giselle chaim ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
GISELLE MARIE CORMI ER CHA IM D.O.B. 01/27/1989 chaim.giselle@gmail.com +1(347)861-2734 1 Columbus Place #N37B New York, NY, 10019 G1 Visa C-04 Employment Authorization linkedin.com/in/giselle-chaim2960304a
I am a Brazilian-French Architect and Urbanist based in New York City with interests and aptitudes in multiple areas. Current a PhD student at the University of Brasília (Brazil), with a research on the Brazilian Modernist Embassies built abroad between 1965 and 1986., I hold a M.Arch. (2017) and B.Arch. degrees (2013) from the same Institution, in which I was also Assistant Lecture. During my undergraduate years, I was granted with a scholarship to collaborate as an intern at Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa, Italy (2012) and worked in the projects of Sesto San Giovanni Urban Plan, in Milan, and the new Academy of Arts, in Los Angeles. During my academic and professional journey, I also worked in several Architecture and Interior Design Offices in Brasília and was a Junior Architect at Brazil’s House of Representatives Architecture Department, where I co-supervised the renovation of symbolic modernist spaces of Brasília, such as “Plenário Ulysses Guimarães”, by Oscar Niemeyer. Since 2014 I am also a solo professional and develop residential and commercial projects, as well as design artistic tiles and murals compositions. Granted with the Barnes Foundation “Barnes-de Mazia Scholarship” (2020) and currently registered in several on-line art courses, I am now pursuing an old dream of expanding my work field into Art History, Exhibitions Design and Museum Studies. As a hobbie, I love to draw, especially the human figure, and since 2019 I have been taking art classes both in the New York School of the Arts and Shoestring Studio, in Brooklyn. Always motivated by the power of art and architecture in transforming the society and a person’s destiny, I am a creative, skilled and enthusiastic professional.
E DU C AT IO N 2018 - 2023
PhD Student at the Faculty of Architecture University of Brasília, Brazil Ongoing (remote)
2015- 2017
Masters of Architecture (M.Arch) University of Brasília, Brazil Dissertation Fellow of Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technologial Development
2007 - 2013
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Univeristy of Brasília, Brazil
P R OF ESSIO NA L EXP ERIEN C E ATELIÊ.A.Z. (2014-) Founder, Principal and Interior Designer | Instagram @atelie.a.z OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK (2019) Volunteer @New York City // Logistics UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA | UnB (2017-18) Assistant Professor // Design Studio 1 @Brasília, Brazil CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS FEDERAL (2014-17) Junior architect and colaborator at Brazil’s House of Representatives Architecture Department. Worked at the Accessibility and National Heritage Department in several activities @Brasília, Brazil RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP (2012-13) Intern @ RPBW Genova, Italy // www.rpbw.com UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA | UnB (2012-18) Scholar and researcher in several projects @Brasília, Brazil More information at http://lattes.cnpq.br/5549930910780053 ATRIA Arquitetos (2010-12) Intern @ Brasília, Brazil // www.atria.arq.br
PUBLIC AT IO N S For all information regarding publications and other academic activities, visit: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5549930910780053
LAN G UAG ES Portuguese Native speaker English
Full professional proficiency
French
Bilingual speaker | DALF C1 International Certificate
Italian
Professional working proficiency | Scuola Dante Alighieri de Camerino - Italy (2010)
Spanish
Elementary working proficiency
CO URS ES & ACCO MPLIS H MEN TS 2020
Scholar at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia for the “Traditions of Art” course
2020
Harvard University “Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology” on-line course
2020
The Museum of Modern Art on-line course “Modern Art & Ideas”
2020
“Constructing the Figure” drawing course at the New York School of the Arts
2020
“Special Topis in Figure Drawing” and “Constructing the Figure” online drawing courses at Shoestring Studio, New York
2019
“The City Transformed: The History of New York City” course at the Cooper Union Foundation, New York
2019
“Exploring the UN” course at the United Nations, New York
2013
Final Projects Design Studio with Paul Vincent (former partner at Renzo Piano Building Workshop) - University of Brasília, Brazil
2011
International Worskshop “Brasília 50+50: Rethinking the modernist capital of Brazil” | Politecnico de Milano + Universidade de Brasília
H O N ORS & AWARD S 2015
First prize award “Mostra NAB - “The new architecture of Brasília” Best Thesis Projext / Students (http://www.iabdf.org.br)
2014
Nominated for the Opera Prima National Award for undergraduate students in Architecture and Urbanism
2011
Best academic research | The University of Brasilia Congress of Academic Initiation with the work “Urbanismo e Movimento Municipalista no Brasil: discussões e proposições urbanísticas nos Congressos Nacionais de Municípios Brasileiros (1946-1964)”
2010
Best academic research | The University of Brasilia Congress of Academic Initiation with the work “Qualidade ambiental e arquitetônica em edifícios de escritórios: diretrizes para projetos em Brasília“
S K I L LS
Autodesk Revit Architecture Autodesk AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PPT) Hand drawind and model making
advanced advanced intermediate intermediate advanced intermediate
PR OJEC TS | RESID ENT I AL + COM M E R C IAL
1. PARK SUL, 2017 BR A SÍ LIA , BR A ZI L Fully R enovation
2. AP LORE TO BrasĂlia, Brazil 2018 Fully renovation, tiles panel design and installaton, inter ior design consultanc y with the selec tion of fur niture and decorative objec ts.
3. AP LIF E BrasĂlia, Brazil 2018 Fully renovation of the social area and bathroom . I n this apar tment, in order to optimize all the available areas in this small unit, s teel struc tures were designed to be par t of the layout in different a reas. I n the k itchen, a suspended struc ture creates room to storage glas ses, pots and decorative objec ts. At the entrance, a steel shelving system is usefull to display books, pic tures and plantas. And behind the yellow wall, to which the T V is attached, the rolling steel wardrobe is not only beautiful and or iginal, but also ver y func tional.
OR I GI NAL PLAN
DEMO LI TION / CONSTRUC TI ON PLAN
FI NA L LAYOUT
4. AP Engel BrasĂlia, Brazil 2017 - Fully renovation of the apar tm ent - Tiles design and installation - Wardrobes and woodwor k des ign
OR I GI NAL PLAN
FI NA L LAYOUT
SCHEMATIC 3D SCHEMES SHOWING THE PR OJEC T PHASES
MA I N FAÇ A DE
MA I N FAÇ A DE
5. QL10 HOUSE Lago Sul, Brasília , Brazil 2017-2019 I n this proj ec t, an exhisting hous e was fully renovated and a dapted to the uses of a new fam ily. The wor k included the façades rethink ing, the construc tion of a whole annex in the second floor so that a four th bedroom and a librar y were inc luded, and a chapel. The inter iors were also fully renovated, with big par ts of the or iginal building dem olished and reconstruc ted.
POSTERIOR FAÇ A DE
PO STERI O R FAÇ ADE
CHAP EL
SCHEMATI C 3D S CHEMES S HOWI NG THE PR O JEC T PHAS ES AND I TS E VO LUTI ON
6. AP ELLER Bras Ălia, Brazil 2019 I n this inter ior design cons ultanc y, I had to adj ust the client numerous collec tion of color full items in a temporar y apar tment. The lack of personalit y of the sm all unit did not match with the clients intentions, s o the inver ventions were ver y punc tual in the paintings and in the design of the ver y flex ible blue ar m oire, that could be us ed both as s torage but also as nightstand.
7. GV S Law yer s Headquar ters Bras Ãlia, Brazil 2016
8. Studies to a renovation in a histor ic residentia l building located in BrasĂlia.
A R T & AR C HITEC TUR E | MU R AL S AND TI L E S D E S IGN
AP LI LLY / 2017
AP CHAIM/ 2019
T IL ES + TE A K C RE D ENZA
AP LI F E / 2018 AP CHAIM/ 2019
CUBIC L ATER AL TA BLES I N DIFF E RE NT S T YLES A ND CO LOR S
BR A SI LIA TR AY
COP ENHAGUEN TR AY
S T E EL + T I L ES T R AYS WI T H M U LT IP L E FU NC T I ONS
BAR CELONA TR AY
MUR A L S A ND A R T I ST I C PA NEL S QL 28 PA NEL LAGO SUL, BR A SÍ LIA, BR AZI L 2017
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