Gastilworks LLC

Gastilworks LLC

Consulting and advising focused on contributing to thriving communities and regions. Current work and engagement includes writing and research on TOD station area planning and mass timber initiatives, and remaking downtowns and waterfronts, as well as education initiatives including City Lab Discovery Seattle.

In a transformational decade for American cities, towns, and regions, planning and urban design are responding to critical challenges. Ray Gastil draws on expertise in comprehensive planning and design achievement, as well as leadership and team team experience and partnering for this transformational work.

  • Planning, Development, Architecture, and Urban Design writing and research.
  • Transit-Oriented Planning and Development
  • Revitalization Action Plans.
  • Planning and Development Frameworks for Waterfronts.
  • Strategic Planning for Public Space.
  • Affordable Housing Initiatives and Zoning.

Ray Gastil, AICP, LEED AP ND, is a nationally recognized urban thinker and practicing city planner. At Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, he focused on innovation and the future of urbanism, district scale planning and urban design, new local mobility, and regional resilience. In his role as director of Pittsburgh’s Department of City Planning, he headed initiatives including Neighborhood Planning, Riverfront Zoning, and Affordable Housing. Prior to his work in Pittsburgh, he served as planning director in Seattle, as director of the Manhattan Office in the New York City planning department, founding director of  Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture, and head of transit-oriented and regional design programs at Regional Plan Association.

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