Jihad Lotfi, Self-employed Architect

Jihad Lotfi

Self-employed Architect

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Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Sustainable Architecture & Landscape Design
Experience
10 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 3 Months

Self-employed Architect at N/A
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since November 2018

• Design conception and development of agritourism projects (architecture, ID, & LD)
• Interior design and fit-out solutions

Project Architect at Basmeh & Zeitooneh
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2020 to April 2021

• Damage assessment of residential units and buildings affected by the Beirut Explosion of August 2020
• Documentation of damages and the prescription of required rehabilitation works
• Proposition of optimal rehabilitation solutions in collaboration with contractors and tradesmen
• Ensuring compliance with design standards, building codes, and construction guidelines
• QC on executed work until completion and handover, to the satisfaction of beneficiaries
• Household vulnerability assessment and selection
• Estimating costs and rehabilitation timeframes

Architectural Designer at G.E.T.
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2013 to February 2017

• Team leader—architectural, landscape and interior design
• IFC drawing production
• Shop drawing production
• Design conception and drawing production
• Interdisciplinary coordination
• Interfacing and coordination among consultants, clients, and designers
• Interfacing and coordination with sub-contractors and specialists
• Materiality and product selections and specifications
• Design supervision and development
• QC over design to ensure constructability and compliance with regulations
• Site inspections
• Delivered and installed material inspections
• Calculation of material quantities and BOQ preparation

Sales Manager at Magic House
  • Qatar - Doha
  • December 2010 to July 2011

• Implementing sales strategies towards achieving monthly sales targets
• Managing purchasing, product pricing, quoting and refrigeration load calculations
• Fulfilling primary sales and marketing responsibilities
• Creating architectural drawings for larger cold storage proposals

Education

Master's degree, Sustainable Architecture & Landscape Design
  • at Politecnico di Milano
  • March 2023

Two-year Master of Science plus thesis with a focus on a pan-European approach to sustainable urban and rural regeneration Relies on cross-scale (regional, metropolitan, urban) analysis and a research-based approach to projects Promotes interdisciplinary and data-driven outcomes integrating ecology, agriculture, landscape design, and architecture Prominent elective topics include Smart Cities and Geographic Information System (GIS) (All units completed-graduation pending thesis)

Bachelor's degree, Architecture
  • at University of Sydney
  • November 2012

Three-year Bachelor of Design in Architecture with an emphasis on sustainability and context-responsive design Centralizes passive environmental control strategies based on thorough site and climate analysis Promotes energy-conscious and environmentally-friendly architecture Adheres to an intellectual concept-driven approach to design Revolves around a utilitarian ‘form follows function’ design philosophy Reinforces ethical practices in design and construction Prominent elective topics include Design Practice, Photography, Digital Video, Image Representation and Graphic Design

High school or equivalent, Media & Communications
  • at University of Sydney Foundation Program
  • November 2006

Nine-month Australian high-school equivalent in the stream of Media & Communications

High school or equivalent,
  • at Valley International School
  • August 2005

Valley International School-Broumana-Lebanon October 2004 - August 2005

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
AutoCAD
Adobe Illustrator
SketchUp
Architectural Design
AutoCAD
Shop-drawing
Interior Design
Photography
Sustainable Design
3D and 2D Rendering
Graphic Design
Buying/Procurement
Sketchup+V-ray
Material & Product Selections
Adobe Suite
Landscape Design
Joinery
Passive-environmental Control
Rhino+Grasshopper
Residential Renovations
Construction Drawings

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Positive Skilled Migration Assessment by Vetassess as Building Associate (ANZSCO Code: 312112) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015

Hobbies

  • Nature & Sustainability
  • Writing
  • Visual Arts