Planning

We design your path to success.

As architects who plan, we help higher education institutions achieve their strategic goals. We solve complex space planning issues and find efficiencies at campuses ranging from large research universities to small community colleges.

As accomplished space analysts and strategic thinkers, we bring clarity to existing space use and vision to future space needs. We understand how facilities can help advance strategic goals. We believe that a good plan, well executed, is a beautiful thing.

From focused program studies to full campus master plans, our expertise includes space audit, allocation, and utilization studies; enrollment and space projections; student workshops and online surveys; and functional analyses of buildings.

We listen first. We study. We plan. Then we deliver. On point. Every time.

Featured Campuses

Auburn University

Dartmouth College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University of Alabama

Louisiana State University

University of North Carolina System

University at Albany

SUNY Cortland

SUNY Geneseo

Central Piedmont Community College

Lansing Community College

Castleton University

SUNY Adirondack

Anne Arundel Community College

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Greenville Technical College

Western Carolina University

Howard Community College

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Florence-Darlington Technical College

SUNY Orange

Pace University

SUNY Empire University

West Avenue Campus Concept Rendering

SUNY Empire University

Facilities Master Plan
Master Plan Update
Campus Capital Plan
Campus Capital Plan Update
Facilities Conditions Assessment
Space Needs Analyses
Coordinating Center Department Move Management
Moore Hall Feasibility Study
Regional Center - Prototype Study
West Avenue Campus Expansion Study

SUNY Empire State College is not like any other college. They are distinct in their focus on providing higher education opportunities to adult learners often with family and work responsibilities. They offer flexible, personalized programs to suit individual needs with a hybrid mix of online and mentor-based face-to-face instruction and short-term residencies at 35 locations throughout New York State. They also provide interactive online education with the largest distance learning program in the state.

Over the past 20 years, we have developed a comprehensive understanding of this unique, forward-thinking college and its important role in the SUNY System. We prepared the 2001 Capital Plan, the 2006 Update, and the 2013 Facilities Master Plan, all of which identified projects to support the long-term development of the College, and many of the subsequent implementation projects.

“Few people know Empire State College as well as the staff of JMZ, and this understanding will be evident in a number of structures around here for many years to come.”
President, SUNY Empire State College

“They have a natural disposition to listen, interpret and incorporate input from a broad range of stakeholders within our college community and consistently deliver results beyond expectations. Our ability to make a multitude of critical decisions is enhanced by the knowledge, experience, and responsiveness of JMZ.”
Vice President for Administration – SUNY Empire State College

Binghamton University