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mddl


Planning & Communications Strategist
Timeline: Dec 2023 - September 2025


As part of FAAS Architecture's 2025 rebrand, I was tasked with building a custom GIS web application that could spatialize the firm's projects across Canada, demonstrating the breadth of their work. Rather than adopting an off-the-shelf map plugin, I chose to build the application from scratch, ensuring it matched the rebrand's identity while giving FAAS a tool that could grow with the firm.



GIS Product Designer
ScopeProject Lead, Solo
UI/UX Design & Prototyping;
GIS Web Application Development.


Technologies
Front-End
Webflow (with Finsweet)(HTML, CSS);
Mapbox (basemap);
Mapbox GLJS (rendering engine)

Backend
Webflow CMS (database, content hosting);
Webflow API (CMS read access for Mapbox GLJS);
Cloudflare (security)

Production
QGIS (initial geocoding);
Figma (design, prototyping);
Github Desktop;
VSCode
Webflow CMS Schema
Every project’s name, number, location, typology, and status lives in Webflow CMS that can be easily updated anyone on the team without having to touch the code. Documentation has been provided for the team

Error handling has been put in place to defend against user-error when entering records on Webflow.
  • Entries with invalid required fields such as latitude, longitude, project name, typology, and status are skipped
  • Slugs are unique and required by webflow
  • Missing images are allowed