see all...Viewing 3 out of 6 projects
I am a project architect/project manager at The Musial Group in Mountainside, NJ. Current projects include a Lobby and One-Stop Registration renovation for Union County College in Elizabeth, NJ which started construction in August 2016. It has a completion date of August 2017. I led the team to produce construction and bid documents and the contract set. I am responsible for daily project management with bi-weekly site meetings, shop submittal and RFI review. I also develop proposals, designs and budget projections for other projects and I have two projects in development.
Last year I completed two projects for Union County College: a laboratory renovation at the same building in Elizabeth and EMT and nursing training rooms inserted into an industrial building in Plainfield, NJ. Both budgets were about two million dollars. I was project designer, client liaison, project architect and construction manager on both projects. I reviewed change order requests and payment applications in addition to construction administration. For both projects, I worked closely with the administration, faculty and facility staff. The college has given the firm tremendous positive response on these completed projects.
At DMR Architects in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, my projects included a magnet high school cafeteria addition in Bergen County, a head start facility change of use at a warehouse building and a riverside park on the Passaic River. I prepared design and construction documents working with the Design Director. While at DMR, I completed two LEED K-12 school certifications with one Gold. I recently filed a LEED application for the Hudson County Emergency Management Offices located in a brownfield ship-building facility built in 1917. I expect Gold certification.
After completing architecture school at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, I spent three years at Frank Gehry’s office primarily working on the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. It was the inaugural CAD project in the office. We started with schematic drawings on paper and by Construction Documents I was working in Catia, a 3-D modeling program developed for the aerospace industry. One of my responsibilities was modeling the atrium interior.
In my own investigations and study, I have pursued architectural design as a confluence of building and the natural world. My interest is to include nature in the daily life of building occupants and to create the most sustainable project possible. Public institutions with limited budgets are very receptive to energy savings and discover they appreciate the end design result as well. At both DMR and The Musial Group, I have built collaborative relationships with civil, mechanical and electrical engineers to reach sustainable goals.
I am an excellent manager with a passion for each project phase and the collaborative work leading to a successful result.
The Musial Group Architects, Mountainside, NJ, US, Project Architect/Project Manager
I am a project architect/project manager at The Musial Group in Mountainside, NJ. Current projects include a Lobby and One-Stop Registration renovation for Union County College in Elizabeth, NJ which started construction in August 2016. It has a completion date of August 2017. I led the team to produce construction and bid documents and the contract set. I am responsible for daily project management with bi-weekly site meetings, shop submittal and RFI review. I also develop proposals, designs and budget projections for other projects and I have two projects in development.
Last year I completed two projects for Union County College: a laboratory renovation at the same building in Elizabeth and EMT and nursing training rooms inserted into an industrial building in Plainfield, NJ. Both budgets were about two million dollars. I was project designer, client liaison, project architect and construction manager on both projects. I reviewed change order requests and payment applications in addition to construction administration. For both projects, I worked closely with the administration, faculty and facility staff. The college has given the firm tremendous positive response on these completed projects.
DMR Architects, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, US, Job Captain
Prepared design and construction documents on varied projects in New Jersey including: Cafeteria addition and renovation for Charter High School; Head Start Day Care Center, Multi-family apartment building, County Park including boat houses and waterfront riparian repair with boat docks. Prepared LEED submisssions for successful Silver and Certified status for two schools, including the first public school in New Jersey to receive certification.
ESKW/Architects, New York, NY, US, Job Captain/ Construction Administrator
Job Captain & Construction Administrator: Multi-family affordable housing renovation, The Emerson, NY NY. and new construction market rate apartment building, Stir;ling Place, Brooklyn, NY.
Los Angeles Community Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, US, Project Lead/Designer
Project Lead/Designer: Washington Boulevard Commercial Facade and Signage Program. Storefront renovation.
Construction Administrator: Heritage Court Senior Housing; 31 units new construction affordable housing for seniors.
Gehry Partners, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, US, Construction Documents/Model Builder
Construction Documents/Model Builder
Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain. I was part of the design team from schematic design to construction documents.
Rasin Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Model building and drawing for office building.
American Center, Paris, France. Restaurant Planning for cultural building.
Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA. Model building.
Exhibit Design: Disney Concert Hall Exhibition at Venice Biennale 1991
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Santa Monica, CA, US, MArch, Architecture
Excellence in Historic Preservation-Preservation League of New York State, Award
2009 Excellence in Historic Preservation-Preservation League of New York State for The Emerson Apartment Building, NY, NY awarded to Edelman, Sultan, Knox, Wood.
Award for Excellence in Design & Construction from the Queens and Bronx Building Asociation, Award
Award for Excellence in Design & Construction from the Queens and Bronx Building Asociation to 475 Stirling Place, Brooklyn, NY awarded to Edelman, Sultan, Knox, Wood.
Award for Excellence in Design & Construction from the Queens and Bronx Building Asociation, Award
Award for Excellence in Design & Construction from the Queens and Bronx Building Asociation to the Emerson Apartments, NY NY awarded to Edelman, Sultan, Knox, Wood.
Best Non-Profit Project 2001 Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH), Award
Best Non-Profit Project 2001 Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) Heritage Court Apartments, Downey California awarded to LA Community Design Center.
Lily Award for Architectural Merit Rancho Santa Fe Association, Award
Lily Award for Architectural Merit by Rancho Santa Fe Association for Rowland/Morgan Residence in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Awarded to Kajer Architects.
SAGE Award of Merit - Senior Housing Council of the Building Industry Council of Southern California, Award
SAGE Award of Merit - Senior Housing Council of the Building Industry Council of Southern California
for Heritage Court Apartments, Downey California awarded to LA Community Design Center.
Architectura Viva, Julio-Agosto 1997, Other
Book Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Other
Book: Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Coosje Van Bruggen
Published by Guggenheim Museum Publications
El Croquis 74/75, Frank Gehry 1991-1995, Other
Progressive Architecture, November 1992, Other
My Master thesis covered in Progressive Architecture.
