MEGAN RECHER
AIA, LEED BD+C, LFA, SEED AP
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Miami • minor in Sociology and Community Design and a certificate in Historic Preservation
Master of Architecture in Sustainable and Resilient Design, University of Texas at Austin & Technical University of Munich • Certificate in Public Interest Design • 2015 Solar Decathlon team Captain, Nexus Haus
Megan is an architect and one of the founding partners at Place Collaborative, a firm whose purpose is to discover and share place-based design and policy solutions. She is recognized for urban planning, architecture and policy projects which are adaptable to regional climate challenges. She conducts project charrettes connecting social, economic and environmental factors to advance resilience principles in design and communities. Her strong focus on resilient and regenerative design strategies influences projects in a way that creates quality space while simultaneously increasing projects adaptability while reducing energy, water, waste, and cost. She has helped create Climate Action and Resilient Plans for cities, as well as form based resilient codes.
Megan is a good collaborator because of her ability to communicate complex and adaptable resilient solutions to clients and team members regardless of their experience level, and unite people around what drives them all, as well as her passion for diving into all aspects of the project from minute details to the larger systems at play like policy.