Justin Paul Ware

I am an urban planner, architectural designer, and creative strategist committed to promoting social justice, human dignity, and sustainability in the built environment. I seek opportunities to collaborate with communities on the creation of cities and spaces that cultivate equity, inclusion, and long-term resilience. I currently work as a senior planner and project manager at Interboro Partners, a multi-disciplinary ideas-based firm offering inventive and inclusive planning, urban design, and architectural design services grounded in good listening, keen observation, and productive community engagement. I also freelance and operate Spatial Politics, an applied research and design platform established to pursue initiatives with overtly political and social dimensions. I mentor students through the Architecture League of New York’s Mentorship Program and act as a poll worker for New York City elections. With more than twelve years of professional experience, I’ve worked as an urban planning consultant to the Planning for Humanitarian-Development Practice at UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) and as a project manager and architectural designer at firms such as Mapos, Grizform Design, and Urban Nouveau. I hold a Master of Emergency Architecture and Urban Resilience from Università IUAV di Venezia and a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.