Kirsten Compitello

Biografía: Urban planner and designer with a passion for bringing resources and solutions to build, promote, and strengthen communities. Ms. Compitello is an experienced Urban Designer with a focus on community engagement, placemaking, and town planning. She also works to promote equitable access across cities through a participatory design process, smart street design, and multimodal planning. She has led the design of numerous projects around the world, including Design Guidelines, neighborhood revitalization plans, new town master plans, downtown strategic plans, Transit Oriented Development, affordable housing development, conceptual architecture, branding and placemaking exercises, and more. She has participated in numerous charrettes both nationally and abroad, and is particularly passionate about public participation as a part of the design process. She has planned and facilitated dozens of public meetings and integrated different forms of interaction and outreach to suit a project’s individual needs. Ms. Compitello is also skilled in drawing and watercolor, and has also worked as a consulting digital illustrator to create aerial and perspective views of urban and architectural proposals using a blend of 3D modeling, hand drawing, and digital rendering technology.