Job Description
Intelligent City
is an urban housing technology company that takes a product and platform-based approach to buildings. We combine exceptional design with mass timber construction, robotic manufacturing, and parametric software. Our mission is to build smarter and to empower people to live better. We create a new value paradigm for housing and workplace solutions that are more affordable, faster to build, consistently carbon neutral and socially resilient.
Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC)
is a sister company of Intelligent City, and is a Vancouver based multidisciplinary design firm, specializing in innovative architectural design and delivery of integrated and holistic solutions to a broad range of projects.
Our motto is ‘Build Smarter. Live Better. Think Change.’ If this resonates with you, we encourage you to apply to join our team and help us build a better world!
As an
Architectural Technician
you will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team from within LWPAC and Intelligent City through key phases of projects. Under the supervision of the LWPAC Architectural team and working in conjunction with the Intelligent City BIM team, you will be involved in supporting the team in various BIM-related tasks as well as providing support in design management duties on mixed-use residential buildings, using our mass timber building platform.
Collaboration, communication and self-motivation are essential, as you will work with a multi-disciplinary team within Intelligent City and LWPAC, as well as clients, consultants, and relevant authorities.
This position reports to the Associate Directors, and works collaboratively with multiple individuals within our multi-disciplinary team.
We are accepting applications from within the lower mainland, BC only.
Education & Qualifications, Required:
Post-secondary education in architectural technology/drafting, or a related field preferred.
Skills & Experience, Required:
Experience in architectural design, with proven knowledge of general architectural practice and process
Proven ability to produce clear and complete drawing sets using the Revit
Good understanding of building systems and technology
Experience with computational architectural design processes and digital manufacturing processes
Familiarity with BCBC and OBC
Nice to Haves:
Knowledge of BC Building Code, VBBL, and permitting processes
Understanding of construction contract administration policies, procedures and concepts
Experience in constructing parametric models for the purposes of facilitating aesthetic design decision-making, integrated data visualization and operations design
Experience with Sustainability, LEED.
The Role & Responsibilities:
Understand and expand Intelligent City's product offering, collaborating with teams to apply company systems and technologies.
Participate in the architectural design process, contributing creative ideas and solutions.
Participate in space planning, optimizing space use within buildings.
Create 2-D drawings, 3D models, and visualizations using software for design communication.
Assist in the production of rezoning, development permit, building permit applications
Lead and produce tender and construction documents.
Understand and assist in the production of specifications
Perform design calculations, sketches, and technical comparisons as needed.
Review and mark up design documents for accuracy and compliance.
Understand materials, finishes, and construction methods aligned with design goals and regulations.
Familiarize with and ensure compliance with local building codes and regulations.
Lead quality control and review of all outgoing drawing and document deliverables.
Comply with all health and safety rules, policies, and procedures.
Comply with our administrative policies and procedures as set forth from time to time.
Contribute to team efforts.
Complete other duties as we may request which are consistent with your abilities and responsibilities.
What you bring to the role:
Good Judgement
Problem Solving
Analytical Skills
Communication Skills – verbal & written
Time Management skills
Deadline Oriented
Important to Mention!
Must provide your own CSA approved 6” safety footwear, required.
Proof of ability to remain and work in Canada.
Successful
candidates may be required to submit to a background check
At
Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC) , we have a unique approach to Architecture. Our primary objective is to translate our clients’ desires and needs into innovative, sustainable, and unique building solutions. Our philosophy is based on successful collaborations with our clients and a highly integrated team of consultants from project initiation to post-occupancy.
We believe
outstanding design and economic feasibility
need to go hand in hand. We understand that any building has to be effective and follow the most resource-conscious solution while driving innovation within the limitations of the budget. Through an
integrative design process
and a highly skilled team, we find solutions that can be used flexibly and effectively, incrementally innovating proven building technology to build what is needed and eliminate extraneous construction.
The LWPAC team has executed
award-winning institutional and residential projectsboth nationally and internationally
, with professional experience in Berlin, New York, Barcelona, and Vancouver
– from single-family homes to housing, art installation and public projects, and large-scale urban planning.
We have practiced and taught architecture in Berlin, New York, Barcelona, Valparaiso, Beijing and Vancouver.
LWPACwas co-founded in 1999 by Principals Oliver Lang and Cindy Wilson, and is the sister company to
Intelligent City .The two companies work closely together to deliver the vision of productized and platform-based buildings.
Please note: Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC) is a sister company of Intelligent City. All architecture employees will be employed by LWPAC instead of Intelligent City.
Intelligent City (ICI)
is atechnology-enabled and platform-based urban housing systemscompany providing
transformational innovation to the housing, architecture, building and construction industry.
Through the convergence of design, software technology and advanced prefabrication, we combine three highly innovative paradigms that will change the value equation in architecture and urban design.
We take a product and platform-based approach; we vertically integrate high-rise mass timber building systems, advanced design engineering, automated manufacturing, and parametric software.Through this, we offer
breakthroughend-to-end building solutions
that can be built faster with better quality while being more affordable and consistently carbon neutral.
We are broadly recognized for our
leadership in bringing together climate tech and construction tech solutions
, including by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada (BESC) and the Solar Impulse Foundation. We have been named as Foresight50, one of Canada’s most investible clean tech companies, and investors include BDC, Greesoil Proptech Ventures, UIT, and Fulmer, among others.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusivity, striving for open discussions, best hiring, and operational practices. We are also committed to providing a comfortable and accessible interview process; please let us know if we can support you throughout the process with accommodations.
Land Acknowledgement
Intelligent City acknowledges that its work takes place in Vancouver on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples and on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and other Coast Salish peoples at its Delta location.
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