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Luís Duarte

Luís Duarte

Horta, PT

 

About 

Dedicated Architect, born in Portugal, and graduate student of Masters in Architecture,  with more than 4 years experience (more than 1 year experience in the Middle East), working as an design architect. I have experience designing healthcare buildings, tertiary educational buildings, villas, and urban design, through concept design, schematic design, design development and detail design stages, but also assisting in the coordination between disciplines.

Focused team worker with team leadership skills, and the ability to act independently as part of a team, with minimum supervision. I'm also competent, solid organizational, with problem solving skills and a strong passion design detailing.

Employment 

Dar Engineering, Riyadh, SA, Design Architect

Work in the design of complex Healthcare and Tertiary Education Buildings, from concept design to design development, including, assistance in the coordination between engineering and architecture, and the production of 3D BIM model.
During the period of work at DAR Engineering I was assigned to support in the design of the new medical tower for the Specialized Medical Center -SMC, at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (area: 9.600 sq. mts, Cost: 300 million of SR, capacity: 300 beds), as well as the King Faisal Veterinary Hospital, at Al Hufuf, Saudi Arabia (area: 12.000 sq. mts, cost: 60 million of SR), namely through the schematic design and design development stages, but also doing project coordination.
I was also assigned to work in the concept design, schematic design, which included the production of the Architectural REVIT 3D BIM model, for six Colleges for UMM-ALQURA University - Medical Spine Campus, at Mecca, Saudi Arabia (area: 1.444.000 sq. mts - project cost: 464 million of SR).

Mar 2014 - current
 

Freelancer, Açores, PT, Design Architect

Design of villas, and small equipments, from concept to design development phase, including engineering coordination (the mentioned designs were mainly located in an heritage area, with particular requisites of intervention or design criteria).

Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
 

Câmara Municipal das Lajes do Pico, Açores, PT, Design Architect

Design and engineering coordination of small equipments and urban design, from concept design to design development phase.
Analyze and appraisal of licensing procedures.

Jan 2011 - Aug 2013
 

Education 

Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto, Oporto, PT, MArch, Architecture

Sep 2004 - Dec 2010
 

Areas of Specialization 

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