the end-user. Additionally, given its history of working in the region, Mayer Hasbani has gained remarkable insight into developing, designing, and building projects in Latin America.

Together, Forum Studio and Mayer Hasbani are uniquely suited to work in the exciting, dynamic Latin American marketplace. Clients will benefit from a seamless partnership, with the leadership of both firms focused on client service and a straightforward process. The firms’ leaders have already collaborated formally and informally on major work throughout Mexico. Now, with an exclusive alliance, the firms will leverage their combined experience to design signature projects in collaboration with the region’s most discerning clients.

Mayer HasbaniPartner, Mayer Hasbani

Jay LongoPresident, Forum Studio

Jennifer ParkPrincipal, Forum Studio

Arturo Perez RiveraPartner, Mayer Hasbani

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PROCESSThe Forum Studio and Meyer Hasbani strategic alliance has a seamless creative process which leverages the team’s global expertise, local knowledge, and technology to research, conceive, and deliver world-class design. The leadership team will remain intimately involved in all stages of the process.

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ORGANIZATIONThe Forum Studio and Mayer Hasbani strategic alliance has deep expertise and experience in delivering complex projects throughout the world. The leadership team of Jay Longo, Mayer Hasbani, Jennifer Park, and Arturo Perez Riverawork in close collaboration, sharing client communication, architectural design, and project management responsibilities. Meyer Hasbani lends valuable insight into local market conditions, policy issues, and executional and operational context. Forum Studio leads research and design efforts based on a thorough understanding of global industry trends, innovative design and fabrication processes, and the needs of complex commercial clients.

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MAYER HASBANI is a young firm that creates functional, aesthetic and innovative spaces that address our clients’ needs at the same time their stimulating design helps enhance quality-of-life.

Reflection as well as rigorous architectural and urban analysis—executed before any project is undertaken—are key elements of our work process. We are interested in establishing a dialogue with the environments into which our work is situated, to place it into context and discover its corresponding integrated design solutions.

Forum Studio is a next-generation design practice that harnesses the power of innovation and collaboration to solve complex challenges. We serve a diverse range of national and international clients, leveraging our expertise in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and engineering.

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At Forum Studio, we provide responsive, responsible and respected architectural, interiors, landscape architecture, urban design, and planning solutions for our clients by creating great environments for their customers and communities.

Design thinking Forum Studio delivers more than a building. Rather, the exploratory process, marked by thoughtful research and creative insights, produces tangible value for the client.

Investment in experimentation Forum Studio is continually searching for new and better materials, processes, and partnerships. It experiments with fabrication techniques and prototypes multiple solutions throughout the design process.

Advanced technology Forum Studio embraces technology in the office and in the field. It develops custom applications and incorporates practices from other disciplines in order to improve knowledge-sharing, ensure efficiency, and expedite delivery.

Collaboration Working with colleagues from across the Clayco family, Forum Studio accesses a wide range of expertise in real estate, engineering, construction, materials science, and other disciplines. Additionally, Forum Studio collaborates widely with technologists, visual artists, biologists, anthropologists and others who bring a fresh perspective to design.

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across continents, across scalesFrom boutique showrooms to high-rise headquarters, from pocket parks to regional masterplans, from the smallest detail to the grandest vision, Forum Studio’s design responds to every scale. Forum Studio’s full-service, integrated approach ensures that a right-sized design solution addresses the unique challenges of every project.

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We founded our design firm to be that single forum that would bring together all of the capabilities of the master builder in a collaborative, creative, and inclusive process. We convene the needed expertise, when it is needed, at our table.

Beyond the disciplines of Architecture and Interior Design, our team boasts world-class talent in Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning & Design. Further, we regularly partner with experts, from economists to biologists, to expand our capabilities and benefits to our clients. Forum Studio is where trust creates the time and space for innovation.

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interior architectureInterior Architecture

Programming

Space Planning

Workplace Strategy

Change Management

Sustainability Systems

Tenant Improvements

Facility Management

Interior Systems Technologies

Acoustic + Lighting Design

FF&E Procurement

Interiors Representation

Post-Occupancy Evaluation

architecture

Programming

Functional Planning

Site Integration

Conceptual Design

Sustainability Systems

Value Design

Building Systems Technologies

Construction Documents

BIM + VDC

Building Representation

Commissioning

Post Occupancy Evaluation

landscape architectureSite Design

Campus Design

Greenways + Waterfronts

Parks + Trails

Plazas + Public Spaces

Green Roofs

Sculptures + Memorials

Restorative Gardens

Storm Water Strategies

Ecosystem Restoration

Product Design

urban planning & designMixed-Use Development

Town Centers

Urban Parks + Public Spaces

Plazas + Streetscapes

Urban Revitalization

Brownfield Development

Design Guidelines

Visioning + Strategic Planning

Regional + Community Planning

Master Planning

Campus Planning

Site Planning + Design

Regulatory Agency Approval

Public Engagement

Portfolio Optimization

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sustainability

Sustainability is an integral part of how we practice. Embracing the principles of green design, we have established an active program that helps to educate our clients about the value of sustainably designed and built facilities, including the pursuit of LEED certification.

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GROUP

Quality control and consistency are traditional hallmarks of design and construction’s best practices. With our focus on next practices, we are integrating an experienced cadre of planners, architects, and engineers, who know how to maximize construction quality and minimize costs, into our team of holistic problem solvers.

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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING

BIM is but one of several powerful programs within the Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) toolbox. More than simply a 3D representation of project and a phenomenal storehouse of building information, BIM technology facilitates the collaboration that is essential for integrated project delivery.

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the nature of citiesCHIP CRAWFORD

Looking back, it was interesting that throughout recent election years, in debate after debate, the most impactful asset we have—our cities—has not been a topic on any candidate’s agenda. On the other hand, at the CEO’s for Cities conference held in Boston, Ed Glaeser, professor of economics at Harvard, gave an amazing talk about the impact of cities on the development of human capital, our most optimistic driver of innovation, and ultimately our economic destiny. There seems to be no learning substitute for bumping into one another and sharing what we know. Density does matter, and clearly the greater the density, the more opportunities for innovation.

As a landscape architect and urban designer, this is where I live. I see the role of cities as the ultimate convener, the reason why and how people from all walks of life come together and collectively share their experiences, and achieve great things. Still I wonder where is nature in this equation? It seems so short sighted to skip the ‘Mother-of-all-mentors’. I would argue that the density or connectivity to nature, is just as much a catalyst of innovation as human density (and then some!). Innovation is not just a human-to-human benefit. There is as much, if not more, to learn from interaction with the natural systems in our cities and nature’s 3.8 billion years of managing complexity.

At Forum Studio, we’ve been focused on how we can better design for the new realities of the ways people live, work, and play. Taking cues from nature’s genius is our next big thing. Most recently, we convened

one of our biggest project teams including professionals from all disciplines, with a biomimicry strategist to evaluate our current designs through nature’s design lens. What came out of the session was the profound realization that we can be doing so much more to leverage synergies, optimize the complex systems instead of maximizing them, and better integrate our work into the natural genius of the place. All it took was just a slight shift in perspective to open a world of new opportunities for this project and our client.

Our work with Bimimicry 3.8 has taught us that we have it all right here at our fingertips. We have these amazing places, our cities. We have access to incredible information about them. And we have 3.8 billion years of nature’s wisdom in solving the very same challenges that we face. So we’ve set our sights to achieve a new level of urbanism that recognizes both the benefits of human interaction, as well as the incredible benefits of nature’s genius.

The solutions to building great cities are right here, all around us.

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...connectivity to nature, is just as much a catalyst of innovation as human density...

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Zirve University Hospital

A new center for specialty patient care and research in a fast growing region of eastern Turkey.

LOCATION GAZIANTEP, TURKEYSIZE2,000,000 SF

16 HECTARES

SERVICES PROVIDED MASTER PLANNING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LANDSCAPE DESIGN

A large new university hospital campus is being developed adjacent to Zirve University, a major regional education hub located in eastern Turkey near the Syrian border. The master plan calls for the development of a campus that integrates patient care and research, combined with hospitality and residential components. Conceived as a multiple-phase project, an initial 280-bed specialty hospital will be expanded to include an additional 196 beds, a conference and education center, and a 323,000 square-foot medical research facility.

The campus organization is intended to foster collaboration between clinicians and researchers, and facilitate the development of innovative treatments in neuroscience and organ transplantation. The campus will also include physician villas, nursing dormitories, a 120-room hotel, and gymnasium.

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Working in collaboration with LAND COLLECTIVE, Grand Center, Inc., and the Grand Center District’s constituents, Forum Studio is designing Performance Green, a new public space in downtown St. Louis. Performance Green is one of the keystones of the Growing Grand Plan which strives to turn 30 acres of parking lots and vacant land into a “special event district” and “an epicenter of creativity that serves the aesthetic and economic needs of artists, patrons, tourists and the entire St. Louis community.” Performance Green is 2.5-acres and will become a venue for myriad performances in the visual and acoustical arts, and will host year-round park programming, including summer fountains, winter skating, cafes, and the display of art. This includes Circus Flora, whose annual presence in Saint Louis is a tradition enjoyed by generations. In the design of Performance Green, Circus Flora, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and other arts-oriented organizations will find opportunities for public performance at a variety of scales, from intimate poetry readings to quartets and theater events.

Performance GreenURBAN PARK

LOCATIONST. LOUIS, MO

SIZE2.5 ACRES

SERVICES PROVIDEDPLANNING

SITE DESIGN

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Performance Green is 2.5-acres and will become a venue for myriad performances in the visual and acoustical arts, and will host year-round park programming, including summer fountains, winter skating, cafes, and the display of art.

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Forum Studio is providing Master Plan Advisory Services for approximately 4080 hectares of land in Quizanga, a town on the outskirts of Recife, approximately 28 km from the Recife city center, located at the intersection of BR 408 and the proposed new ring road. The project site is strategically located equidistant from both major industry and one of the largest ports in Brazil. The site also contains a large portion of protected Mata Atlantica rainforest which further adds to the sites uniqueness and beauty.

The overall goal is to provide the Client with advisory services during the planning process and to provide feedback in setting and preserving the vision of the master plan through review of scope, schedule and deliverables. The Quizanga Concept Master Plan (CMP) would comprise a framework for a new mixed- use residential community, creating a world class, environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable development. The aspiration is to build a new, smart, sophisticated, sustainable, and self-reliant city, leveraging this site’s outstanding characteristics providing the best quality of life for the community.

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The plan envisioned a community of ‘lifelong learning’, with educational opportunities for all residents.

LOCATIONRECIFE, BRAZIL

SIZE4,080 HECTARES

SERVICES PROVIDEDARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

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Our team is currently working on an Urban Development Framework for the municipality of Mejillones, Chile.

Situated in the north of country, on the pacific coast of the Atacama Desert, Mejillones is experiencing unprecedented growth due to developing industry that complements the copper mines and the development of the “Angamos” Port. Protected by the “Punta Angamos”, this port will become one of the largest ports in South America and the primary threshold for the trade of South America with the Asian Market.

Our team’s challenge is to craft urban development strategies and prioritize projects that will enable the city to accommodate the growing demand of housing and services, protect the City’s history and cultural heritage, promote the region’s touristic potential, and deploy sustainable strategies that are in synch with the extreme environment and resources provided by the desert.

Mejillones Urban FrameworkURBAN FRAMEWORK PLAN

LOCATIONMEJILLONES, CHILE

SIZE198 ACRES 80 HECTARES

SERVICES PROVIDEDMASTER PLANNING

URBAN DESIGN

URBAN REVITALIZATION

The framework plan guides development strategies to accommodate the growing demand for housing and public space.

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Turkey is the 16th largest economy in the world and also the 6th largest in Europe. With its dynamic population of 73 million and its growing importance in the world, it requires a new finance center to meet the challenges of its age while respecting its past and culture.

The Istanbul Financial Center (IFC) Master Plan provides the framework and tools to develop a sustainable district based on the natural systems of a vital site, the demands of a modern city, and its significant historic context. This integration will creatively synthesize human need, environmental stewardship, and economic viability into a global model of urbanism rooted in Turkish culture with a vision of the future. The goal of the IFC is to become a focal point not only for Istanbul and Turkey, but for the international finance and business community.

Istanbul International Financial CenterMASTER PLAN

LOCATIONISTANBUL, TURKEY

SIZEPROGRAM: 900,000 GSM

SITE: 69 HECTARES

SERVICES PROVIDEDDETAILED MASTER PLAN

PLANNING REGULATIONS

ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE STANDARDS

CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN

CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE

The goal of the IFC is to become a focal point for not only Istanbul and Turkey, but for the international finance and business community.

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Forum Studio’s award-winning proposal for a site in downtown Chicago envisions an urban park that is an ecologically diverse habitat for adventure and discovery

Forum Studio’s holistic approach extends beyond the narrow boundaries of a project. Economic development, the environment, finance and politics—these issues inform complex projects as profoundly as the program. Our work engages the full spectrum of stakeholder concerns to create designs that maximize the potential for transformation.

Every project has far-reaching impact on the users of the space, the community and the environment. We bring a sense of urgency along with our experience as we work with our clients to realize their visions of a better, more fulfilling future for their company, their campus or their city.

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WHAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY? Your challenges are our inspiration. Our energies are focused on the opportunity to create meaningful, effective, and enduring new environments. Working together we can help you achieve your goals and make your mark.

We look forward to being part of your vision.

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FORUM STUDIO

35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60601

p +1 312 658 0747

MAYER HASBANI

Paseo de los Laureles 458, Torre BPH2 - Bosques de

las Lomas Cuajimalpa 05120 Mexico, D.F.

p +52 55 5241 0975