Experience
March 2017 / Present | San Francisco, US
Architecture studio specializing in high end residential design
- Managed projects (2-3 people) from schematic design to end of construction; including: client presentations, pricing/bid, permit documentation, consultant coordination
- Responsible for hands-on execution and/or managing up to 5 projects concurently
V. Olišauskienė's design studio (Lithuanian: V. Olišauskienės individuali projektavimo įmonė) | Architectural Designer
January 2016 / Present | Lithuania
Architecture studio specializing in residential and urban design
- Developed the design of single-family housing ranging from 1 367 sq ft / 127 sq m to 2 799 sq ft / 260 sq m based on functional requirements and client’s criteria
- Prepared graphic and text documentation complying planning guidelines, code requirements and sustainable design principles
Lithuanian Monuments (Lithuanian: VI ‘Lietuvos Paminklai’) | Urban Designer / Architectural Designer
October 2011 / January 2016 | Lithuania
Architecture firm specializing in territorial planning and architectural design projects of cultural heritage objects
- Performed historic and present condition survey, prepared graphic and text documentation, took part in the decision-making process for the statements of concepts and final documents of territorial planning documents for cultural heritage sites ranging from 87 acres / 35,16 ha to 741 acres / 300 ha
- Contributed to the restoration, renovation and alteration of cultural heritage objects ranging from 4 291 sq ft / 399 sq m to 33 648 sq ft / 3 126 sq m, prepared construction documents, supervised construction process in the field
Barbas Lopes Arquitectos | Architectural Intern
June 2013 / September 2013 | Portugal
Architecture studio specializing in public and private buildings and interiors;
Mies van der Rohe prize nominee
- Contributed to the schematic design for an apartment complex in an adaptive reuse project of a palace, prepared architectural drawings conducting the site measurements and research of historical drawings, built and led the model building process
- Contributed to the schematic design for the three buildings in Riyadh, Tintoretto tower in Brescia (Contests)
Lithuanian Monuments (Lithuanian: VI ‘Lietuvos Paminklai’) | Architectural Intern
June 2011 / August 2011 | Lithuania
- Contributed to the schematic design for a Visitor Center in Vilnius in an adaptive reuse project of a laundry (Contest - Ist place)
- Surveyed historical buildings and sites, construction process in the field, prepared construction drawings
Education
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) | M.Arch
2012 September / 2014 June | Lithuania
Urban Design | GPA 9.8 out of 10
Diploma with honor - ranked 1st out of 50
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) | B.Arch
2008 September / 2012 June | Lithuania
Architecture | GPA 9.65 out of 10 | Completed in English
Diploma with honor - ranked 1st out of 80
Tampere Technical University (TUT) | Erasmus Exchange Program
2010 August / 2010 December | Finland
Architecture | GPA 9 out of 10 | Completed in English
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) | Young Architect’s School
2005 September / 2007 May | Lithuania
Kelmė's school of art | Piano speciality
1997 September / 2004 May | Lithuania
Skills
Architecture | Autodesk Revit Architecture, AutoCAD
2D Design, Desktop Publishing | Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
3D | Sketchup
GIS Processing | ArcMap
Website Design | HTML, CSS
Other | Drawing, Sketching, Model making
Language proficiency
Lithuanian | Mother Tongue
English | Toefl 104/120
Basics of Russian, Portuguese
Accomplishments and activities
Publications
Certificate
Certificate of Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservationist (Lithuania):
- Architectural Survey - Ist category in Architectural Survey in situ;
- Preservation Projects - 2nd category in Architectural Projects;
- Special Planning Projects for Intangible Cultural Heritage Objects and Sites.
Volunteering
- April 2016 | California Preservation Conference
- April 2015 | Open house Vilnius
‘GERAS’ award: best semester projects
Awarded to top 3 individual projects in the 50-80 people class:
- February 2014 | ‘Urban Complex in reconstructed city environment’
- February 2013 | ‘Urban Complex in rehabilitated city environment’
- May 2011 | ‘Town development project’
- May 2010 | ‘Technical and work project of a multistoried residential building’
Workshop of Architecture
September 04 2011 / September 18 2011 | Summer School on the Po River Delta
University IUAV Venice, Italy
Creating scenarios for fragile territories in Gorino Sullam – Taglio di Po (Rovigo)
Delta Landscape 2100