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Urban Designer - Associate

Company: Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Location: Watertown, Massachusetts
Posted on: May 24, 2016

Job Description:

Duties: Participate in large scale land planning, downtown

revitalization and urban design, new community planning, as well as

institutional and campus site planning projects. Conceive, design, and

communicate master plans and cityscapes. Provide drafting, graphic

illustration, and color rendering services to firm clients as well as

prepare presentation-quality illustrations by free-hand sketches and

computer-aided design. Conceptualize and diagram alternative concepts

while analyzing and ensuring project compliance with applicable

regulations. Perform varied planning, traffic, and environmental

analysis, including zoning, density analysis, site/land planning,

feasibility analysis, and developmental impact assessment. Prepare

project reports and supporting graphics, tables, and charts. Develop

project designs in all phases of assigned planning and urban design

projects. Coordinate with project managers, senior landscape

architects/urban designers, clients, and other project personnel to

manage various aspects of project development. Collaborate on urban

design and planning concepts for large-scale mixed-use, commercial and

open space projects. Prepare open space/urban form designs, implement

works contracts, and conduct related studies and research. .

Requirements: Master's degree in Urban Design, Urban Planning, or

Architecture or related field (willing to accept foreign education

equivalent) plus 2 years of experience performing mixed use urban design

and planning. Experience must include: Demonstrated expertise (DE)

performing quantitative analysis to execute calculations for Floor Area

Ratio (FAR), density requirements, international zoning requirements,

and downtown mixed-use zoning requirements, incorporating knowledge of

country-specific environmental regulations, and innovative sustainable

design strategies; DE using various software tools and free hand design

skills to visualize, communicate, and draw all aspects of city planning,

including quantitative methods, visualization of data, density analysis,

zoning requirements analysis, and real estate development analysis; DE

performing CAD design using AutoCad, SketchUp, Adobe InDesign,

Illustrator, and Photoshop. Demonstrated expertise interfacing with

clients, commercial developers, and city planners throughout all phases

of urban planning and design; DE performing small and large (100+

hectares) multiple use land planning in international markets. Position

requires approximately 20% travel. Submit resume to Sasaki Associates,

Inc., Betty Davidian-Sleiman, 64 Pleasant Street, Watertown,

Massachusetts 02472.

Keywords: Sasaki Associates, Inc., Marthas Vineyard , Urban Designer - Associate, Design , Watertown, Massachusetts, Massachusetts

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