TERRAPLEN ARCHITECTS – PLANNERS – BUILDERS

Architecture & Construction Firm with Environmentally Sensitive Design

Members of Santa Fe Chapter of American Institutes of Architects and Santa Fe

Green Architecture and Building

Residential Architect & Construction

Commercial and Public Sector

We have been Designing and Managing the Construction of numerous Commercial and Public Projects in the region for over 30 years. The range of projects includes office and retail buildings, restaurants, ice-cream parlors …

… To public recreational buildings such as public indoor and outdoor pools, libraries, teen centers to parks and even skateboard parks. Industrial uses such as automobile and transit service and maintenance facilities are also in our portfolio.

We originally started in what was known as Passive Solar Architecture in the late 1970’s. We have been active in the Field of Energy Efficient Design which has evolved into what is known as Green Architecture and Building.

Green Building now encompasses many areas including Energy Efficient Design, Building Science, Renewable Energy Production, Sustainable Material Selection, and Water Conservation to name a few of its many facets.

We are conversant in the City and County Green Codes as well as State and National Sponsored Programs that provide tax benefits. We continue to see this as our main priority for the future of our planet.

Residential Architecture and Construction

We originally started in the construction trades in the late 1970’s and have been involved in Design and Construction of Homes from modest 1-4 bedroom starter houses in 100…

…Home Neighborhoods to multi-million dollar stand-alone custom homes. We are conversant in many regional styles from Historic Zone Pueblo, Northern New Mexico to more Contemporary Designs.

ABOUT US

Established in 1994, Terraplen provides a full range of Architecture, Planning, Design and Build services with specialties developed in Master Planning, Recreation and Park Design, Multi-unit Residential Developments, Light industrial and Commercial Design and Custom Residential Design. Mr. Monroe is owner of Terraplen, which was established with Architect Carl C. Ewing, a native of Santa Fe, now retired. Harvey has been associated with the firm 21 years and has a great deal of experience as the primary contact for work with the City of Santa Fe. He is completely familiar with the community, local regulatory and other State requirements. He is a member and Past-President of Santa Fe AIA and current member of Santa Fe Area Homebuilders Green Council who have collaborated with the City on their New Green Code.

Mr. Monroe worked with several design firms since coming to Santa Fe 40 years ago. Prior to joining Terraplen he was involved on his own projects, handling design as well as the construction of many projects. His design work has been noted for its regional character and solar orientation. Mr. Monroe is a licensed General Contractor in the State of New Mexico since 1980 and has provided peer review cost estimates and for constructability of the design for other architectural firms.

Mr. Monroe has been a project leader on many projects including the Santa Fe Southside Library, Santa Fe Trails bus maintenance facility, many multiple unit residential developments, Bicentennial Pool, Atalya Tennis Courts, Alto Street Tennis Courts, Salvador Perez Pool & Park, Fire Station No. 5 remodel and addition, City of Santa Fe Teen Center Program and Master Plan, City of Santa Fe, City wide Facilities Evaluation and Master Plan and several smaller projects for the City of Santa Fe. Mr. Monroe's projects have been the recipients of Green Builder Awards from the Home Builders Association for 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. His responsibilities ranged from initial client meetings, programming, design, construction, documents, and contract administration.

Harvey N. Monroe Jr, AIA

Terraplen Architects + Planners LLC Since 1994

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Job Responsibilities:

Chief Designer, Team Facilitator, Programming, Master & Site Planning, Construction documents, Contract Administration, Field Supervision

General Contractor:

Commercial & Residential Construction, 6 years as Responsible Party for Residential Developer of over 200 homes in 4 Developments.

Education:

Bachelors' of Architecture 1982 On-going educational seminars in AutoCAD since 1984, Autocad third party 3-D programs and most recently Sketch-Up 3-D Program.

Language Skills:

English, Spanish (very good), Portuguese (good), French (fair)

Licensing Information:

Licensed Architect, New Mexico #2031, 1986 Licensed General Construction New Mexico GB-98 #83077 1980.

Additional Interest:

Ski & Scuba Instructor,, Soccer Coach and

Referee.

Areas OF EXPERTISE

Homes that meet the individual owners personal needs have been a primary mainstay of our business since our inception. We aim to provide our client their desires of space, function, use, style, appearance, comfort and budget. Styling ranges from traditional historic pueblo, Northern New Mexican, NM Craftsman, to Regional Contemporary Designs

Custom Residential Design

Remodels - Additions

Many of our projects are based on Existing Buildings. Simple remodels for better space utilization, material or energy upgrades to complete removal and replacement of all areas of the existing building and starting a fresh with just the walls. Project size and scope can vary greatly with attention to detail and client satisfaction as the common factors among all the projects

Affordable or Start Homes can be much more than just a simple shelter with four walls and a roof. We have planned , designed and built single homes as small as 800 sq.ft to 1600 sq.ft. All of these have qualified for the City of Santa Fe’s affordable status.

Affordable Homes

Commercial Projects

Office Buildings, Retail Shops, Galleries, Restaurants, Public shopping spaces and Town-homes and Apartment Buildings. We have experience in all of these from stand-alone new buildings to major renovations to interior tenant improvements. We have detalt in all of these and the design issues that are encountered.

Public Projects

We have extensive experience in the process that public projects require. This starts with getting input from the stakeholders. The steps follow the documentation of the design process from programming, through the design steps, to bidding, project management and close-out. We have Design City of Santa Fe, Offices, Maintenance, Training, Educational, Recreational, and Park Facilities.

Planning, Landscape Design and Development

We have experience with planning and design of numerous residential and commercial developments through-out the region. The process of initial land surveying, planning, engineering, public approvals and construction.

Built Projects include, Casa de Oro (10 homes) in Los Alamos, Colonia Prisma (124 homes), Colonia Vistoso ( 49 homes), etc.