Emilia Machedon Curriculum Vitae I am an urban planner and designer fascinated by urban development in a time of global mobility. I was born on July 11th 1986 in Bucharest, Romania. I am specialized in strategic planning on several scales: regional planning and urban planning. I feel mostly challenged by complex project assignments such as airport region planning in the urbanized delta.
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EDUCATION Master of Science in Urbanism Technische Universiteit Delft 2010 - 2012 Faculteit Bouwkunde. Complex Cities in Transformation Graduation Studio. Your Home’s Check In-Gate. Spatial Planning Strategies for the Urban Integration of the Development Driven by Amsterdam Schiphol Airport graduation thesis (8,5/10).
2008 - 2009
Bachelor in Architecture Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris Belleville.
Bachelor in Urban Planning and Urban Design Universitatea de Arhitectură și 2005 - 2008 Urbanism Ion Mincu. Graduated the first from a class of 60 students. Monthly scholarship for a GPA higher than 9/10. Exchange student Institut Français d’Urbanisme 2005 - 2008 Université Paris 8. 9 months Socrates-Erasmus scholarship covering full tuition and a monthly stipend.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Regional Planning Intern Urhahn Urban Design. Amsterdam, NL. August - October 2012 Project assistant for a regional scenario development commission. Research and design of strategic spatial scenarios. Collaboration with the office in charge of the economic scenario development. Urban Landscape Intern Lola Landscape Architects. Rotterdam, NL June - September 2011 Urban landscape design in the context of a new waterfront residential development in Roermond. Landscape design for the Natura Docet Museum garden, from VO to DO phase. Architectural Intern Arh. Adrian Spirescu Studio. Bucharest, RO. June - September 2011 Design of the sports facilities for a school project. Teamwork on the interior design of a 1000 places university auditorium project. Architectural Intern S. D'Herbez de la Tour Studio. Paris, FR. October – November 2007 Mapping and interior design project for a Haussmanian residence.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR Making Zuidas Winter School (5th IABR) TU Delft, AA London, Yale School of Architecture Amsterdam, NL. February, 2012. Strategy proposal for the future development of the Zuidas business district into a modern city centre for living, recreation, international trade and knowledge.
Delta del Po 2010 Summer School IUAV IUAV, TU Delft, UAUIM, ETSAV-UPC Venice, IT. October, 2010. Scenario development for Po River Delta’s fragile territories by taking into consideration water management issues in the context of urban and economic development in the delta.
LANGUAGES Romanian
native speaker
English & French
full professional profficiency
Dutch & Spanish
basic conversational level
SOFTWARE adequate
average
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AutoCAD Illustrator MS Office InDesign SketchUp Photoshop 3DMax
PUBLICATIONS Airport-Driven Urban Development. A reading of current spatial planning models and critiques. Proceedings 9th Conference: Graduation Lab Urbanism. February 2012 The Department of Urbanism. Delft University of Technology. The paper investigates current planning literature on the spatial characteristics and spatial planning challenges of airport-driven urban development.
VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE
Aug 2009 - Aug 2010
Jan – June 2010
Jan – Feb 2010
Oct 2007 – Sep 2009
Active member of Bucharest, my dear photography association Photographic walks and exhibitions enhancing Bucharest’s positive image. Volunteer at Prodomo and Save Bucharest heritage protection NGO’s. The photographic inventory of Bucharest’s protected built areas. Volunteer at the Romania Green Building Council (Bucharest, RO). Translation of sustainable buildings workshop activities. Secretary at the International Union of Women Architects (Paris, FR). Database maintenance and official documents administration.
HOBBIES Travel and travel photography. Dancing: jazz, latin, ballroom, afro-cuban. Member of SoSalsa TU Delft dance student society. Member of the SoAno creative committee in charge of designing the society’s lustrum yearbook.
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full professional proficiency languages: English, French and Romanian
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countries with different working cultures I adapted to within a four years span
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different nationalities of people I worked in a team with
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languages I can have a basic conversation in: Dutch and Spanish
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different cities and regions in which I worked on spatial planning projects