About
Ifeoma is an experienced Urban Designer, trained Architect & Planning Strategist with a proven track record in transforming public spaces into platforms for equity and design excellence. In her twenty year career she has led projects in architecture, urban revitalization, community / large scale masterplanning, infrastructure upgrading, urban policy and neighborhood development. Through leadership roles in urban design & development initiatives funded by the United Nations, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the NYC Mayors Office she has excelled in managing multidisciplinary teams towards the planning, design and implementation of projects supporting racial, social and cultural equity. As the founding Director of Creative Urban Alchemy LLC she is a highly sought after consultant for city governments, developers and civic institutions on community design, regenerative placemaking and the equitable transformation of urban space.
She serves on advisory boards for the Mayor of Helsingborg, Sweden H22 Smart City Initiative, Association for Community Design, the New York State Energy Research & Development Agency, the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and is a member of the Dark Matter University network and a founding member of the BlackSpace Urbanist Collective. Over the life of her career she has received fellowships from Cornell University, Architecture for Humanity, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Next City and the NYC Urban Design Forum. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University, Cornell University and Columbia University and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master in City Design and Development from MIT.
Global Design/Planning Experience: United States of America, Brazil, India, China, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa, Sweden
CONSULTING Services
From public speaking and event moderation to contributing to the crafting of urban design frameworks, masterplans and placemaking approaches to advising on participatory design / community engagement methodologies and equitable development strategies - let us co create the terms of this partnership together.
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“CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
”Ifeoma is a once-in-a-generation talent, marrying her technical expertise and experience with a warm empathy and clear voice that enables people to see old challenges in new ways. I’ve worked with her in my role as the Executive Director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) for the last two years. During that time, she has delivered “virtual seminars” to mayors (closed door sessions where mayors learn about new topics and can ask candid questions), presented to our MICD Just City Mayoral Fellows (a fellowship program where mayors explore issues around racial justice and the built environment), and worked one-on-one with mayors and their staff through our advanced technical assistance program. Multiple mayors reached out to me after her virtual seminar asking for her to do another one (she did), and a mayor in the technical assistance program credited her with changing the way he is approaching community engagement, development, and design in his city. I could go on an on about Ifeoma’s talent, and know we will continue to work with her in the future.””
