TOWNSCAPE, INC.

Environmental and Community Planning

Townscape : Meet Our Staff : Bruce Tsuchida

BRUCE TSUCHIDA

President, Principal Planner

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 
 
CURRENT POSITION
 
Founder and President of TOWNSCAPE, INC., a planning and design company that provides services to community groups, public agencies, and landowners throughout the State of Hawaii.

TOWNSCAPE, INC. is an outgrowth and continuation of TOWNSCAPE ASSOCIATES, a planning firm that was established by Mr. Tsuchida in Massachusetts in 1976.  The earlier firm provided land planning and town planning services to New England Cities and Towns and to Native American communities.

As President of Townscape, Inc., Mr. Tsuchida is in charge of overall company planning, marketing, quality assurance, and management of staff and other company resources.  He serves as principal in charge of all projects, and also takes on the role of overall project manager for some of the company’s major projects.


PRIOR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
 
R. M. Towill Corporation, Engineers and Planners.  Vice President and Manager of the Department of Planning and Land Development, 1984-1991.
 
Townscape Associates, Founder and Principal Planner, 1976-1984.
 
Gardiner Associates, Land Planners, 1969-1975. Partner 1973-1975.
 
Guest Critic and Lecturer:  Harvard Graduate School of Design, Radcliffe College, Boston Architectural Center, University of Hawaii.
 
 
EDUCATION
 
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture.  Studies in regional planning and landscape architecture.  Master of Landscape Architecture Degree (MLA) 1971.
 
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, 1967-1969.
 
Studies in Kyoto, Japan, 1965-1966:  Japanese Language School, Japanese garden design, calligraphy.
 
University of Paris, Faculty of Letters.  Studies in French literature and philosophy, 1963-1964.
 
Amherst College, 1961-1963 and 1964-1965.  B.A. Degree with Honors in English Literature. Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude.