JOÃO AIRTON DE ALMEIDA Architectural Por olio #1006 - 1255 Pendrell Street Vancouver, BC V6E 1L7 (604) 720-1756 airtonmn@gmail.com
Summary of qualifica ons • 3 years of experience in Architecture Design, Project Management and Real Estate Development • Canadian experience in all phases of design • Proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe Suite and Office Suite • B. Arch and Master in Clean Energy Engineering • Proficient in Life-Cycle Assessment and Clean Energy so ware • Languages: Portuguese (na ve), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate) and German (elementary)
Professional Experience
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Junior Architect at Rositch Hemphill Architects Vancouver, Canada| April 2018 – April 2019 • Worked on DP, BP, Tender and IFC phases of design • Gave presenta on on Sustainability and Life-Cycle Assessment applied to buildings for the office staff • Conducted Life-Cycle Assessment applied to in-house project
Master of Engineering Leadership in Clean Energy Engineering University of Bri sh Columbia Vancouver, Canada | January 2017 - December 2017 • Final Capstone Project - Sustainability Applied to Social Housing in Brazil. Access here: (h ps://issuu.com/airton_mn/docs/appp506_final_report_capstone_proje)
Clean Energy Consultant at Green Building for Ci es Consultancy Fortaleza, Brazil | October 2016 – December 2016 • Analyzed and researched clean energy technologies, energy efficiency and conserva on strategies leading to the design of the municipal green building labeling of Fortaleza, Brazil • Advised engineers on urban planning and municipal building codes
Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism University of Fortaleza Fortaleza, Brazil | August 2008 – August 2015 • Final Architecture Project - Sustainable Social Housing. Access here: (h ps://issuu.com/airton_mn/docs/arquivo_unificado_2015.1_g_jo__o_)
Entrepreneur in Social Housing Horizonte, Brazil | February 2014 – December 2016 • Construc on Team Manager and Project Architect • Managed construc on site including quality control, materials supply, hiring labour, payroll tracking • Coordinated legal approvals and final sales • Designed and dra ed architectural drawings and 3D model • Partnered with 20+ years of experience professionals
Architecture and Urbanism Academic Exchange Fachhochshule Köln Cologne, Germany | September 2011 - February 2012
Intern at MD Associated Architects Fortaleza, Brazil | January 2013 – July 2013 • Par cipated in architectural design processes from concep on to comple on • Developed architectural drawings using REVIT, AutoCAD, CorelDRAW, Illustrator and Photoshop • Par cipated in legal approval processes Intern at P&G Engineering and Construc on Fortaleza, Brazil | August 2012 - December 2012 • Supported construc on site manager with material supply, quality control and payroll tracking Intern at NASSER HISSA Associated Architects Fortaleza, Brazil | February 2009 - December 2010 • Developed architectural drawings using AutoCAD.
Skills Design Autodesk: AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup Adobe suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, CorelDRAW, Enscape, V-Ray Phisical Modelling EPS foam cu ng, handcra ing of foam and wood board, cra paper modelling Sustainability & Clean Energy Tally, PVsyst, RETScreen Languages Portuguese (na ve) English (fluent) Spanish (intermediate) German (elementary)
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
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Sawmill Crescent Professional Work 2019
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Sustainable Social Housing Ensemble Academic Work 2015
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Social Housing Ensemble Professional Work 2016
SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
Sawmill Crescent Life-Cycle Assessment Professional Work 2019
Sustainable Social Housing Ensemble Life-Cycle Assessment Academic Work 2017
Sustainable Social Housing Ensemble Clean Energy Project Academic Work 2017
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Hostel in Beira-Mar Academic Work 2012
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Residencial High Rise Academic Work 2012
Sawmill Crescent 2019 | Vancouver, Canada
Sawmill Crescent 2019 | Vancouver, Canada
Author: Rositch Hemphill Architects Role: Assisted project architect on DP, BP, IFT and IFC phases. Social housing development comissioned by Marcon in partnership with Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA) and Catalyst Community Developments Society. This development consists of a two 5-storey buildings interconnected by a bridge. It is based on a concrete parkade level and 1 floor that transi ons to wood frame from the 2nd level up. The project has been dra ed 90% on Revit, being the only excep on the detailing made on AutoCAD. I have accomplished to dra not only plans, eleva ons, sec ons and schedules on Revit, but I have also conducted a full life-cycle assessment of this building. A report was generated as a complementary demonstra on to our clients and to the office staff (See next page).
Sawmill Crescent 2019| Vancouver, Canada Life-Cycle Assessment Author: JoĂŁo Airton de Almeida. Role: Conducted all phases of the study. *Obs.: I used Tally trial version for this study in order to perform a demonstra on. Hence, the presence of the program watermark will be found on all graphics and tables presented on this page.
On this life-cycle assessment, the focus was to quan fy envrionmental impacts, as well as to understand the propor ons of which life-cycle stage would have on the overall impacts. It was expected that the use of wood as the main construc on material would have a posi ve impact in this case, as opposed to concrete. As presented below, the end of life stage is responsible for a considerable part of the environmental impact oset of the project. This means that a rela vely high percentage of this building materials could be recycled, reused, repurposed or used as thermal energy.
The biggest environmental impacts and energy use comes from the manufacture stage, where many energy intensive processes take place, such as the manufacture of aluminum, glass and cement etc. In our case study, the use of windows and railings made of glass and aluminum, see itemized breakdown by division on the tables on the right bo om side. Finally, this project could be considered a rela vely sustainable project if we, for example, were to compare it to a building made en rely by concrete. However, a few elements could deďŹ netely be tweaked and improved. Such as the subs tu on of some aluminum elements for wood or PVC.
Social Housing Ensemble 2015 | Horizonte, Brazil
Social Housing Ensemble 2015 | Horizonte, Brazil
Author: João Airton de Almeida in partnership with IGM Real Estate. Role: All phases of design, construc on management and sales supervision. This 10-house ensemble was made possible by a partnership with IGM Real Estate and the support of a Brazilian Federal Social Housing Program known as “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”. The main idea was to bring comfort, economy and healthier lives to low-income families. Some of the highlights of this project are the a en on to passive ven la on and ligh ng, as the lack of lateral fenestra on brought some challenges to this project. The house presents two roof openings promo ng ven la on through stack effect plus natural ligh ng. Other interes ng features to contribute to the inner microclimate are the two indoor gardens by the dining room. Ground floor
Upper floor
NORTH
View from living room
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Final Architecture Degree Project Sustainable Social Housing Ensemble | 2015 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Universidade de Fortaleza 2015 | Fortaleza, Brazil
Final Architecture Degree Project 2015 | Fortaleza, Brazil
500-litre tank Rain water Filtered
Author: João Airton de Almeida
Grey water
This social housing project sought to resolve the legal impasse between 17 homeless families illegally ocupying a vacant plot of land. An ensemble of seventeen sustainable social houses was proposed, which included urban farming, rainwater harves ng and reuse, sewage treatment by the garden plants and an urban solar energy farm.
Filtered grey Black water
The city would pay for all the construc on costs with a 11-year payback forecast through social symbolic rents coupled with the revenue of the PV system energy surplus sold to the public u lity company.
5000-litre
Grey water filter Hydro/ sewage system
NORTH
Ground loor
Upper loor
“L” type House
Service
Vertical circulation
Comercial unit
Farming
Bedroom
Living
MEL CEEN Capstone Project 2017 | Vancouver, Canada Life-Cycle Assessment Author: João Airton de Almeida This capstone project of my master’s degree in clean energy engineering used my architecture bachelor degree final project as the star ng point for a life-cycle assessment on what has been designed to be a sustainable alternave to social housing construc on, as well as to come up with a clean energy project for the whole housing ensemble, which will be presented on the next page.
The results were rather interes ng. The sustainable op on performed predictably be er on the the global warming poten al factor. However, it performed slightly worse on other factors such as on smog forma on and acidifica on impacts. On both cases, the biggest impact during the building life-cycle would be on the manufacture phase, or “craddle” phase, followed by end-of-life, transporta on and maintenance. The conclusion, as expected, is that despite the fact that the sustainable op on did not perform be er on all impact categories, it s ll has a smaller impact on the o en most important factor, the global warming poten al. In addi on, it is more reliant on renewable energy sources. Therefore, seeing it from this perspec ve, we can conclude that the sustainable op on is indeed less impac ul to the environment than the typical op on.
MEL CEEN Capstone Project 2017 | Vancouver, Canada Clean Energy Project Author: João Airton de Almeida This photovoltaic energy genera on project is the second part of my master’s degree capstone project. The main ojec ve was to quan fy how grid indepedent this social housing ensemble could be and if clean energy genera on could be used as means to offset the capital cost of social housing construc on in Fortaleza, Brazil. The conclusion of this clean energy study is that not only the social housing ensemble of 17 houses would be completely energy independent, but also that it could be used to offset the capital costs of the its construc on. As result of a successful payback in less than 30 years, a return on investment of 1.86 allows for the implementa on of a social rent on this public enterprise. Making it possible for low-income families to leave the outskirts of Fortaleza and live in central areas with be er infrastructure connec vity and public services.
Cost of living at the proposed social houses
Return on investment
L House annual produc on
DragĂŁo do Mar Residen al Highrise 2012 | Fortaleza, Brazil
Dragão do Mar Residen al Highrise 2012 | Fortaleza, Brazil
Author: João Airton de Almeida This project aimed to take advantage of the recently enacted by-law, which allowed for 36-storey high rises at the central neighbourhood of the city. The site allowed a 360° view of the city of Fortaleza due to the fact of the past height limit. An uninterrupted view from the hills in the countryside, as well as the beach and the historic neighbourhoods of the city, the concept privileged external areas that could take advantage of all views.
North-east view
South-west view
Floor plan A
Floor plan B
Hostel in Beira-Mar Beach 2012 | Fortaleza, Brazil
Hostel in Beira-Mar Beach 2012 | Fortaleza, Brazil
Author: João Airton de Almeida Conceived in 2012, this project is a tribute to the Brazilian contribu on to Architecture, as well as a homage to the late Brazilian master architect Oscar Niemeyer, who had recently passed away. The project theme has been set to be a hybrid between a hotel and a hostel in a sense that it would have the scale related to the first one, and the informal environment and lean economics of the second. The building is comprised of six floors of shared bedrooms in a high valued area of Fortaleza, where there are always events taking place, such as conferences and concerts. The loca on is also known for its touris c appeal since it is right in front of Beira-Mar beach.
1st floor - entrance, kitchen and social areas
Bedroom floor plan
Laundry + administra on floor plan
Amenity floor plan