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Eric Salitsky

Eric Salitsky

Brooklyn, NY, US

 

About 

Young architectural designer seeking new opportunity to pursue architectural licensure. Experience in commercial design including hospitality and food & beverage.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

ICRAVE, New York, NY, US, Designer

Firestone - Miami, FL
• Coordinated concept development and full drafting of drawing set for 15,000 sq. ft. converted tire shop subdivided into three restaurants on South Beach’s Alton Road
• Produced precedent research, conceptual direction, majority of drawing set of 7,000 sq. ft. diner within including lighting and millwork details
• Participated in all contact with ownership, collaborated with kitchen consultant, engineers, and architect of record

Mister Dips - New York, NY and Detroit, MI
• Managed expansion of food truck into two brick-and-mortar locations, 1750 sq. ft. and 2000 sq. ft., overseeing two employees while working under design director
• Prepared all designs from initial branding and strategy presentations through design development into construction administration including budgeting, VE process, and subsequent redesigns
• Conducted weekly team meetings as main point of contact coordinating between brand, ownership, architect of record, kitchen consultant and construction management

Heritage School of Music Stage Airport Bar - New Orleans, LA
• Designed and developed a 250 sq. ft. airport concession consisting of a bar and a live music stage
• Coordinated integrated lighting, wheelchair lift, MEP requirements
• Assisted in CA for this as well as for a gelato stand and pizza place

Editor-in-Chief of The Chop, ICRAVE’s design blog

Jun 2017 - Oct 2019
 

Personal projects, Brooklyn, NY, US, Designer

• Recipient of the 2018 Stewardson Keefe Lebrun Travel Grant from the Center for Architecture. Traveled for six weeks in 2019 documenting multifaith worship spaces in the US and Europe
• Led renovation of Historic Brooklyn synagogue social hall in the spring of 2019, providing aesthetic direction, material research, budget consulting, and design drawings

May 2018 - Jul 2019
 

Lynn Bader Architect, Bronx, NY, US, Architectural Designer

• Provided schematic design, code research, and construction drawings for the gutting and renovation of a two-story home
• Focused design on accomodating ADA lift installation and accessibility throughout

Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
 

Education 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, MArch, Architecture

Sep 2013 - May 2016
 

University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, US, Bachelors, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Sep 2006 - May 2010
 

Awards 

2018 Stewardson Keefe Lebrun Travel Grant, Grant

Eric Salitsky, “Exploring the Global Phenomenon of Multifaith Spaces” – $7,500 Award

"Eric Salitsky will travel to cities in North America and Europe to document the design and history of multifaith worship spaces. To Salitsky, multifaith spaces can potentially serve as living rebuttals to tribalism and divisiveness, showing how people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs can successfully worship in the same space without conflict. Salitsky will visit airports, hospitals, universities, and other public institutions in New York, Boston, London, Manchester, Zurich, and Berlin to investigate how people of different faiths share sacred space. Through his travels, Salitsky will discover exemplary spaces that are both functional and inspiring."

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

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