Professional Experience

ELS Architecture and Urban Design, Berkeley, CA                                                                                                             
2022 – Present

Architect.

Freelance                                                                                                               
2020 – Present

Design with meaning, beauty, and functionality for our living or working space.
 
Hart Howerton Architects & Planners, San Francisco, CA                                                                                                                
2010 – 2019

Working with clients and coordinating work with consultants, design and CAD drafting for various project phases (schematic design, design development, building permit and construction documents); design guidelines and marketing presentation documents for client deliverables and proposals.
 
Projects:

• Equestrian Ranch: New construction of equestrian barn and accessory structures.
• Kentfield Residence: Renovation and addition, conceptual design to CA.
• Section 31, Palm Springs: Master planing and Specific Plan coordination
• Sea Cliff Residence: Renovation and addition, conceptual design to CA.
• Beach Club, Waikoloa HI: Beach Club expansion and additional guest rooms conceptual design.
• Maravilla Los Cabos: Design Review for new custom homes
• The Victory Club @ Verrado, Buckeye AZ: Lobby, Restaurant, Fitness and Health @ Verrado community.
• Carmel Residences, CA: Working closely with the client from Concept to Building Permit and Construction Administration to deliver their dream home.
• Prague Country Golf Club: Concept design of a Clubhouse in a residential development in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Concept and Schematic Design of New Mediation Center and Dining Hall.
• Killington Ski Resort, VT: Working on master planning and residential product concept and schematic design.
• Four Seasons Resort Kingdom Land - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hospitality): Working on the concept architecture design of the hotel and Spa Facilities.
• DR Beachfront Design Guidelines – Dominican Republic: Organized and coordinated the Design Guidelines publication.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, CT                                                                                                                      
2006 – 2008

Design and CAD drafting for various project phases (schematic design, design development)/ working with clients and consultants / managing a small design team / client presentations  / interior design / study and presentation model building.
 
Projects:

• National Children’s Museum, National Harbor – Washington D.C.  (cultural – LEED Gold certification): Responsible for coordinating the design, the CAD drawing and client presentations for master planning, SD and cost estimate.
• Specialty Teaching Hospital – Qatar (medical facility): Designed interior public spaces and curtain walls, built large scale models, renderings, CAD drawing for SD and DD
• Cira 2 – Philadelphia, PA (office building and parking garage)
• Rosslyn Plaza – Rosslyn, VA (competition for a mixed-use development)

WestForth Architecture P.C. New York – Bucharest Office                                                                                                 
2005 – 2006

CAD drafting for SD and DD / design of workplace layout and building lobby / produced study models / marketing presentations / renderings / assisted in program research to meet client’s functional and spatial requirements / assisted in code documentation.

Projects:

• Venezuela Complex / Snagov Villa /Cefin, Bucharest, Romania (residential)
• Bucharest Tower Center / America house, Bucharest, Romania (office buildings)

Studio Dott. Arch. Carlo Berio, Genoa, Italy                                                                                                                        
2003 - 2004

Floor layout design/ landscape features design / CAD drafting / study model building.

Projects:

•  Levanto Complex, Genoa, Italy (hospitality)

Additional Information

Licensed Architect in the State of Hawaii since May 2019

AIA member since 2019

Software Experience
Advanced knowledge of Auto-CAD,  Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.).
Knowledge of 3D StudioMax, Rhino, Revit, and Sketch-up.

Languages                                            
Fluent English, Romanian and Italian; knowledge of Spanish and French.

Interests                                            
Travel – cities of the world, foreign cultures, skiing, and sailing. Anything that is unique and fabulous.

Academic Background

University of Architecture “Ion Mincu”, Bucharest, Romania
   October 2001 – June 2007
6 year Integrated Professional Degree, Bachelor's and Master's of Architecture

University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy                                                                      
   October 2003 – July 2004
Exchange student with Socrates Scholarship

Activities

Project Management Course - Berkeley Extension
Fall 2020

Junior Achievement Program, Mt. Lebanon Elementary School, West Lebanon, NH May -  June 2010

Sustainable Design Symposium: From LEED to Living Buildings, Hanover, NH
April 2010
Hosted by the Dartmouth College Sustainability Initiative and the NH Chapeter of AIA 
 
Habitat for Humanity East Bay, CA     
July 2009
Volunteering to work on the construction site at our Edes Avenue development. 
                                        
Rotaract Club Bucharest, Rotary Bucharest, Romania
July 1997 – Present                                                  
Sergeant-at-Arms  (2005-2006) / Treasurer (2002-2003)

XXII World Congress of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey 
July 2005     
Attended conferences and seminars.