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Jessica Villarasa

Jessica Villarasa

Montreal, QC, CA

 

About 

Jessica is an individual passionate about architecture from Montreal, Canada.
She completed her DEC in Architectural Technology at Vanier College and is now a Bachelor of Architectural Studies student at Carleton University. She has over 4 years of experience working for a Montreal-based architecture firm, working on various scales of projects ranging from small and large scale residential, commercial, institutional and industrial. She also holds LEED Green Associate certification. She enjoys every phase of a project, from architectural visualizations, schematics, and interior and graphic design, to detailing for construction.

Please see my portfolio website for work: Jessica Villarasa (myportfolio.com)

Employment 

MakerHUb, Montreal, QC, CA, Architectural Technologist / Designer

Working on residential, institutional, commercial and industrial projects of wood frame, concrete, and steel construction in Quebec and Ontario.
Development of projects from schematic to construction document execution
Creating architectural visualizations / renderings for most projects
Conducting building surveys on site
Management of office standards & BIM
Coordination with team and managing projects with head architect

Use of AutoCAD, Revit, BIM360, Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop Illustrator, and Microsoft Office.

Mar 2018 - current
 

Education 

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, CA, BArch, Bachelor of Architectural Studies

Design Stream

Sep 2020 - current
 

Vanier College, Montreal, QC, CA, Architectural Technology

Sep 2015 - Jun 2018
 

Awards 

Decelles Shared Street Design Competition, 1st Place

Proposed of a series of three engaging installations made of reusable material to be put in place along Decelles street that will promote interaction, fitness, and biodiversity within the community. Our proposal won first place and was built and installed on Decelles street by I.D.E.A.S. Studio.

2022
 

E. W. R. Steacie Scholarship, Scholarship

2022
 

Presidents Scholarship, Scholarship

2022
 

Lester Bowles Pearson Scholarship, Scholarship

2021
 

Dean’s Honour List recipient for 2020-21, Honorable Mention

2021
 

John Lyndhurst Kingston Bursary, Grant

2021
 

Matthew Stankiewicz Bursary, Grant

2020
 

Launchbox Competition 2018, 2nd Place

Founded and proposed a renovation project for the Architectural Technology Resource Room at Vanier College in order to increase productivity, creativity, and unity in the workspace. The project won 2nd place and “fan favorite” out of 4 teams in the Vanier College Launchbox entrepreneurship competition.

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills