Renato Conde, from CONDE Urban Design, shared cases on the International Market panel of the GRI Institute Planned Communities 2025.
Event Background
The GRI Loteamentos & Comunidades Planejadas 2025 took place on June 24 and 25 at the Renaissance São Paulo Hotel. It was a forum that brought together leaders in the real estate market to discuss trends and challenges in planned subdivisions and neighborhoods in Brazil.
The Presence of CONDE Urban Design
In the International Market Panel, Renato Facchinetti Conde shared cases and insights with renowned professionals such as Olivia Argentini (Archea Associati) and Cristina Wakamatsu (LW Design Group).
CONDE was also one of the event’s sponsors.
Main topics covered in the Panel
– Park neighborhoods: the creative process behind concepts that integrate nature and urbanism in the Middle East and Southeast Asia;
– Trends and pace of launches: analysis of demand, feasibility, infrastructure and impacts of interest rates on international projects.
Practical Examples of International Projects
Saadiyat Grove, Abu Dhabi
Masterplan for five plots in a mixed-use community on the edge of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District in Abu Dhabi.
A mixed-use project adjacent to the Saadiyat Museums, featuring oblique volumes, open facades, and courtyards that interact with the cultural surroundings.
CityWalk High Street, Dubai
The masterplan for City Walk High Street incorporates many of the basic principles of new urbanism: blocks with buildings aligned with the plots, with active facades facing the public, and public and private courtyards in the middle of the plot.
Brazil-International Connection
CONDE Urban Design highlighted the application of international best practices (such as park neighborhoods and mixed-use) to the national context, showing how urban design can generate value — economic, social and environmental — in planned developments.
Renato Facchinetti Conde reinforced the importance of infrastructure and mobility as strategic differentiators, in addition to the role of planned communities in the face of scarcity and pressure for sustainability.
CONDE Urban Design’s vision is that strategic urban planning is a business asset – essential in subdivisions and planned communities.
CONDE’s Strategic Approach
CONDE Urban Design operates with a global vision, present in Brazil and Dubai, focusing on sophisticated, sustainable and integrated urban design.
Its design DNA includes:
– From feasibility to technique: from preliminary study to documentation for approval;
– Urbanism-architecture-landscape integration: creating masterplans that connect land, nature, mobility and uses;
– Technology and intelligence: use of parametrics and virtual reality for efficiency and precision.
