Urban Designer, Associate

Company: Sasaki Associates
Location: Watertown, MA
Posted on: October 20, 2014

Job Description:

Sasaki Associates, Inc. seeks Urban Designer, Associate in Watertown,

Massachusetts.

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. Communicate with project managers, senior landscape

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

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.

Education and Experience:

Master’s degree in Urban Design, Urban Planning, or Architecture and 2

years of experience in mixed use urban design and planning. Also requires:

Demonstrated expertise in performing quantitative analysis to execute

calculations for Floor Area Ratio (FAR), density requirements, zoning

requirements, and mixed use zoning requirements.

Demonstrated expertise performing all aspects of city planning, including

quantitative methods, visualization of data, density analysis, zoning

requirements analysis, and real estate development analysis.

Demonstrated expertise 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.

Demonstrated expertise performing small and large (100+ hectares) multiple

use land planning in international markets.

Position requires international travel up to 15% of the time

Please email your resume to resumes@sasaki.com and reference 14371-000027

in the subject line.

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