masterplans
Overarching strategic blueprints
Masterplans is the plural of masterplan, a comprehensive scheme designed to guide the development of something large-scale—a city, a campus, a business.
The term implies strategic coordination of many parts: The architect presented several masterplans for the downtown redevelopment.
In looser use, masterplans can suggest elaborate scheming: His masterplans for world domination never quite worked out.
Devising a secret plan
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
cunning · manipulation · subterfuge · calculating · devious · covert · clandestine · underhanded
Ability to anticipate futures
- long-termLasting extended period
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- transformationThorough change in form
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
revitalization · renewal · reimagining · bold · comprehensive · sweeping · grand · overarching
Methods to achieve goals
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- executionCompleting a planned task
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
gameplan · approach · methodology · formulation · contingency · logistics · operation · maneuvering
Building design discipline
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- designPurposeful creative planning
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- zoningSectioning areas by use
specifications · diagrams · CAD · elevation · section · infrastructure · permits · construction
plotting
Devising a secret plan
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
conniving · cunning · manipulation · subterfuge · calculating · devious · covert · clandestine · underhanded · mastermind
foresight
Ability to anticipate futures
- long-termLasting extended period
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- transformationThorough change in form
redevelopment · revitalization · renewal · reimagining · bold · comprehensive · sweeping · grand · overarching · holistic
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- executionCompleting a planned task
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
deployment · gameplan · approach · methodology · formulation · contingency · logistics · operation · maneuvering · offensive
architecture
Building design discipline
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- designPurposeful creative planning
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
zoning · specifications · diagrams · CAD · elevation · section · infrastructure · permits · construction · engineering
masterplansimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
spontaneity · winging it · ad-libbing · playing it by ear · snap decisions