Organizing, Visualizing, and Executing Dream Climbing Projects
From idea to open doors, we bridge the gap between your idea and the reality of opening a next-generation facility.
We create world-class projects that are a new type of 3rd Space that blow people away, thrive as businesses, and inspire your community.
Chris Ryan has been designing climbing walls and developing award-winning climbing facilities for nearly 25 years. He works independently with owners, sharing his experience and perspective, to synthesize your vision and goals with strategy and risk, to create world-class facilities and unique mixed-use projects that combine work and play.
Chris Ryan - AIA, NCARB
Building Design & Development Consultant
Licensed Architect & Registered Contractor
Board Member & Speaker
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It's not simply enough to exist as a climbing facility anymore, which is why we're asking "what else?".
What else can we do with our space, how else can we imagin using it, how can we bring in more people, and what's the future we're looking to create?
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Talk with Chris, and we will discuss where you're at, where you want to go, and how to move you closer in that direction.
"The architectural schematics are one thing, but the intangibles were also arguably even more important for me... having done a bunch of places like these before.
It's given me the tools to validate the concept and actually move forward."
Thor & Janna
Project Owner
"Adding those kind of visuals really changed the game for people, and made a signifigant difference, and a much stronger view of the project.
Actually increasing the attractiveness of the project for other people."
Mike P.
Owner- The Knot
"Guiding us through the conversation to really refine who we are has been a tremendous help, honestly, we couldn't have done it without you.
The ability to think through the space wisely, and not putting in things that were unnecessary... you were a great moderator."
Edwin and Colin
Founders - Summit City Climbing
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CREATING A WORLD CLASS FACILITY
BALANCING VISION WITH RISK
Design Visualization
Envision and understand your project by bringing your vision to life to ensure it aligns with your goals.
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See what your vision could be and test ideas
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Build support for your project
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Conceptualize what's next
FP&A
High-level Financial Planning & Analysis that balances all the parts of your project, so that you only build what you need.
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Balance vision with the reality of finances and investment
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Balance business model and investment with returns
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Determine how best to use every dollar
Strategy & Planning
Organize your entire project from start to finish, so you know exactly what to do next at any given moment.
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Bridge the gap from idea to open doors
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Stay on top of key milestones
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Reduce delays
RS PROJECT FRAMEWORK:
DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS PROJECTS WITH EFFICIENTLY
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PPC™
PROOF of PROJECT CONCEPT:
Create and test project paramaters balancing vision, risk, and finance.
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RCV
RAPID CONCEPT VISUALIZATION & TEST FITS:
Quickly creating and testing new concepts, locations, and building support.
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OFS
ORGANIZATION/ FUNDING/ STRATEGY:
Organize the project strategy on how to fund and move forward.
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D&B
DOCUMENT & BUILD:
Hiring the larger team of professionals and builders to permit and build.
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PHO
PRESALE/ HIRING/ OPENING:
Getting ready to open and get started on the right foot.
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About Chris
For over 20 years, Chris Ryan has been designing, developing, and building award-winning projects and creating meaningful 3rd spaces that mix work and play, by balancing the people you're serving, the purpose you're sharing, and the profit you need to survive.
His background and experience as a licensed Architect, registered contractor, and commercial development executive over the past two decades mean he knows what it takes to bridge the gap between idea and open doors.
After years spent working for multidisciplinary architecture and design-build companies, learning how to balance design with cost and execution, Chris spent a decade designing next generation climbing gyms across the country.
Today, he pays every lesson learned forward to help his clients build meaningful third(+) spaces that end up firmly at the center of peoples’ lives.
An avid rock climber, surfer, skier, and former national-level competitive athlete, Chris has experienced firsthand how play can profoundly impact our lives.
His award-winning work has been written about in Fast Company and Forbes, and his YouTube channel has over 18,000+ subscribers.
He has taught design, construction, and professional practice courses at Roger Williams University and as a Visiting Lecturer at Northeastern University, and received his Master of Architecture degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
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