Sidewalks, shade trees, curbs, corners, drainage, lighting — the parts of a residential street that decide whether a neighborhood feels like one.
Houston's residential streets were mostly designed for cars, and the results are visible: no shade, no sidewalks that go anywhere, no place for a child to ride a bike. Since 2016 we've worked with HOAs, small developers and single-block resident groups to change that, one street at a time.
Our streetscape work is billed as a separate service and coordinated with the City of Houston Public Works & Engineering department, Harris County Flood Control and, where relevant, TxDOT.
At 7am, at noon, and at 6pm. Streets behave differently at every hour.
Every existing canopy tree is mapped and, where possible, kept.
Corner radii tightened, lane widths trimmed, on-street parking added where it calms speeds.
Bioswales, permeable pavers and small rain gardens sized for Houston's cloudburst rainfall.
In 2024 we redesigned a 0.4-mile stretch of the street our own studio sits on. The project added 34 live oak street trees, a continuous 6-foot sidewalk on both sides, a bioswale down the median and eight rain gardens at the corners.
Peak measured speeds fell from 38 mph to 24 mph in the first three months, and the segment recorded no reportable flooding during the October 2024 storm event.
We do free one-hour introductory consultations for neighborhood groups within Harris County.
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