Community-informed design.
Shaping our buildings, spaces, and communities.
The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza. Image courtesy of Friends of Harvey Milk and SWA Group.
Our Vision.
To create a world with built environments that are free of structural, programmatic, and social barriers for all end-users and communities.
Our Mission.
To guide meaningful community engagement to inform the design of built environments that are enjoyable, beneficial, and usable to as many people as possible.
Certification for collaborative placemaking.
The Community-Informed Design for Innovative Environments (CIDIE) Standard™ is a building certification program for translating community insights into tangible design solutions. The CIDIE Standard was developed through qualitative case study research on real-world projects that aimed to eliminate barriers in the built environment through community-engaged design.
Frameworks featured in CIDIE are designed to uniquely guide project teams in gathering and integrating community insights throughout the design process and post-occupancy.
CIDIE Leadership
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Victoria Lanteigne, PhD, WELL AP
CIDIE Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Traci Rose Rider, PhD, WELL AP, LEED AP
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Programs, School of Architecture | College of Design, North Carolina State University
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Nicola Springer, AIA, LEED AP
Partner & Managing Director, pK-12 Practice, Kirksey Architecture
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Rainey Shane, SEAM AP
CEO/Executive Director, SEAM, Inc.
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Kevin Symons, Assoc. AIA
Senior Associate, Mackey Mitchell Architects
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Rachel Zsembery, AIA, LEED AP
President, Chief Executive Officer, Bergmeyer
