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Olga Oreshkina

Olga Oreshkina

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

Olga Oreshkina is a Los Angeles based non-licensed architect. She received her BArch and MArch from Moscow Institute of Architecture, Russia, and completed 1 year of LiAi Master Program at Umea School of Architecture, Sweden. Olga is currently a part of the Criticum Architects (USA), a research studio that stresses the capacity of architecture as a multi-disciplinary practice with writing, research, and design intervention. Previously she worked as an architect at SVESMI, Dutch-Russian office for architecture, urbanism and cultural programming.

Employment 

WAREXAUS, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer

Jul 2019 - current
 

Criticum, San Francisco, CA, US, Architectural Designer /Part-time

Projects:
«Eco-Shore» Baku 2016 – Open Architecture and Urban Planning Competition, Azerbaijan (concept design);
Baikal INVEST Hotel Design Competition, Turka, Russia (concept design);
KYM Field Schools in Africa Competition (concept design)

Nov 2015 - current
 

ZOLOTO Group, Moscow, RU, Illustrator /Part-time

Works:
Wallpaper prints for MEGAFON company conference rooms, Moscow, Russia;
New Year Illustrations;
Vector illustrations

Oct 2016 - May 2017
 

SVESMI, Moscow, RU, Architectural Designer /Full time

Projects:
A 14-storey residential building at ZILART, Moscow, Russia (schematic design);
3 Cottage projects for Dacha 9-18 village, Moscow Region, Russia (construction documents);
Dacha 9-18 village masterplan, Moscow Region, Russia (construction documents);
Falanster bookshop interior design, Moscow, Russia (concept model);
Library modular furniture design in collaboration with "6-inch", Moscow, Russia (concept design);
Library 51 renovation project, Moscow, Russia (schematic design; design development; construction documents)

Apr 2014 - Jun 2016
 

self-employment, Moscow, RU, Architectural Designer /Part-time

Projects:
35 sq m apartment interior design project, Moscow, Russia (schematic design; design development;
construction documents; bidding; reconstruction registration documents)

Feb 2015 - Apr 2016
 

DOK-17, Moscow, RU, Illustrator /Part-time

Works:
Furniture renders for catalogs

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
 

Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, RU, Teaching Assistant /Part-time

Tutored second-year students with Bases of Architectural Design and Spatial Architectural Composition

Sep 2013 - Jun 2014
 

RP Project, Moscow, RU, Architectural Designer /Full time

Projects:
Moscow Region village riverside redevelopment project, Russia (concept design);
Futuro-Park village townhouses design, Moscow Region, Russia (renders; construction documents);
Sports center with an indoor swimming pool at Futuro-Park village, Moscow Region, Russia (concept design);
Futuro-Park village master plan, Moscow Region, Russia (construction documents);
Cottage facade renovation project, Moscow Region, Russia (concept design);
Cottage at Millennium park village, Moscow Region, Russia (renders; schematic design; design development);
Residential building security room interior design, Moscow, Russia (construction documents)

Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
 

Se(a)rch Buro, Moscow, RU, Architectural Designer /Full-time

Projects:
Art-Banya (sauna) design at Nicola-Lenivets village, Kondrovo, Russia (construction documents);
200 sq m apartment interior design project, Moscow, Russia (renders; schematic design)

Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
 

MOSSINE Partners, Moscow, RU, Intern /Full-time

Projects:
Aalto University Campus 2015 competition, Finland (concept model; master plan design;
sustainability concept design)

May 2012 - Aug 2012
 

Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, RU, Sports photographer

Sep 2009 - Jun 2011
 

Education 

Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, RU, MArch, Masters

Sep 2011 - Jun 2013
 

Umeå School of Architecture, Umeå, SE, Masters, LiAi (Laboratory of Immediate Architectural Intervention)

Completed 1 year as an exchange student.

Sep 2011 - Jun 2012
 

Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, RU, BArch, Bachelors

Sep 2007 - Jun 2011
 

Areas of Specialization 

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