Ray Gastil

バイオグラフィー：Ray Gastil directs Gastilworks Planning & Design LLC, based in Seattle, where he specializes in downtown, waterfront and neighborhood planning and design, planning, and development. He formerly directed the Remaking Cities Institute (RCI) at Carnegie Mellon University, where he taught urban design, public policy, and regional urbanism, as well as doing sponsored research on mobility, community development, and equity in urban centers and corridors. Gastil previously served as Pittsburgh City Planning Director from 2014 to 2019, where he led initiatives in affordable and inclusive housing, special districts, waterfront, and neighborhood planning, as well as historic preservation, comprehensive planning, open space, public art, complete streets, and planning related to mobility. He held similar planning positions in Seattle, where he led planning for light-rail neighborhoods, and as Director, Manhattan Office of the New York City Department of City Planning, with significant responsibilities for commercial, residential, and academic district planning throughout Manhattan, including major mixed-use developments. He was the founding Executive Director of the Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture (VAI) in New York City. In this role he led exhibitions, publications, and design competitions, including the exhibition and catalogue Open: New Designs for Public Space and the book Beyond the Edge: New York’s New Waterfront. Earlier, he served as transit-oriented and regional design director for Regional Plan Association.