About me — Arthur Architect Urban Designer

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Associate at SITELAB Urban Studio, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Working in Paris and Bordeaux (FR) as a licensed architect, taking minimalist mixed use architecture from the conceptual stage through to construction, Arthur chose to shift in scales. With a focus in urban design, Arthur worked internationally on the redevelopment of mid century industrial wastelands, transforming them into new mixed use vibrant neighborhoods.

Joining SITELAB in 2019 Arthur is constantly imagining new urban environments, with specific attention to the various characters each neighborhood can take, deeply rooted into their histories, geographies, and communities. With his international background he brings a creative eye in addition to his technical expertise, working adeptly on large-scale projects while managing detailed and targeted studies with multiple consultants.

Arthur uses photography to capture the memory of each place, their components, and momentum, building his thinking and investing it in his urban design practice. For him, each place becomes an inspiration for an infinite variance of design opportunities. Arthur is a licensed architect in France. He holds a master’s degree in architecture and an advanced master’s degree in urban planning.

Talk to me at:
arthur.perez-marseres@ponts.org / arthpmurba@gmail.com
Or have a pointless discussion with a St Jacques, my Ai-pet

Degrees Urban Design & Planning Degree
Graduated from "Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées" - executive master’s degree in spatial planning and urban development - Paris, France - December 2017

Honors : I have been rewarded by the "Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées" Foundation with a special prize: "best executive master's candidate" for the year 2017.

Architecture License “HMONP” France - June 2014
French National School of Architecture of Bordeaux - France

Architecture Degrees
Master of Architecture - “DEA” July 2013.
Bachelor of Architecture - “DEEA” July 2011
French National School of Architecture of Nantes - France

Softwares and Tools AHere are the different tools I am using on an every day basis.
I have different levels of proficiency on each one, from executing simple tasks, to create processes in order to organize more seamless workflows, and training coworkers.I am always looking forward learning new functions, softwares and sharpen my skills.

Architectural / Urban Design Drawing
Autocad 2024

Modeling
Rinoceros 7 / Grasshopper
Sketchup 2021

Graphic works and document production
Adobe Illustrator 2024
Adobe Photoshop 2024, and Beta
Adobe In Design 2024
Adobe Express

GIS and Mapping
QGIS 3.14
Google Earth Pro

Rendering
Lumion
Enscape
Artlantis studio 5

Photography
Adobe Lightroom Classic 2024
Camera RAW

Video Montage
Adobe Premiere 2024

Languages
French - Native Language
English - Professionnal Proficiency
Spanish - Independant Traveler
Japanese - Independant Traveler

Hobbies / Special skills
Urban Photography
Piano, and Piano Tuning
Running Half Marathons
Graphic Design

Office works
Google Suite
Microsoft Sharepoint Suite
Microsoft pack office 2022 (excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Adobe Acrobate 2024

Project Management tools
Asana
Harvest Forecast

Drive / Cloud
Drop Box
Google Drive
Sharepoint

Remote Working tools
Conceptboard
Miro
Jamboard

Engagement tools
MentiMeter
Google Forms

Communication platforms
Slack
Zoom
Teams
GVC (google video conference)

Interest in learning further
Adobe After Effect (Postproduction software)
Final Cut Pro
Grasshopper (Modeling automation tool)
Unreal Engine (rendering software)
Revit (architectural design software...)

Skillset Long Range Resiliency Planning:

Serve as technical design lead for long-range adaptation planning of San Francisco Historic urban shoreline to adapt to dual vulnerabilities of sea level rise and seismic instability.
Develop urban design strategies to adapt over-water real estate assets including piers, wharves, and berthing facilities.
Coordinate with the SF Port and the US Army Corp of Engineers on creation and illustration fo Adaptation Strategies for USACE Focused Array and Final Array of Alternatives for assessment.
Design and visualize three inter-agency Adaptation Strategies to serve as basis for San Francisco’s selection of Locally Preferred Plan for implementation.

Mixed-use infill Master-planning:

Create masterplans for integrated mixed-use infill developments in urban areas, for sites ranging from x-to-x acres.
Lead technical design development for concept design to masterplan entitlement.
Create detailed masterplans including concept vision and design for streets and streetscapes, parking and loading, parks and open space, fire and emergency vehicle access strategies, residential buildings including affordable housing, office building, retail and active uses, placemaking and programming strategies, art and culture uses, ecologies areas, integration with multimodal transportation systems, centralized infrastructure and utilities plant, educational facilities and programming, entertainment uses, and sustainable design elements.

France and California Entitlements Knowledge:

Deep knowledge and understanding of France, California and San Francisco masterplan entitlement processes including CEQA, authoring Design Guidelines documents, conducting community engagement, providing collateral for public hearings, and understanding inter-agency city processes.

Proforma Development:

Support clients in developing proforma analyses through creating detailed excel spreadsheet for urban design projects.
Create phasing and implementation scenarios.
Provide gross developable areas, street areas, open space areas and breakdown of new development land uses by building., by phase, and by neighborhood.
Serve as client contact to support costing and feasibility analyses.
Inform design development of masterplan through understanding of project economic feasibility and proformas.

Visualization:

Lead the development of layered visualization to communicate complex designs, processes, and ideas clearly and effectively.
Make accessible and legible graphics to serve a variety of audiences including community members and general public, to city agencies, to collaborators and clients.
Develop stylized eye-level views and vignettes, massing overview graphics, axonometric views, illustrative plans, diagrams, and marketing collateral to communicate design details and tradeoffs.

Project management + external coordination:

Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for external collaborators and clients.
Coordinate with multi-disciplinary consultants including architects, landscape architects, engineers, and planners.
Develop project management plans to deliver tasks on time, proactively track project milestones, and coordinate with senior staff on resource needs and team capacity.

Technical systems and workflows:

As technical lead, create and manage workflows for cross-project standardization across teams.
Create one-pagers and cheat sheets for knowledge share.
Maintain master planning dashboards.
Develop templates for AutoCAD, excel spreadsheets, and standardized master planning design elements.
Periodically review workflows across all projects for continued optimization.

Leadership and coaching of junior staff:

As an Associate, I am responsible for mentorship and coaching of staff including interns, Junior Urban Designers, and Intermediate Urban Designers.
Work directly with Associate Principals and Co-Founder to identify training opportunities.
Represent SITELAB within project through strategic thinking, creativity, balancing explicit literal project needs with deep listening for subtext and further project goals.
Representing SITELAB in the cities we work in and the professional community., building relationship by sharing our views and perspectives.
Conduct hiring interviews from screening to 1st ad 2nd round of interviews.
Periodically conduct office-wide training sessions.
Institute and conduct bi-weekly Designer’s Breakfast for continued professional development within the team.