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Ligia Pinto

Ligia Pinto

New York, NY, US

 

About 

Interior and Architectural Designer currently working as Project Manager in New York City.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Studio Arthur Casas LLC, New York, NY, US, Project Manager

Project Managment
Architectural Design
Interior Design

Jun 2016 - current
 

Kingspoint Heights LLC, New York, NY, US, Architectural Designer

Architecture drawings - DOB
Rendering
Presentation drawings

Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
 

Emma Escritório Mendes Machado de Arquitetura, Belo Horizonte, BR, Co-founder, Lead Architectural Designer and Principal

Architecture and Interior Design firm.
Responsible for all stages of design process, working together with interns/architects in a collaborative work.

Architecture drawings and construction detailing
Furniture sketching and detailing
3D Modeling
3D Rendering
Presentation drawings
MEP Coordination
Construction Administration
Firm's management

Dec 2009 - Nov 2015
 

MAch Arquitetos, Belo Horizonte, BR, Intern Architect

Architecture drawings and construction detailing
Furniture sketching and detailing
3D Modeling

Jul 2009 - Sep 2009
 

Architecture Office Carlos Henrique de Affonseca, Belo Horizonte, BR, Intern Architect

Architecture drawings and construction detailing
Furniture sketching and detailing
3D Modeling
Presentation drawings

Feb 2008 - Jun 2009
 

City Administration of Belo Horizonte, Department of Urban Regulation, Belo Horizonte, BR, Intern Urbanist

Worked in city planning-ordinances of informal settlements.

Feb 2005 - Feb 2006
 

Education 

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), School of Architecture, Belo Horizonte, BR, Masters, Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Planning (MS)

Research developed: Between opening and retraction: Xakriabá space and spatiality. Advisor: Silke Kapp, PhD. Master of Science Thesis (incomplete). School of Architecture, UFMG, Brazil. [Xakriabá is a native Brazilian tribe]

Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
 

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BR, BArch, Architecture and Urban Planning

5 year Professional Degree.
*UFMG is ranked #2 in Brazilian Universities 2014 (Source: RUF Brasil 2014) and #6 in Latin America Ranking 2014 (Source: US News)

Aug 2004 - Dec 2009
 

Awards 

Graduate Research Scholarship - CAPES MEC, Scholarship

Granted by the CAPES-MEC (Department of Higher Education- Brazilian Ministry of Education). Center for Postgraduate Studies in Architecture and Urban Planning, School of Architecture, UFMG, Brazil
Research: Between opening and retraction: Xakriabá space and spatiality (MS Thesis-incomplete). Advisor: Silke Kapp, PhD.

2014
 

London Festival of Architecture - Student's Competition, 1st Place

“SPD – Spatial Protest Device”. Award-winning project at the New Brazilian Architecture Students Competition under the theme "Democracy: spaces of protest". London Festival of Architecture, UK

2008
 

Undergraduate Research Scholarship - CNPq, Scholarship

Granted by the CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Center for Regional Development and Planning, School of Economics, UFMG, Brazil
Research: Education and production alternatives: ethnodevelopment and participation methodologies in Xakriabá communities. Advisor: Roberto Luis Monte-Mor, PhD.

2007
 

Undergraduate Research Scholarship - EA UFMG, Scholarship

Granted by the office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies at UFMG. Sylvio de Vasconcellos Photodocumentation Laboratory, School of Architecture, UFMG, Brazil
Research: Recovery and Digitization of the Sylvio de Vasconcellos Laboratory Photography Collection. Advisor: Leonardo Barci Castriota, PhD.

2006
 

Undergraduate Research Scholarship - Sesu MEC, Scholarship

Granted by the Sesu-MEC (Department of Higher Education- Brazilian Ministry of Education). Department of Critical and Historical Analysis of Architecture, School of Architecture, UFMG, Brazil
Research: Feast in the city: anthropological analysis of religious festive rituals in the Brazilian urban context. Advisor: Celina Borges, PhD.

2006
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills