Intermediate Urban Designer; Technology Focused

Description

BBB is seeking an experienced Urban Designer with a technology focus to join our New York Office. We are looking for candidates with subject-area expertise in urban design, campus planning, mixed-use developments, and master plans supported by expertise in data-integrated planning and visualization. This role is intended to bridge urban planning expertise with advanced spatial and data-driven technologies, supporting the development of a scalable, GIS-centered planning ecosystem for the studio.

Urban design and planning are central to BBB’s mission and are significant components of our multi-disciplinary practice. We collaborate with clients and communities across the US and internationally to envision the future of neighborhoods, campuses, and cities and to plan new developments. Our projects include urban master plans, downtown vision plans, waterfront revitalization, and campus master plans. We work with a diverse range of public, private, and institutional clients.

Our approach focuses on integrating large-scale planning with aspects such as the public realm and open space, resilience and sustainability, adaptive reuse, new construction, space utilization and programming, mobility innovation, affordable housing, and various building typologies. Meaningful and inclusive community engagement is a key aspect of our work. BBB's urban design studio fosters a highly collaborative team environment, and joining our team offers opportunities for growth within both the studio and the firm.

• Work with the Partner, Principal, BBB Design Technology team, and others, to develop, implement, and maintain data-integrated planning – including GIS-centered data models, Rhino-to-GIS integration, interactive dashboard platforms, and visualization tools for both studio-wide use and individual projects.
• Collaborate on the creation of building-scale, site-scale, and large-scale master plan concepts and urban and campus framework plans within the BBB Planning & Urban Design studio.
• Provide software technology and development expertise on BBB Planning & Urban Design studio projects – including applications such as geospatial data analysis & GIS integration, building and campus space use and utilization, scenario modeling, and interactive public engagement.
• Lead, with support from the BBB Design Technology Team and Urban Design Leadership, the development and application of data-driven planning tools – including geospatial analysis, GIS integration, building and campus space utilization, scenario-based evaluation, and interactive dashboards – ensuring consistency, traceability, and interoperability across platforms.
• Coordinate with related disciplines, internal and/or external to BBB, including design technology, historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, civil engineering, transportation, real estate economics, and others.
• Conduct research and analysis that informs design and planning strategies and approaches informed by technical, architectural, zoning, building code, and other requirements.
• Structure, manage, and analyze spatial and planning datasets that inform design and planning strategies, ensuring data integrity and reusability across multiple scales (campus, district, building, department).
• Collaborate on the creation of community and stakeholder engagement materials and participate in engagement events, meetings, town halls, open houses, etc.
• Participate in the preparation of both illustrative and technical drawings, including site plans, sections, 3D visualizations, renderings, hand sketches, conceptual diagrams, and others.
• Apply current and future-forward best practices for design technology tools.
• Support the creation of presentations, written narratives, final deliverables, and other materials for project communication with the client, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain interactive client-facing dashboards and model viewers that integrate spatial, quantitative, and visual data in a clear and user-friendly manner.
• Develop reusable scenario-based planning frameworks that support the evaluation and comparison of alternative planning strategies,…