David Jurca

 

Member profile details

First name
David
Last name
Jurca
Organization
Seventh Hill
Position
Principal
City
Cleveland
Country
United States
US States
Ohio
Postal Code
44102
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Regional Chapter
  • Midwest
 

Personal Information

Area of Expertise
Urban Design, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Tactical Urbanism, User Experience, Winter Cities
Bio
David Jurca is Founder and Principal at Seventh Hill, an urban design consultancy dedicated to transforming people and places through measurable experiences. David is an urban designer with over 12 years of professional experience guiding real-world projects and academic research.

Prior to starting Seventh Hill, David was Associate Director at Kent State University's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, where he managed client projects at a range of scales, from city-wide redevelopment plans to tactical urbanism events. His work has been recognized with awards from the American Planning Association, American Institute of Architects, and Environmental Design Research Association. Internationally, David's design projects were exhibited by Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Van Alen Institute, Havana's Fabrica de Arte Cubano, and the Venice Biennale of Architecture. David is also an invited speaker on urban design topics, including public placemaking, design for winter cities, urban data, and innovative community engagement methods.

In 2013, David launched COLDSCAPES.org and co-edited the book "Coldscapes: Design Ideas for Winter Cities" to spur creative urbanism and livability year-round. He also co-founded Design Diversity, an initiative to promote people of color in architecture and design professions in Northeast Ohio. In support of Design Diversity’s mission, David started Making Our Own Space (MOOS), a youth design program that trains students to envision and build their own public space improvements.

During his academic faculty experience, David taught graduate urban design studios, community charrette courses, and advised Master of Urban Design capstone projects. He developed the International Design Exchange (INDEX) graduate studio at KSU's College of Architecture + Environmental Design, an urban design course focused on waterfront redevelopment sites around the world. In recent years, his global urbanism research focused on redevelopment projects in Cuba and Romania. In addition to teaching at Kent State, David also created the Designing Urban Green Spaces course at Case Western Reserve University as a part-time lecturer in the SAGES program.

David is Chair of the City of Cleveland’s Near West Design Review Committee and serves on the Board of Directors for Canalway Partners and CLEVR Community, a nonprofit focused on AR/VR technologies. An outdoor enthusiast, David enjoys birding, running, and kayaking to explore the cities he visits. Locally, he founded the Crooked River Commute, an annual 50-mile paddling journey from Kent to Cleveland along the Cuyahoga River. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from The Ohio State University and received his Master of Architecture from Kent State University.
Nature of Business
Urban Design Consultancy


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