Lighting Specialist Architect
Arab Engineering Bureau
Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months
Role
Lighting consultancy, elaboration of lighting and interior design presentations, documentations, plans and calculations, shop drawings, site inspections and follow-up.
Key responsibilities
Offering consultancy for lighting selection, maintenance and cost estimation.
Preparing documentation for the sustainability assessment evaluation in accordance to the local regulations and norms, Qatar’s own GORD (Gulf Organization for Research & Development) GSAS (Global Sustainability Assessment System (the GCC version of LEED)).
Development of lighting calculations considering the required lighting levels, uniformity and glare values.
Development of 2D & 3D lighting design presentations for exterior and interior.
Development of execution details and shop drawings for custom fittings and site follow-up.
Development of general lighting concepts presentations. Key role in choosing fittings depending on the general architectural design solutions and the client’s budget.
Accomplishments
Preparing and successfully submitting the documentation needed for the Global Sustainability Assessment System, for new projects and old. Raising the approval percentage, for the lighting chapters of GSAS, from 0% (existing situation when joining AEB) to 100%, present time.
Adapting existing lighting schemes and finding the correct lighting solutions in order to comply with the Global Sustainability Assessment System, for the ongoing projects that did not meet the requirements.
Creating a new lighting library and vendor list for the company to use.
Creating winning designs against other lighting designers and suppliers for several projects.
Offering price based design options for both small and big scale projects.
Role
Elaboration of shop drawings, presentations and construction site follow-up.
Key responsibilities
The development of architectural, interior and exterior design plans and details. Developing specific 2D architectural plans and 3D presentations. Site tracking and site follow-up for the ongoing projects. Designing the technical details needed on site.
Accomplishments
Actively working within an international team of architects, interior designers and engineers from Egypt, India, Lebanon and Serbia, that developed the interior and exterior design, for the private palace project that is owned by the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Role
Elaboration of shop drawings, presentations and construction site follow up.
Key responsibilities
The development of architectural plans and technical documentation in order to obtain the building permits and licenses for various projects. Making specific 2D architectural plans and 3D presentations. Site tracking and follow up for the ongoing projects. Designing the technical details needed on site. Directly related to the project beneficiaries, their clients, specialist engineers and builders.
Accomplishments
Key member of the design team that rehabilitated a building located in a protected downtown area. Built in 1930 the building represented at that time, a milestone in Bucharest's interwar architecture.
Drafting of architectural plans and completion of all the necessary procedures: starting with obtaining the city planning certificate and acquiring all approvals required by law through the city planning certificate in order to obtain the construction permit, continuing with the development of the quantities lists, designing the construction details and ending with the construction site follow up and the final reception of works. Providing a permanent link between the beneficiary and specialist designers, coordinating and making sure that the proper conduct is followed and all the requirements meet.
Role
Elaboration of design presentations, lighting plans, 3D presentations, shop drawings for custom fittings.
Key responsibilities
Development of 2D & 3D lighting simulations. Construction and photo insertion of the 3D custom fitting model in order to create a realistic picture of the future project.
Development of execution details and shop drawings for custom fittings.
Development of lighting calculations considering the number of Lx necessary for a certain area.
Development of general lighting concepts presentations. Key role in choosing fittings depending on the general architectural design solutions and the budget of the client.
Making the presentation of the company's portfolio, for an international hotel exhibition.
Accomplishments
Introduced and applied a new folder structure in order to arrange and ensure easy access for anyone to the latest information at any time.
Introduced a new work procedure to avoid recurring work steps and reduce errors.
Introduced a new internal code that the company can use as a default layout, which has all the information needed for a lighting design project.
I created a database containing: pictures; 3D meddles; architecture, design and landscape magazines and books; Photoshop objects; AutoCad blocks;
Designed and participated in the development of projects for lighting design in countries such as: Bahrain, Cyprus, Oman, Russia and Saudi Arabia. The projects varied in size and function, from small shops and private villas to big commercial functions, hotels, office buildings and exterior public and private illumination of streets, walkways and parking lots.
Role
Elaboration of design presentations, building plans, 3D presentations, shop drawings.
Key responsibilities
Development of 3D simulations for office buildings. Construction and photo insertion of the 3D model in order to create a realistic picture of the future project.
Development of execution details for facades and access points, for large commercial complexes, under the guidance of the design team, architects and structural engineers.
Preparing presentation folders for the schematic design from the tender phase of office buildings complexes. Making the presentation of the company's portfolio, with photos of finished projects.
Accomplishments
Essentially contributed to the design that won the tender for the interior design of a bank layout.
Prepared a photo article for a local architecture magazine.
Participated in the development of projects such as Carrefour Shopping Center, Vodafone Shops, UniCredit Tiriac Bank Branches, Smart Park Offices (building complex) and residential projects (small houses and blocks of flats).
Role
Elaboration of design solutions for interior spaces, preparing tender folders for participating in public bids for office buildings.
Key responsibilities
Responsible for bidding, depending on customers’ budget and needs.
Developing interior design solutions, depending on the overall value of the project.
Tracking of site development of the projects under construction.
Company participation in public tenders for projects of interior design for office buildings.
Responsible with the design of the: situation plans, scale 1:500, general plans, scale 1:100, detailed plans, scale 1:50, and construction details, scales 1:20, 1:10, 1:5 and 1:1.
Accomplishments
Redesigning the company logo. Design company promotional materials (including: business cards, large advertising posters, projects booklet).
Planned a marketing campaign using 3 by 4 & 4 by 6 meters billboards, that boosted sales by 25-30%.
Being a part of the team that in the last four years was nominated and won three times the first place and one time the second place as the most profitable company in all of Bucharest.
Role
Elaboration of design presentations, building plans, 3D presentations, shop drawings.
Key responsibilitie
Responsible for designing and drafting projects of medium and large size residential blocks of flats, starting with a functional diagram and a list of areas desired by customer. Designing and drafting shop drawings in order to obtain the construction permits and approvals from the fire department.
Responsible with the design of the: situation plans, scale 1:500, general plans, scale 1:100, detailed plans, scale 1:50, and construction details, scales 1:20, 1:10, 1:5 and 1:1.
Development of 3D simulations for office buildings. Construction and photo insertion of the 3D model in order to create a realistic picture of the future project.
Accomplishments
A project based collaboration in which I had the opportunity to work first hand with a senior architect.
I learned the steps that I needed to go through in order to obtain a construction permit.
Role
Elaboration of design presentations, building plans, 3D presentations, shop drawings.
Key responsibilities
Actively working within an international team of architects from France, Great Britain, Romania, Saudi Arabia, for an interior design project (the first two floors of a hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia). The main project was divided into three sub-projects, depending on the general material type used (wood + fabrics, stone and plaster), each with its specific execution details. I was responsible for designing the construction details for all the 6 specific plans of rooms (floor, roof and elevations), using an approved interior rendering as a reference point. Starting with a general overview of the objects, scale 1:50, I detailed all the specific joints until I obtained scale 1:1 shop drawings.
Development of 3D simulations for office buildings. Construction and photo insertion of the 3D model in order to create a realistic picture of the future project in order to obtain a construction permit.
Accomplishments
Working to keep up with the projects deadlines.
Participated in the development of projects such as The Sultan Hotel in Jeddah, Le Tours des Cluj (a building complex which consisted of three towers over twenty stories high: a hotel tower, an office tower and a residential tower, all united by the lower levels commercial complexes).
Role
Elaboration of design presentations, building plans, 3D presentations, shop drawings.
Key responsibilities
Responsible for drafting projects of small, individual homes, starting from a function diagram and a list
of desired areas given by the customer.
Designing the shop drawings required to obtain construction permits, designing and drafting construction details. Designed 3D presentations from the 3D models that I constructed, rendered and inserted in the photo montage.
Responsible for setting up banking agencies. A typical project for a new agency began with the drawing of the plans, based on what I measured in the space rented by the bank and ended with the pursuit of its construction site. I supervised the project in all its stages, from the demolition of some existing components to correlating the shop drawings with the structure and the HVAC projects. Follow-up of the project on the construction site until the end of the works.
Responsible with the design of the: situation plans, scale 1:500, general plans, scale 1:100, detailed plans, scale 1:50, and construction details, scales 1:20, 1:10, 1:5 and 1:1.
Accomplishments
Introduced Google Sketch-up in the company and by using it and my 3D modeling skills I reduced the time needed for a 3D presentation, thus improving the efficiency interms of time table. Helped making a work file template that resolved the problems regarding the different styles in printing, text fonts and dimensions.
Role
Designing and drafting execution details and shop drawings.
Key responsibilities
Responsible for drafting and designing construction details for the outside shell of the projects the company had, medical health centers in Greece, residential complex that consisted of two three-story high houses. The details were according to the agreed principles of the company.
Sizing and fitting of toilets depending on the number of users, both for small and large projects such as residential buildings and commercial shopping malls.
Designing the layout of wood decks, parquet floors, glass, stone and ceramic tiles, bond boards and stone pavers both for the interior and for the exterior of the projects the company was working on.
Making calculations and measurements in order to obtain the estimate figure of necessary materials needed for the construction of projects such as the mall shopping center and the health centers.
Responsible with designing and drafting construction details, scales 1:20, 1:10, 1:5 and 1:1.
Accomplishments
Since this was my first job as a junior architect, all the things that I learned back then contributed 90% to my present day work ethic. The way I approach a new project, the way I see a new challenge, the way I start the design process, and all the work techniques and strategies were all attributes that I obtained and learned working in a professional design team. This was the place where I learned the
meaning of the expressions “team work” and “team spirit”.
Participated in the development of projects such as The Sun Plaza Shopping Center in Bucharest.
