Brief Work Sample and Resumé

Presented by

María Eugenia Achurra G.

**** ****** ******

Broadview Hts., Ohio 44147

ph. 440-***-****

http://www.gitanilla1.com/

acduch@r.postjobfree.com

April 24, 2014

Maria Eugenia Achurra G.

http://www.gitanilla1.com

acduch@r.postjobfree.com

1419 Pippen Circle Broadview Hts., Ohio 44147 ph. 440-***-****

WORK OBJECTIVE

To experience architecture through its production and construction processes, in order to

generate user- and environmentally- friendly buildings.

(Areas of Interest: Institutional, Educational, Commercial/Retail, Residential, Urban Planning)

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

AutoCAD 2012 (LT and Regular versions)

AutoDesk REVIT

Quark Xpress

Adobe Programs (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat)

Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Maria Eugenia Achurra G. is a second-year Ph.D. student in architecture at the University of

Cincinnati s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). Two decades ago, she was

awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, to obtain an M.S.Arch. at DAAP. For this graduate degree, she

submitted the thesis, “’The Gaze’ in Current Architectural Discourses” (1993). Ms. Achurra is also

a registered architect in her native Panama, where she obtained a professional B.Arch. from the

University of Panama (1988).

EDUCATION

2012-2018

Ph.D. Student, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Ohio

(Average 3.71/4.00).

1990-1993

IIE/Fulbright Scholarship to obtain an M.S.Arch. at the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and

Planning, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

1981-1988

Professional B.Arch. at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Panama, Panama. (Sigma Lambda

Student Average 2.76/3.00).

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Maria Eugenia Achurra G.

www.gitanilla1.com

acduch@r.postjobfree.com

1419 Pippen Circle Broadview Hts., Ohio 44147 ph. 440-***-****

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Projects:

CUYAHOGA COUNTY OF OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Virgil Brown Building

Telephone: (216) 348- 3856

Mailing Room (2012)

Type of Business: Architecture

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Courthouse

Date: From September 2007 to February 2012

Probate Court, Remodeling (2012)

Duties: Construction Documents (AutoCAD 2010),

Field Work, Inspections

Courthouse Square

Position: Architect I

6th Floor, Tribunals (2010)

Areas of Interest: Institutional

DAVID PORTS ARCHITECT

Telephone: (330) 659- 4420

Projects:

Type of Business: Architecture

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Various Restaurant and Store Planning

Date: From February to May 2007

projects (2007)

Duties: Construction Documents (AutoCAD LT 2005)

Position: Architect Intern

Areas of Interest: Commercial/Retail

Projects:

GOULD/ASSOCIATES, INC.

Telephone: (216) 241- 4355

City of Lorain, Ohio

Type of Business: Architecture, Urban Design

Blight Surveys (2004-2007)

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Date: From June 2004 to February 2007

Case Western Reserve University

From August 2001 to August 2002

Clark Hall (2002)

From February 1998 to January 2000

From April 1994 to August 1995

Case Western Reserve University

Duties: Construction Documents (AutoCAD 14),

W ickenden Building (1999)

Model Making

Position: Architect Intern

Areas of Interest: Educational,

Institutional, Urban Planning

KA, INC. ARCHITECTURE

Telephone: (216) 781- 9144

Projects:

Type of Business: Architecture

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Westfield San Francisco Centre (2004)

Date: From January 2003 to May 2004

Duties: Construction Documents (AutoCAD 14, AutoCAD

Areas of Interest: Commercial/Retail

2000, Architectural Desktop)

Position: Drafter II

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RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

Projects:

RICHARD FLEISCHMAN ARCHITECTS

Telephone: (216) 771- 0090

Fairfax Neighborhood Family Service

Type of Business: Architecture

Center (2001)

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Date: From January 2000 to July 2001

515 Euclid Avenue Garage and Apartment

Duties: Construction Documents (AutoCAD 2000)

Building (2000)

Position: Architect Intern

Areas of Interest: Institutional, Retail

SISTEMAS ESTRUCTURALES MODERNOS, S.A.

Projects:

Telephone: 011 507-***-****

Type of Business: Construction, Architecture, Civil Engineering

Isla Grande Hotel (1997)

Address: Panama City, Panama

Date: From September 1995 to April 1997

“El Machetazo” Housing Project (1995-

Duties: Construction Documents (AutoCAD LT-2)

1996)

Position: Registered Architect

Areas of Interest: Residential, Tourism

VAN DIJK PACE WESTLAKE & PARTNERS

Projects:

(CURRENTLY WESTLAKE REED LESKOSKY)

Telephone: (216) 522- 1350

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Project

Type of Business: Architecture

(1994)

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Date: From January to April 1994

St. Vincent Quadrangle (1994)

Position: Consultant Architect

Areas of Interest: Residential, Urban

Planning

KAPP & ASSOCIATES

Telephone: 216-***-****

Projects:

Type of Business: Graphic Design

Address: Cleveland, Ohio

Willard Park Garage, Signage Design

Date: From July to October 1993

(1993)

Duties: Construction Documents (Aldus Freehand)

Position: Consultant Architect

Areas of Interest: Graphic Design

Projects:

MITSUI CONSULTANTS COMPANY

Type of Business: Planning

Albrook Land-Use Alternative Study (1987)

Address: Panama City, Panama

(with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan)

Areas of Interest: Urban Planning

Date: From June to September 1987

Position: Assistant Student

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Brief Work Sample

Figs. 1-2. Urban Planning Projects at Lorain, Ohio (2004-2007)

Firm – Gould/Associates, Inc.

Position – Architect Intern

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Fig. 3. AutoCAD sketches (Tribunals) (2010).

Firm – Cuyahoga County of Ohio

Position – Architect I

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Figs. 4-5. Student AutoDesk Revit renderings (2012).

Firm – PC CAD Panama

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Fig. 6. AutoCAD sketch (Residential Project) (1997).

Firm – Sistemas Estructurales Modernos, S.A.

Position – Registered Architect (Panama)

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Figs. 7-8. Model-Making (2004-2005)

Firm – Gould/Associates, Inc.

Position – Architect Intern

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Fig. 9. Residential Project - Preliminary Design.

Position – Registered Architect (Panama)

Fig 10. AutoCAD sketch (Altar Project) (2012).

Position – Registered Architect (Panama)

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Figs. 11-12. AutoCAD sketches (Labyrinth and Apartment Tower) (2000).

Firm – Richard Fleischman Architects

Position – Architect Intern

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Fig. 13. AutoCAD axonometric (Tribunals) (2010).

Firm – Cuyahoga County of Ohio

Position – Architect I

Figs. 14-15. Student Rendering (Public Library) (1983).

Institution – University of Panama

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