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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY My understanding of architecture and its effect on society has inspired me to appreciate the character and unique influences design can inflict on personal esteem and place making. I believe that design influences our everyday lives and has a long lasting effect on our happiness and sense of belonging. I strive to incorporate human and global sensitivity into every design decision, with a strong believe that the ultimate goal is to create holistic spaces that enhance an individual’s perspective as part of wholesome community. To me design matters because it is our basic necessity, because shelter is more than a box it is an experience with the opportunity to inspire a greater tomorrow.
EDUCATION May 2013 | Master of Architecture University of South Florida | Tampa, FL May 2009 | Associates of Arts: Architecture Valencia Community College | Orlando, FL
SKILLS Experienced in: revit . autoCad . sketchUp . photoshop . inDesign . acrobat . autoCad . v-ray for sketchUp* . sketching . drafting . model making . lasercutting .
Also familiar with: illustrator . v-ray for sketchUp fluent spanish [native language] . fluent english excellent customer-relations background attentive and cooperative personality experience handling confidential paperwork familiar assisting special needs individuals.
REFERENCES USF Professor | Nancy Sanders (352) 256 . 4275 | nancysanders@usf.edu USF Campus Recreation Assistant Director | Al M. Gentilini (813) 974 . 0371 | agentili@usf.edu Director USF School of Architecture | Robert MacLeod (813) 974 . 0371 | rmacleod@usf.edu
DESIGNER . PLANNER . CREATOR . INVENTOR . DREAMER . WONDERER . ENTHUSIAST . ROMANTICIST . VISIONARY . ECCENTRIC . FUTURE ARCHITECT . MAYRE PEREZ VELEZ
WORK EXPERIENCE April 2013 . Present Took part in the design, construction documention and administration of large academic and civic projects and proposals. utilized revit and autocad to complete drawings at DD, 50% and 100% construction sets. composed renderings, finish presantation plans and boards, marketing proposals, design graphics, diagrams and submittals.
Associate Designer | Gouldevans
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Student Academic Support Center - Florida International University New Academic Building - Saint Leo University Rising Tides Expansion - Florida Aquarium Skinner-Jones Hall North Proposal - University of North Florida NCAA Pool Proposal - University of North Florida NW 114th Ave. Park Proposal - City of Doral Fresh Foods Company/Chick-Fil-A - Univeristy of Florida
May 2012 . August 2012 Collaborated alongside professor Vikas Mehta,PhD in the schematic design phase of the project, conducting research on case studies, site visits , 3D model and schematic design submittal drawings.
Graduate Research Assistant | USF
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USF Botanical Gardens Masterplan Design Submittal
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant | USF
Fall 2011 Trained and mentored Intro to Architecture II students on design assignments, created assignment proposals and collaborated with the instructor Brandon Hicks on student grading. Initiated the creation of the standards of conduct for the School of Architecture; assesed and proposed alternate curriculums for the architecture program.
AWARDS AND HONORS The Eduardo Garcia Award Graduate School Research Symposium SACD Outstanding Advance Design Portfolio Award AIA Student Showcase SACD Masonry Contractors Scholarship Award President’s List Valencia Foundation Scholarship
Nominee Participant Nominee Participant Nominee Recipient Recipient
AFFILIATIONS NCARB Intern Development Program | 2013 . present Habitat for Humanity Volunteer | 2013 . present Construction Specification Institute | 2012 . present US Green Building Council - Seeking LEED GA | 2012 . present
Spring 2013 Spring 2013 Fall 2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2011 Fall 2007 . Spring 2009 Spring 2008
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Student Academic Support Center – FIU During the schematic design phase of the project I was tasked with developing a series of interior renderings and finish plans. These were used to create presentation boards that demonstrated the client our design intent.
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Skinner-Jones Hall North and NCAA Pool Proposals – UNF While actively collaborating with the principal-incharge and the marketing coordinator I composed a series of rendering and site plans for two separate proposals. These were used to demonstrate our understanding of the project in the RFQ. These tasks allowed me to understand the work effort placed by firms to acquire new work.
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New Academic Building – Saint Leo University At the culmination of the design development phase, I was tasked with developing a series of interior and exterior strategies for the new classroom building at Saint Leo University. The basis of the design focused on creating warm and inviting spaces that made student feel at home. The strategy was to create multiple living rooms what function as dynamic collaborative spaces.
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Ritualistic Palimpsest: A trace of Ingredients, Culture, and Traditions With a unique passion towards the creation of food and the creation of spaces this researched focused on an understanding of the cultural necessity of food and architecture and the impacts these have on our daily lives. The product of this research led to a series of design studies about the acts of food, cooking, eating, and sharing and the spaces in which these acts take place, spaces to learn, make and share. Located in Puerto Rico and founded in the traditions of food in relations to the culture and locale this project became a what if scenario where food and architecture are the primal roles that identify a sense of culture.
“Like the table itself, food stages events, congregating and segregating people, and food becomes an architecture that inhabits the body�
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Hotel Tampa A 4-star hotel design in downtown Tampa set to revitalize the waterfront.