Unbound founders bring together over 25 years of combined experience leading and contributing to award-winning higher education planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and architectural projects across North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Prior to founding Unbound, our team members helped shape campus visions, master plans, precinct plans, landscape strategies, student housing frameworks, public realm plans, land use strategies, engagement processes, and implementation roadmaps for some of the world's leading colleges and universities. Today, we combine that experience with a collaborative, design-led approach to create campuses that inspire learning, foster belonging, and support long-term institutional success.

The following projects were led or contributed to by Khatereh Baharikhoob during her previous roles at other firms in Toronto, prior to founding Unbound.

Selected Higher Education Experience:

• Victoria University Campus Master Plan (Ongoing) — Toronto, Ontario
• University of Manitoba Proof of Concept Design Package (Ongoing), Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Lakehead University Campus Conceptual Planning (Ongoing), Winnipeg, Manitoba
• University of Waterloo Campus Plan — Waterloo, Ontario (Principal, Brook McIlroy)
• York University Vision & Real Estate Strategy — Toronto, Ontario (Associate, DIALOG)
• York University Commons Open Space Plan — Toronto, Ontario (Associate, DIALOG)
• University of Guelph Real Estate Land Use Vision & Strategy — Guelph, Ontario (Associate, DIALOG)
• University of Guelph Campus Master Plan — Guelph, Ontario (Associate, DIALOG)
• Toronto Metropolitan University Campus Master Plan — Toronto, Ontario (Associate, DIALOG)
• University of Ottawa Precinct Plan — Ottawa, Ontario (Senior Urban Designer, Urban Strategies)
• Northern College Campus Master Plans (Timmins, Haileybury, Kirkland Lake & Moosonee Campuses) — Ontario (Associate, DIALOG)
• MacEwan University Landscape Master Plan — Edmonton, Alberta (Associate, DIALOG)
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University Campus Master Plan — Metro Vancouver, British Columbia (Senior Urban Designer, DIALOG)
• Education City Campus Master Plan Integration, Doha, Qatar (While at Moriyama and Teshima Planners)

Our Approach to Campus Planning:

In the 2026 SCUP article “Campus Futures: Eight Themes for Effective Campus Plans in an Era of Change,” Unbound's founder, Khatereh Baharikhoob explores how campus planning must evolve beyond traditional growth models toward more resilient, flexible, and community-centered environments. The article identifies eight emerging themes shaping the future of campus planning, including:

1. Integrated and multidisciplinary planning
2. Flexible and adaptable campus environments
3. Sustainability and climate resilience
4. Community and city integration
5. Student wellbeing and belonging
6. Technology-enabled learning and hybrid environments
7. Equity, inclusion, and accessibility
8. Long-term resilience and implementation-focused planning

The article emphasizes that future-ready campuses must function as dynamic ecosystems that respond to evolving educational, environmental, social, and technological change.