Kati Rubinyi does research and consulting in planning, organization and urban design for the The Planning Center and their clients. Kati brings a creative perspective from her experience working with material and visual culture to linking planning, urban design and the organizational processes of city government. Her belief is that a comprehensive design-based approach to strategic planning and information management will result in the positive transformation of places. Kati's work is informed by the application of systems theory and cybernetics to management consulting as practiced at Ernst and Ernst in the 1970's by Paul Rubinyi and Stafford Beer, and later by Paul Rubinyi and Associates, Mangement Consultants.
Current projects include the State of California's first web-based General Plan: A project for the City of Ontario that will serve as a unique tool for decision-making and communication.
Another proposed project for the Urban Design Studio of the City of Los Angeles is a website that maps the City's organization onto cross-sections of streets by indicating who is responsible for what parts of the street in the phases of planning, implementation and maintenance.
Active areas of interest include the future role of mobile computing in planning, organization and urban design; effective communication through planning documents; the integration of planning mechanisms through communication media; storytelling as a strategy for communication in planning; the problem of adressing multiple scales (geographic and temporal) in urban design and planning.
Bio
Originally from Montreal, Canada, Kati received her architectural license in 1998 after working for both small and large firms. She then did an MFA at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. Kati taught a variety of subjects as an adjunct lecturer for three years before becoming a strategic planning consultant. Her educational background is in philosophy, architecture and fine art.