Knut N.

Associate Director | Urban Design

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About

15+ Years of experience working with and influencing the Built Environment in Europe, East Africa, and the Middle East as an Urban Designer. Exposure in scale from industrial brewing equipment to implementation of a 250 square kilometer city masterplan. Successfully transitioned from small architectural firms to global engineering consultancies and more recently client side for a master developer, in varying cultural settings. Resilient, adaptable and resourceful. Currently based in KSA.

Experience

  • Associate Director Urban Design at Diriyah Company l شركة الدرعية
    Nov 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Urban Designer - unit leader at Parsons Corporation
    Oct 2021 - Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Urban design lead - embedded with the client, implementing a new industrial city masterplan.

  • Urban Designer at Thrive Architects Limited
    Jul 2019 - Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Worked on numerous residential-led developments across the east coast and the west country from site promotion, strategic sites, outline and reserved matters applications.

  • Eastleigh Borough Council (1 yr 6 mos)
    • Urban Design Officer
      May 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior Urban Designer - Contract
      Feb 2018 - May 2018 · 4 mos

      Urban design & landscape specialist working in the development management team; consulted on major developments around the borough including the local plan/strategic growth area, project managing public art and capital projects, running public engagement and consultation events, developing urban design training material for planning officers and colleagues; generally a champion for good practice in urban design.

  • Computational analyst at PLACE LOGIC
    Jun 2016 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    PLACE LOGIC combines digital tools with expertise in architecture and urbanism to provide advice on emerging masterplans and planning policy. Through our work we deliver evidence based consultancy regarding the form of street networks, location of retail centres, allocation of density, and accessibility to the key amenities we need to undertake our daily lives. Place Logic included testing existing and proposed networks, reviewing results and recommending changes to data interpretation, presenting results and testing alternatives using a combination of GIS software and the Place Logic tools.