Isa Marcotulli
Senior Consultant for Space Planning and Strategy, Buro Happold

Isabella Marcotulli is a Senior Consultant with Buro Happold’s advisory team, specializing in campus planning and city-scale design strategies. With a background in architecture and urban design, she leads visioning and strategic planning projects that integrate communities, technology, and ecology to create powerful places. Passionate about people-centered environments, Isa collaborates with universities, cities, and organizations to develop research-driven growth strategies that drive meaningful change.
Isa specializes in qualitative and quantitative research, stakeholder and community engagement, and workshop facilitation, crafting planning frameworks as roadmaps for flexible development. She uses visual communication to translate complex findings into compelling and relatable narratives that inform decision-making. In addition to her consulting work, Isa is an adjunct professor of architecture at NJIT, where she fosters design thinking, communication, and analytical skills in emerging designers. Her work reflects a commitment to strategic leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration in shaping resilient, inclusive, and engaging urban environments.