https://issuu.com/anamanzo +1( 912) 441-8269 Ana Manzo
Bio
I am a licensed architect who has devoted over 20 years to developing projects. I have worked in various design fields with a wide range of clients, from homeowners to large corporations such as Kraft Foods, Chrysler, British American Tobacco, Marriott, Hilton, and Best Western Hotels. I allow my empathy, interests, and curiosity in human behavior to drive my design intent. As a result, I approach every design challenge with a fresh perspective, focusing on social responsibility and people’s needs ahead of design technicalities. This worldview allows me to understand architecture in a more expansive way.
Honors and Awards
AIA Georgia Honor Award
2019
Design Futures Council Scholar. SCAD
2017
Member of Tau Sigma Delta. SCAD (Honor Society of Architecture and Allied Arts)
2017
Dorothy P. Spence Memorial Scholarship. SCAD (Architecture Foundation of Georgia)
2017
Languages
Spanish (native)
English
Interpersonal Skills
Field Project Management, Project Design, Overseas Networking, Supervisory Responsibility, Cross-functional Team Coordination, Capacity for Analysis and Planning, Abstraction, Creative Thinking, Innovation, Research, Scheduling, Strong Negotiation and Persuasion Ability, Problem Solving, Supplier Sourcing, Interpersonal Communication skills, Blogging.
Software Skills
Revit, Photoshop, AutoCAD, SketchUp, InDesign, Procore, PlanGrid.
Additional Design Skills
Experience in Interior Design, Landscaping, Millwork Design, Graphic Design, and Photography.
Academic Experience
Master of Architecture Thesis Book
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Savannah, GA, USA
Graduated: May, 2018
Bachelor of Architecture
Simon Bolivar University. Caracas, Venezuela
Graduated: June, 2001
Certifications
2023 | Georgia Architecture Licence. NCARB Certified
2018 | LEED GA, USGBC
2004 | Marketing for executives from other disciplines
CEATE. Valencia, Venezuela
2001 | Graphic Design Advertising
DATA TECH. Valencia, Venezuela
2001 | Architecture License, Venezuela
Colegio de Arquitectos de Venezuela
Professional Experience
June-2017/Present
Senior Project Architect
Gunn Meyerhoff Shay Architects. Savannah, GA. USA.
Project Architect in a variety of hospitality and multifamily projects. Lead in all project phases: program analysis and design, SD, DD, CD, CA, consultant coordination, code compliance, client communication, contract drafting, BIM. Sept.-2016/May-2018
Graduate Mentor
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Savannah, GA, USA. Mentored undergraduate students helping them reach their potential with skills such as organization and time management.
Aug.-2007/Feb.-2016
Architectural Manager
Independent Practice. Valencia,Venezuela.
Design and Construction Project Manager in areas such as architecture, landscaping, interior design, remodeling projects, and others. Worked in all areas of the field, from Programming and Analysis to Construction Evalution. Nov.-2006/Jul.-2007
Architectural Manager of Design and Project Department
Arquitecnica CoArte1. Valencia,Venezuela. Directed activities of workers, monitored compliance with plans, and performed client consulting.
Aug.-2005/Oct.-2006
Project Manager and Construction Work Coordinator of Water Park
Inversiones 2.032, C.A. Mariara, Venezuela. Worked hand-in-hand with a private Mexican company on directing, organizing, and controlling project and construction activities of Aquatic Park (Traveling to Mexico involved).
May.-2001/Jul.-2005
Junior Architect
Arquitecnica CoArte1. Valencia, Venezuela. Planner of Master Plan of Carabobo University. Design development for projects in different areas (architecture, landscaping, urban design, and others).
Hotel Projects
2019-2024
Curio Collection Hotel by Hilton. New Construction.
Role: Project Architect / Manager
Client: Northpoint Hospitality.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 94,595 ft²
2018-2024
AC Hotel by Marriott. New Construction.
Role: Project Architect / Manager
Client: Northpoint Hospitality.
Location: Savannah, Georgia.
Area: 121,729 ft²
Multifamily Residential Projects
2020-2024
601 Mixed-use.
New Construction.
Role: Project Architect / Manager
Client: Procida Companies.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 37,945 ft²
2021-2022
1700 Drayton.
New Construction.
Role: Project Architect / Manager
Client: Procida Companies.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 34,971 ft²
2019-2020
36th and Waters.
New Construction.
Role: Project Architect / Manager.
Client: Procida Companies.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 46,310 ft²
Interior Design Projects
2023-2024
Perry Luxury STVR. Renovation.
Role: Project Architect / Manager.
Client: Historic Tours of America.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 22,000 ft²
2022-2024
Carver State Bank. Fit-out.
Role: Project Architect / Manager.
Client: Carver Financial Corporation.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 800 ft²
Historic Preservation Projects
2021 703 Louisville Road.
Historic Building Relocation.
Role: Project Manager.
Client: West End Development Partners.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 12,800 ft²
2018-2019
Robinson Building. Renovation and Addition.
Role: Project Architect / Manager.
Client: Paul Robinson.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 10,090 ft²
Institutional Projects
2017-2020
Oglethorpe Conference Center. New Construction.
Role: Team Member.
Client: City of Brunswick.
Location: Brunswick, Georgia. Area: 21,000 ft²
2017
Cultural Arts Center. New Construction.
Role: Clerk of the Works.
Client: City of Savannah.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 39,540 ft²
Commercial Projects
2021-2024
RSE Parking Garage.
New Construction.
Role: Project Manager.
Client: Northpoint Hospitality.
Location: Savannah, Georgia. Area: 139,038 ft²
Profile Of Ana Maria Manzo
Interview by HefferonJoe for About.com: Women in Business about my thoughts on architecture.
Reading the evolution of places Co-published at myurbanist
Harmonious gaps – public space. Spanish version posted on got ark?
Emotional architecture
Guest post on @BuildingMoxie´s blog
Seeing the big picture
Guest post on @Urbanverse´s blog
Deciphering mysteries, decoding clues, interpreting emotions. Guest post on the design journal of the Australian Architect Antony DiMase
Dancing notes – buildings in love. Spanish version published in Entre Rayas Magazine N. 82. Year 2010. Venezuela.
Minimalism.
Guest post on @architecturally ´s blog
Hsu-Jen Huang
Professor, Architecture
Clark Hall
229 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Savannah, GA 31401
912.484.8787 hhuang@scad.edu
Samuel Olin
Professor, Architecture
Clark Hall
229 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Savannah, GA 31401
912.441.6818 solin@scad.edu
Scott Singeisen
Associate Professor, Architecture
North Carolina Central University 1801 Fayetteville St. Durham, NC 22707
912.257.9702 ssingeisen@gmail.com
Residential Projects
September 2015
Single-Family House.
Client: Lidia Vasquez.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 2,690 ft²
January 2014
Single-Family House.
Client: Yupei Liu.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 6,565 ft²
October 2013
Single-Family House.
Client: Claudia Aguirre.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,747 ft²
February 2013
Social Areas of a House.
Client: Italo Paulinni.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 5,761 ft²
November 2012
Apartment Building.
Client: Ioannis Paraskevopoulos.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 22,593 ft²
November 2012
Residential Annex.
Client: Cristian Peiret.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 825 ft²
February 2012
Residential Annex.
Client: Rafael Jimenez.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,241 ft²
July 2011
Two-Family Affordable Housing.
Client: Hector Arteaga.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,396 ft²
May 2009
Residential Complex.
Client: Elena Araque.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 47,287 ft²
April 2009
Single-Family House.
Client: Hector Arteaga.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,395 ft²
March 2009
Single-Family House.
Client: Hector Arteaga.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. 2,864 ft²
December 2008
Single-Family House.
Client: Hector Arteaga.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 4,375 ft²
December 2008
Single-Family House.
Client: Abbas Salman.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 5,406 ft²
October 2008
Single-Family House.
Client: Ali Charaf.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 4,542 ft²
January 2007
Single-Family House.
Client: Leonidas Gonzalez.
Location: San Diego, Venezuela. Area: 4,368 ft²
Office Projects
April 2015
Office Building.
Client: Daniel Lelli.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 3,980 ft²
April 2014
Office Building.
Client: PDVSA.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 10,743 ft²
July 2010
Remodeling and Interior Design of an Office.
Client: Trina Manzo.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,186 ft²
April 2009
Office Building.
Client: Suplaca.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,061 ft²
December 2008
Remodeling of an Office.
Client: Interbrokers.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,186 ft²
Interior Design Projects
December 2015
Interior Design of Best Western Plus Hotel.
Client: Manantial INN
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 92,107 ft²
December 2011
Interior Design of the Social Areas of an Apartment.
Client: Isaac Yajure.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 303 ft²
November 2011
Remodeling Project and Interior Design of the Social Areas of a House.
Client: Ioannis Paraskevopoulos.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 2,226 ft²
October 2011
Remodeling Project and Interior Design of an Apartment.
Client: Carlos Sanchez.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,291 ft²
October 2011
Remodeling Project and Interior Design of a Suite of Isla La Cumaca Water Park.
Client: Ioannis Paraskevopoulos.
Location: La Cumaca, Venezuela. Area: 1,758 ft²
April 2004
Remodeling Project and Interior Design of a Duplex Apartment.
Client: Jose Hernandez.
Location: Naguanagua, Venezuela. Area: 2,021 ft²
Hotel Projects
July 2013
El Yaque Hotel.
Client: Kleber Mota.
Location: El Yaque, Venezuela. Area: 13,907 ft²
June 2010
La Uva Inn.
Client: Mariana Baquero.
Location: Aguirre, Venezuela. Area: 9,403 ft²
June 2003
Expansion of Dinastia Hotel.
Client: Dinastia Hotel.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 64,024 ft²
Commercial Projects
December 2015 Kiosk.
Client: Rafael Jimenez.
Location: Bonaire. Area: 87 ft²
October 2014
Store Facade.
Client: Mocca store.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 419 ft²
September 2014
CrossFit Gym.
Client: Mario Restrepo.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 2,373 ft²
August 2010
Baby Moi Store.
Client: Inversiones Seven Kids.
Location: Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. Area: 468 ft²
November 2009
Coffee Area of Interauto Chrysler Dealer.
Client: Chrysler.
Location: Naguanagua, Venezuela. Area: 54 ft²
August 2009
Tribus Store.
Client: Tiendas Rubios.
Location: Naguanagua, Venezuela. Area: 947 ft²
July 2009
Baby Moi Store.
Client: Inversiones Seven Kids.
Location: Naguanagua, Venezuela. Area: 226 ft²
January 2009
Gym.
Client: Freddy Amoldoni.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 11,194 ft²
October 2008
Interauto el Vinedo Chrysler Dealer.
Client: Chrysler.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 3,519 ft²
March 2005
Remodeling of Clandestino Bar Entrance.
Client: British American Tobacco.
Location: Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Area: 430 ft²
Industrial Projects
November 2013
Industrial Warehouse.
Client: Daniel Lelli.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 20,214 ft²
February 2010
Resting Area of Kraft Foods Plant.
Client: Kraft Foods.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 4,241 ft²
February 2010
Entrance Hall of Kraft Foods Plant.
Client: Kraft Foods.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,065 ft²
June 2009
Industrial Warehouse.
Client: Jesus Hernandez.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 22,808 ft²
Construction Work / Remodeling
February 2016
Interior Design and Construction work for Home Remodeling Project.
Client: Nacho Saman.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 4,920 ft²
February 2016
Interior Design and Construction work for House Remodeling Project.
Client: Emilio Granella.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 4,920 ft²
November 2013
Residential Annex.
Client: Cristian Peiret.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 825 ft²
July 2013
Interior Design and Construction work for House Remodeling Project.
Client: Cristobal Bourgy.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 3,135 ft²
April 2013
Design and Construction work of the Social Areas of a House.
Client: Ana Isabel Vilarino.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 872 ft²
February 2013
Design and Construction work of the Social Areas of a House.
Client: Claudia de Ossio.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 725 ft²
January 2013
Design and Construction work of the Social Areas of a House.
Client: Javier Perez.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 755 ft²
February 2012
Design and Construction work of the Social Areas of a House.
Client: Iannis Georgopoulos.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 754 ft²
December 2011
Apartment Remodeling Project.
Client: Rafaela Sierra.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 1,076 ft²
November 2011
House Remodeling Project.
Client: Iannis Georgopoulos.
Location: Valencia, Venezuela. Area: 754 ft²