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Toussaint Jimenez-Rojas

Toussaint Jimenez-Rojas

New York, NY, US

 
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About 

I am an internationally licensed architect, designer, researcher, and academic, with an extensive career having completed projects and competition for multiple typologies like public spaces, urban projects,cultural buildings, mix-used, high rise, corporate, residential, hospitality, educational, and sports buildings. In countries like the United States of America, The Dominican Republic, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Japan, Korea.


The way I produce architecture is rooted in the understanding of the built environment as a human experience throughout the exploration of contemporary aesthetics, critical design thinking, supported by a poly-technical foundation of  building systems, material, and construction.

Over the past 15 years, I've developed an extensive knowledge of BIM systems for project delivery, computational design, digital fabrication, and design process workflow, which integrated coding, high performance, complex geometry, and performative simulations in all phases of design.

My career has pivoted between the professional, research, and academic field. This has allowed me to build and intertwine experience leading research investigations and courses of architectural design, structural design, construction system, applied math, building morphology, and digital design tools in the most prestigious schools of architecture in Buenos Aires.

Employment 

AECOM, New, Senior Architectural Designer

- Operation Workflow over BIM Technology for the Architecture Studios.
- Design technology lead and BIM protocols implementation for corporate interiors.
- Concept design proposals for multiple projects and clients.
- IBC code analysis, and ADA compliance of projects.
- Construction details designer.
- Documents sets production for CONCEPT, SD, DD, CD, CA.
- RFI, submittals, and shop-drawings review.
- Consultants coordination (Structural-MEPFP-AV-IT)

Apr 2018 - current
 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), New York, NY, US, Senior Technical Designer

As Senior Technical Architect at SOM, my role in a team of 10 people was as a Digital Design Coordinator for de Design of the Wellesley Science Center Building.
as a DDC my main task with the team was the development of all the strategy in terms of BIM implementation for the SD phase of the project. At the same time, I was working in parallel on the proposal of 3 Facade Design for a three housing projects on an Urban Development in Hoboken, NJ.

- Coordination of all the Consultants in term of BIM development of the Project.
- Maintenance of the BIM file Structure at the Office.
- Co-workers on the fly problem-solver in term of BIM because I was the most experienced BIM user on the Team.

Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
 

Deft.Vision, New York, Project Manager / Chief Production Officer.

As a project manager, I was in charge of the coordination of a team of 8 to 10 people to produce Ultra High Definition Render Images for a client database in NY
.
As a Chief Production Officer, I design the entire process for a seamless pipeline of production for renders. As a deep understanding of the strength and weakness of each of our team members in terms of work performed to be more efficient and effective in our commitment to our clients.

Jan 2016 - May 2017
 

Juan Pablo Porta Arquitecto & Asociados, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Associate Senior Architect

During a year working at JPPA, I was the mastermind behind the shift from pure cad production to BIM production in the Studio.
I was acting as a BIM Manager and BIM Mentor with a pilot Dwelling project, parallel to that I was doing feasibility studies and volume configuration for multiple clients.

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
 

Skin Arquitectura, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Senior Designer

As a Senior Designer, I was in charge of the Facade Design for an Office Building in Santiago de Chile, Chile South America.
In this project, I was in charge of Programming an Algorithm for the Pattern of the Facade, at the Same time I Design and wrote a Python Script in Rhino3D for the Optimization and Organization of all the pieces of the Facade to generate all the shop drawing to be Laser Cutted.

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
 

Education 

UNIVERSIDAD DE PALERMO, Buenos Aires, AR, Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication

Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
 

Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR, MArch, Architecture Advanced Design

Aug 2009 - Dec 2011
 

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SANTO DOMINGO (U.A.S.D.) (Dominican Republic), Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura,, BArch, Architecture

5 Years College Program, with a Polytechnic Orientation where the creative thinking and Technical resolution blend together along the complete curriculum.

Design.
Drawing
MEP
Electrical
Lighting
Structure Calculus
Structure Design.
Urban Planning
Construction.

Jan 1999 - Feb 2007
 

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SANTO DOMINGO (U.A.S.D.) (Dominican Republic), Computer Unit, Faculty of Engineering And Architecture, Computer Sciences

Jan 1998 - Oct 2002
 

Instituto Evangelico Alberto Abreu, Santo Domingo, DO, High School, Education

High School Diploma focus on Math Sciences

Jan 1992 - Dec 1998
 

Awards 

2012 - Special Jury Honor Mention, Honorable Mention

Design Contest for a Headquarters Cooperative Telephone Company Building in Pinamar, Argentina

2012
 

Full Tuition for Master Studies Abroad, Scholarship

Ministery of Highest Education, Science and Technology, of the Dominican Republic Goverment, for Studies Abroad in Architecture Advanced Design in the Facultad de Arquitectura Diseno y Urbanismo at University of Buenos Aires, 2009-2011

2008
 

Honor High Academic Performance 2004-1 Semester, Award

Academic recon by his Honor High academic performance semester 2004-1, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Faculty of Engeneering and Architecture. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

2004
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills