James Piacentini
Senior Map Designer at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJames Piacentini is a Senior Map Designer in New York with five years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of cartography, urban planning, UX and data-driven design. Currently at Mapbox, he shapes basemap styling and product UX while partnering with customers to craft bespoke map experiences; previously he led mapping product modernization and equity-focused tools at NYC Department of City Planning. He brings an academic edge—teaching GIS and urban tech at Columbia GSAPP and conducting archival urban research in Rome—blending deep spatial analysis with practical product delivery. Known for translating complex zoning, transit and civic datasets into elegant visual systems, he also architects internal cartographic standards and performance metrics that scale across platforms.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Architecture, Bachelor of Arts, Architecture at University of California, BerkeleyFreie Universität BerlinMaster of Architecture (M.Arch.), Architecture, Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), Architecture at Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and PreservationUC Center Rome
English, Italian
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Github contributions (4)
jpiac/nyc-third-places-p
May 2026 - Jul 2026
Contributions:43 pushes in 1 month
jpiac/Tree3
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 5 days
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