CV & Reference Letter
OPEN SOURCE
University Center
Project @ IT’S Nanterre, Paris FR
Public Artwork competitions @ LOT-EK Gold Coast - Australia
PIAZZA CINQUECENTO
Public space
Project @ IT’S Rome IT
SHARE
Competition @ Clement Blanchet Toulouse FR
Prefabricated residential Professional work @ LOT-EK Claverack US
CMI
Muslim Center
Project @ IT’S Issy, Paris FR
Research Center
Competition @ Clement Blanchet Cergy FR
Name/Surname Nationality
Place and date of birth E-mail
Skype
Giulia De Oliveira Quintela
Italian / Brazilian Sassuolo (MO) ITA 22/01/1989 giuliadoq@gmail.com
Work experience
Sep 2019 - June 2023
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Nov 2018 - May 2019
Jun 2017 - Present
giuliadeo It’s, Rome and Paris - FR/IT
Architect and Bim Specialist (architecture)
Working on several projects between between Rome and Paris
Lemoal & Lemoal, Paris - FR
Architect Bim Modeler
Production of architectural drawings
CBA - Clement Blanchet Architecture, Paris - FR
Architect
International competition team
Working on my own projects - USA/IT
Freelance Architect
Architectural Design. 3D modelling. Rendering. Architectural Competitions. Apartment Renovations. Architectural Surveying.
Nov 2016 - May 2018
LOT-EK Architects, New York - USA
Junior Architect
Project Coordinator. Active team member during international design competitions. Develop of conceptual design, preliminary design and SD. Prepare drafts, layouts, images and diagrams for reviews and presentations to clients. Site surveying. Coordination with consultant and manufactures. Production of architectural drawings for DD, CD and DOB
Mar 2016 - Sep 2016
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome - IT
Tutor for the Architectural Design II course held by Prof. Luca Reale. Theoretical and technical support to the design process of the students, orientation and projects reviews, mid-term and final submission evaluation.
Education
Title of Qualification
Date
Order
Title of Qualification Date
University
Title of Qualification
Date Universtiy
Title of Qualification
Date
University
Licensed Architect
January 2016
Ordine degli Architetti di Roma
Master’s Degree in Architecture
2008-2015
Facoltà di Architettura Valle Giulia - Rome, IT
Study Abroad Scholarship for Thesis project
Aug-Nov 2014
Escola da Cidade - São Paulo, BR
Erasmus Exchange Program
2011-2012
Faculdade de Arquitectura “Lusíada” - Lisbon, PT
2021
2D Software Bim
3D and Visual Graphics
Soft Skills
Interests
Languages
Winner for the TERMINI STATION HUB AND PIAZZA DEI CINQUECENTO competition - IT’S, TVK, NET Enginieering Team - Rome, Italy
Winner for the STADE BAUER competition - CBA and SCAU Team - Paris - FR
Winner with LOT-EK team - HI LIGHTS GATEWAYS - Gold Coast - Australia
Winner: First Prize - Design Competition - MIUR - Scuole Innovative - Rome IT
Workshop Fattoria 42, straw bale house - Beyond Architecture Group - Toffia IT
Workshop Oficina Bo Bardi - Univesità degli Studi “La Sapienza” - Rome IT
Workshop Oficina Bo Bardi - Escola da Cidade - São Paulo BR
Art.Architecture Workshop - Brito.Rodriguez Atelier - Lisbon PT
Skills and Competences
Autodesk Autocad
Revit
Rhinoceros, Enscape
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe inDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere
Curiosity, perseverance, accuracy, responsible character, good predisposition to learn new softwares, freehand drawing, model-making, working team predisposition, familiar with imperial system,
Travelling, Filming, Nature and trekking, Music, Photography, Books, Traditional cultures
Italian Mothertongue
Portuguese C1
English C1 - IELTS 7.0
French B2
New York, August 10, 2018
Giulia De Oliveira Quintela was a junior architect at our studio from winter 2016 to spring 2018. During the year and a half with us, we saw this talented young woman grow into a confident architect and a very valid collaborator.
Giulia is a rare find. She is an artist, with great sensibility and visual control. She is also greatly skilled and versed with a wide variety of software, and able to move around new ones with ease. She combines great technical skills with outstanding visual control, managing 2D, 3D, image production and model making at the highest level and quality.
Giulia’s greatest asset is her curiosity and commitment. She is a profound thinker and she is interested in architecture, art and culture and the world around her. Engaged and alert, always asking the right questions or proposing new interesting directions. Her cultural background adds even more depth to her character and her world views - half Italian and half Brazilian, she was raised in the Italian countryside and then studied and worked in Rome and São Paolo before coming to our studio in New York. Alongside her extraordinary skills, Giulia is a lovely young woman who is engaged and actively participates in team work and in the overall studio environment.
I highly recommend Giulia De Oliveira Quintela. Her work is competent, prompt and has actual depth. Her talent and her great ethics make her a great candidate for a significant architecture office.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions.
Regards,
Giuseppe Lignano Principal, LOT-EK
Adjunct Professor of Architecture – Columbia University, GSAPP
Rome, Thursday, September 15, 2016
Object: Letter of Reference - Certificate of tutoring
To whom it may concern.
It is my pleasure to write this letter supporting the application of Ms. Giulia De Oliveira Quintela.
In the role of Researcher and Professor in the Faculty of Architecture of Rome University "La Sapienza", where I currently hold the course of Architectural Design 2, I certify that Ms. Giulia De Oliveira Quintela was my assistant in the Architectural Design II course at “Università degli Studi di Roma - La Sapienza”, Faculty of Architecture. She has been collaborating, from 1st March 2016 to 12th September 2016, as a Teaching Assistant –Tutor, following the students' work from the first ex-tempore exercises to the final exam.
During this assignment she has undertaken various tasks as: theoretical and technical support to the design process of the students; orientation and project reviews; evaluation of mid-term presentations and final exams.
Her dedication was continuous and passionate, and it was always carried out with great enthusiasm and accuracy. Giulia has shown to possess remarkable communication and teaching skills. Her collaboration was a really useful auxiliary contribution to the course.
Wishing her good luck for her future assignments,
Yours faithfully,
Luca Reale | Assistant Professor, PhD
“Sapienza” Università di Roma
Dipartimento Architettura e Progetto Via A. Gramsci, 53, | 00197 Roma luca.reale@uniroma1.it http://lucareale.weebly.com/
Prof. Arch. Luca Reale
Urban and functional redevelopment of the Termini junction and Piazza dei Cinquecento
Competition won - Full mandate
Rome - IT- 2021 - ongoing
Part of IT’S Team, together with TVK, NET, Latitude, OSA
Termini Station is an urban organism, an integral part of the 19th-century fabric of the city, surrounded by businesses and services. This complex system of relations is today prevented by the chaotic, continuous and indistinct flows of traffic, which isolate the interior of the station from its surroundings. Piazza dei Cinquecento, which today has lost its significance as a public square, is also affected by this fracture.
The project aims to contribute to a vision of the city of tomorrow, transforming this urban node into a lived space. The square is divided structurally into two different zones: an open, paved area and a more intimate green space, connected by the design of the paving, conceived as an extension towards the city of the railway tracks and expression of Termini Station. The paved area, towards the station, is designed as a free space, with a greater presence of lightcoloured materials.
The green space with the arboretum reinterprets the precious fresco depicting the garden of Livia found in Palazzo Massimo, proposing a combination of domestic forest and wild garden through the use of a variety of different types and sizes of plants.
The mobility project seeks to reconnect the station to the urban fabric, favouring the progressive development of light traffic and pedestrian flows in the areas nearby.
This is achieved by rationalising the footprint of the bus station on Piazza dei Cinquecento, implemented by reorganising the lines terminating in the square; in addition, all northbound lines have been redirected to Via Marsala. This design helps to limit flows both within the forecourt and on adjacent roads and create a progressive ‘gradient of calm’.
Mixed-use Project including Centre Musulman de Issy a Cultural Center
Competition
Issy-les-Mulineaux, Paris - 2023
Project director - IT’S Team
The renovation project of 135 avenue de Verdun, part of Léon Blum urban renewal project, represents a major opportunity to redevelop the existing heritage, enhance the presence of nature and biodiversity in the city, while preserving the urban traces as a recollection of Issy-les-Moulineaux’s past. The strong sensitivity to the context results from the main urban and architectural choices which guided our overall project, bringing together the CMI, the CCDG and the GPSO:
– Densify the site as little as possible. The extension was carried out by introducing a single-storey volume into the courtyard. The volume – which houses the CMI – is set back from Avenue de Verdun. This choice allows to maintain the visual permeability of the Blanquetterie and the rest of the plot up to the viaduct, while creating a filter between the street and the CMI by means of a generous square intended to easily accommodate the faithful.
– A subdivision of the architectural complex into clear and distinct functional entities. The Pavilion and Workshop on R+1 house the CCDG; the Blanquetterie, the extension in the courtyard and the Hangar house the CMI; the Workshop on R+2 houses the GPSO premises.
– Enhance existing heritage. The most valuable buildings, such as the Pavilion, the Blanquetterie and the Workshop, have been recovered and restored. In particular, the facade of the Blanquetterie was brought back to its original 19th century state, highlighting the aesthetic presentation of the facade, strongly characterized by the sweeping of the timber framing.
Architectural and urban regeneration of the Ancienne École d’Architecture
Competition won - Full mandate
Rome - IT- 2019 - ongoing Architect and Bim Specialist - IT’S Team
The site IMGP2-School of Architecture in Nanterre is a great opportunity for architectural and urban regeneration. Our project includes two strategic actions:
1. Reopening the site to the context: a public walkway system connects the building to the neighborhood
2. Reactivation: The Old School of Architecture is regenerated in architectural and programmatic terms thanks to the insertion of the Léonard De Vinci university center.
The new headquarters of the university center will be a school 4.0, an open source place.
The initial idea of the Kalisz project to constitute a natural extension of the park becomes one of the main elements of our project. The Kalisz’s building, conceived as a living organism, can evolve according to the metabolic principles and is able to react to the changes. The renovation of the building is based on a gradient that goes from the original image, through the
dematerialization of the agora to the new image of the 3 contemporary volumes. The new buildings have been designed as an evolution of Kalisz’s flexibility principles: – free trays that can be reconfigured freely over time;
– a system of passageways in frontage which allows a direct relationship between inside and outside;
– a vertical weave of wooden brise-soleil that thermally protects the building and diffuses the light appropriately in classrooms; – the structure of the new buildings is hybrid, in wood and concrete.
SHARE
International Competition - Entry
Argoulets, Toulouse - FR - 2019
Architect of Clement Blanchet Architecture Team
The “share” project is a device that connects, a linking system.
The key words in the design of spaces are: “simplicity, flexibility, fluidity”. The coherence of the new Share project is expressed on the ground floor by a common, unitary base, which accommodates commercial activities, receives flows and supports collective public spaces.
The creation of the base and the Share project offer a significant counterpoint at the exit of the station but which is not enough to organize the whole territory. We propose inter-modality as a strong point that can be used as a system with the surrounding area, not only to consider the operation as a metropolitan piece but as the node of a network linking the territories of the metropolis. This network links places or spaces through soft mobility pathways (mainly pedestrian).
The housing also benefits from a panoramic view and the indoor/outdoor equivalence clearance will make this view more exceptional.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH HOUSE
Competition - Entry
Université de Cergy-Pontoise FR - 2019
Achitect of Clement Blanchet Architecture Team
Multifunctional Research Center for the Université de Cergy Pontoise.
The very constrained plot for the International Research House of the University of Cergy poses many problems due to the surface requirement and the flexibility of the functions. The geometry of the plot makes access to natural light difficult due to the thickness of the triangle’s base.
By doubling the height of each floor we propose a system that allows the maximum amount of natural light to be captured without using a patio system that would restrict the building in terms of both flexibility and usable space.
HI-LIGHTS
Public Artwork - Winner
Gold Coast - Australia - 2017
Architect of LOT-EK team
HI-LIGHTS is a large public art work commissioned by the city of Gold Coast in Australia as its new gateway.
It is centered on the radically adaptive reuse of a seemingly familiar infrastructure. Rethinking the highway light poles as dots that form letters and words, and altering their equally-spaced rhythm into a sudden, dense concentration, HI-LIGHTS puts the Gold Coast’s name in lights through two unique works at the city’s busiest entry points.
Featuring nearly 100 highway light poles, the lights spell out the city’s name in the northern installation along 100 meters of the Pacific Highway.
c-Home® - Fieldmakers
Prefabricated residential
Hudson, NY - USA 2018
Team Leader at LOT-EK
c-Home Fieldmakers is the home of a young couple that chose to live in the nature close to Hudson, NY. Made with six 40’ shipping containers (3 on ground and 3 on top) its 40’x24’ footprint provides 1,920 square feet of living space on two levels.
The wide front and back glass walls provide beautiful light and wonderful views. The open layout is conducive to contemporary living. The open living area is designed for easy configuration – allowing you to combine living, dining, work spaces according to your lifestyle and needs.
Large decks seamlessly expand this living space into the back and front yards. The kitchen is both modern and distinctive, with
quality fixtures, finishes and appliances, as well as a walk-in pantry with plenty of storage.
Separate stairways each lead to one of the two large bedroom suites (16’x20’), both with full bathrooms and walk-in closet. The comfortable size, along with private access, makes either room ideal to serve as a home office or guest room.
Other innovative green-building aspectssuch as solar hot water heating and green roof technology - can be easily integrated as add-on options.
Scuole Innovative Competitions - First Prize
Genzano Roma IT 2016
Team: G. De Oliveira, S. De Lisi, A. Barasheva, A. De Sanctis, E. Avellini, D. Frediani, L.Seminerio
The proposal for the public early childhood and elementary education center in Landi is the spatial translation of a strong concept: conceiving the definition of the learning environment configuration as an integrated tool of the educational methods.
The spaces are flexible and able to offer customized configurations according to the various pedagogical needs of the learning process.
The preschool and elementary school programs and activities overlap without proper boundaries, defining an integrated and proactive educational environment.
The core stregth of the project consists not only in the interaction between spaces
and functions of the educational program containted into the building but also with the ones related to it.
The structure indeed is designed as a single horizontal volume in direct relation to its site, resisting the impulse to create a vertical object, striving for a strong connection with the surrounding area.
The building occupies the entire site while its outdoor space is subtracted from the volume creating a void visually and physically connec ted to the public square in front of it, turning it into an extension of the school, the new educational and community center of the residencial area.
SESC – A Cultural Center in Sao Paulo
Thesis Project
Facolà di Architettura Sapienza IT - Escola da Cidade BR
Prof. Arch. Luca Reale - Prof. Arch. Anderson Freitas . Roma - Sao Paulo 2015
The project purpose is to create a semipermeable Cultural Centre that could offer to the community a safe public space. I chose to cut the big square area in the Northern side, creating a separated and independent way from the rest of the complex. The path connect the East side with the nearby neighborhood and provides an easier path for the slum dwellers.
On the other hand, for the Western main front, the propose is to fill the lacking of public space creating a square for public use, another two squares are present inside the complex for the SeSC users, one to host big events and concerts and one for a daily use of “vivencia”.
The main nucleus is organized in four corps, the cultural core is located in the West building with the main facade to the
street with the public square, it is made up for a “vivencia”, a restaurant, an exposition area, a library and an internet area. The sports core and the ateliers are on the east side, nearby the existent residential area; it hosts an indoor and outdoor swimming pool. These two cores are connected by the tower which hosts the theatre and the main gym on the top. The theatre has a double face proscenium, which allows it to work as a normal theatre or as an open arena for concerts, like the famous Auditorio de Ibirapuera of Niemeyer.
The last nucleus is located in the North side and hosts the administration area, the health center and the bike deposit. It is the only core that is not connected with the others due to the individual character of its functions.
Facoltà di Architettura “La Sapienza” Rome 2013
Piazzale Socrates is a potential panoramic terrace in the Balduina district, it is located at the foot of the Natural Reserve of Monte Mario, the square was always left in a state of abandon and its only function has been to a crossroad.
The purpose is to give an identity to the belvedere, turning it into one of the many “secret places “ of Rome and giving the opportunity to experience the place as a privileged window on a wide view that goes from the Astronomical Observatory to San Pietro’s Cathedral.
The architectural requalification is realized by the creation of a broad platform that advances on the slopes of the hill to conquer the empty space.
The platform has two levels accessible from the square, the lower ground floor can be accessed by the huge hole from which we can follow the slope of the hill, this passage to the lower level leaving us the possibility of choice… whether to go down or stay on top, whether to immerse ourselves in a more intimate view or remain on the surface and enjoy a broad view in a place which interfaces with elements such as roads and buildings. The overall aim is to encourage people to re-evaluate the area not only as an area of passage but as an enjoyable space with a strong identity.
ReTh!nking Competitions
Sequoia National Park 2016
Team: G. De Oliveira, S. De Lisi
The idea stems from the desire to create a center for empirical discovery of the sequoia trees and their surroundings, giving the possibility to explore every part of it from the roots to the top.
The architectural intervention, consisting of three elements, establishes a delicate connection with nature, embracing two sequoia trees without affecting their parts. The structure indeed is composed of an independent mixed frame of wood and steel that encircles the trees in a respectful non-invasive way.
Thanks to the circular configuration of the architectural elements the visitor is gradually leaded along a continuous multisensorial experience through the incredible and unexplored height and scale of the giant sequoia trees.
The path is divided in three phases exploring three different heights connected by helical ramps and vertical ropes.
These three phases suggest different activities: Learning, Watching, Climbing.
