{"id":23864,"date":"2019-01-15T09:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T09:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/principals\/rene-bihan\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:25:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T17:25:17","slug":"rene-bihan","status":"publish","type":"principals","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/rene-bihan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9 Bihan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;singlefimg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Phone No<\/span>415.836.8770<\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-email \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Email<\/span><a href=\"mailto:rbihan@swagroup.com\">rbihan@swagroup.com<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973229250{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>FEATURED PROJECTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-repeater \"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/chase-center-entertainment-district\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Chase Center Entertainment District<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/city-creek-center\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">City Creek Center<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/beijing-finance-street\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Beijing Finance Street<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/google-headquarters\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Google Headquarters<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/san-antonio-station\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">San Antonio Station<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973550859{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/lands-end-a-cultural-landscape-in-evolution-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Land\u2019s End: A Cultural Landscape in Evolution<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/reconnecting-downtown-salt-lake-city-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reconnecting Downtown Salt Lake City<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/corporate-campus-3-0-understanding-cultural-urbanism-and-landscape-urbanism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corporate Campus 3.0: Understanding Cultural Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/a-new-creek-in-the-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A New Creek in the City<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/what-is-a-park-the-kindergarten-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Is A Park?: The Kindergarten Project<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/english-picturesque-restricts-contemporary-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Picturesque Restricts Contemporary Design<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/legible-landscape-design-not-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legible Landscape: Design Not Nature<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/nature-is-dead-long-live-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature Is Dead: Long Live Design<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/the-uk-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The UK Landscape<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550055020933{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"pname\">Ren\u00e9 Bihan<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text ceo\">Managing Principal, San Francisco<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg interest\"><p>&#8220;Every city has an ecology which defines it; my work centers on the Urban\u00a0Wild. My designs are about working the seam between these two complex but\u00a0complementary worlds. To achieve healthier wilderness we need to condense the\u00a0urban boundaries, and to create healthier cities we need to expand and\u00a0improve wilderness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549972932909{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Ren\u00e9 Bihan is an accomplished landscape architect, urban designer, and educator interested in issues of urbanism and landscape\u00a0design and their symbiotic relationship to dense urban cities. Ren\u00e9 is a board member for The Cultural Landscape Foundation and an active member of the Bay Area&#8217;s architecture and design community. He has been a Commissioner for the San Francisco Arts\u00a0Commission, sat on the Civic Design Review Panel and has been a member of the Better Streets Advisory Committee. He has an\u00a0in-depth familiarity with construction, studio arts, and contemporary architecture. Ren\u00e9 credits this varied background with his\u00a0desire to synthesize conceptual ideas with practical solutions on a wide variety of development projects around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550043365129{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>INSPIRED BY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Simplicity.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973613519{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1994)<br \/>\nBachelor of Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University (1988)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973668697{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; 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