DESIGN THE FUTURE Jacek Urbanowicz | Architect, Urban Planner, Coder
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Jacek Urbanowicz
LEED Green Associate architect & urban planner with 3 years of international experience, bringing imaginary ideas & technology based designs to his employer. Well educated in Poland-Europe, open-minded individual. Experienced in parametric and generative design. Ready to start a challenging, exciting work at a dynamic, ambitious architectural studio.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY: • • • • • •
Promoted to the senior designer level in Urban Planning department at VAST United Enterprise Selected by the University for creating one of the Top 10 best Master Thesis projects in the faculty Optimized many techniques of presenting a design to a client, both at CDG Group and VAST Elected to be a leader of the architectural group, pursuing projects into successful ends Intensified working productivity at former Chinese offices by introducing new software & algorithms LANGUAGES: POLISH | NATIVE, ENGLISH | EXCELLENT, FRENCH | GOOD, GERMAN | FAIR; CHINESE | NEWBIE
EXPERIENCE: (3 years) • 02.2014 - now VAST United Enterprise, Shanghai, China | Position: Architect & Urban Planner Shopping street design, urban planning and revitalization, renovation for museum, sky-bridges, offices, leisure resort. • 09.2013 - 02.2014 Cooperative Design Group (CDG), Changzhou, China | Position: Assistant Architect Hotels and restaurants, tea-houses, office, shopping mall & commercial, post-industrial quarter development. • 07.2013 - 08.2013 Hydrowat – Construction Company, Konin, Poland | Position: Foreman’s Assistant Renovation of a water-pumping facility and canal modernization. • 04.2012 - 02.2013 CDF Architekci, Poznan, Poland | Position: Intern Business and commercial development, hotels and offices, industrial buildings renovation, building inventory. • 07.2012 - 08.2012 ACE – Associated Consulting Engineers, Beirut, Lebanon | Position: Intern The Embassy of Kuwait in Lebanon design and housing development for diplomats located on the hill. • 07.2011 - 09.2011 DNA Barcelona Architects, Barcelona, Spain | Position: Intern (granted with a scholarship) Resorts and hotels design, restaurants and offices, luxurious villas development. • 08.2010 - 08.2010 ADS Studio, Poznan, Poland | Position: Intern Office design and inventory drawings of lofts and houses.
EDUCATION: • Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design: student 2008-2013 (01.2012 Bachelor’s degree, 09.2013 Master’s degree: evaluation – very good with distinction) • Membership: IAESTE – The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (President of IAESTE in Poznan 2012-2013 and PR Coordinator 2011-2012)
KEY SKILLS: Technical skills: • • • • • • •
Worked in all phases of design: conceptual, construction, executive Ability to develop design concepts both: independently and through a team Mastered flat and solid (BIM) drawings, schemes and diagrams, 3d modelling and structural design Championed regulations, norms and code of architectural design, knowledge of Chinese building law Strongly researched sustainable and environmentally-friendly materials & solutions Generated photorealistic visualizations and compelling presentations with physical models FOCUSED ON COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN METHODS, PARAMETRISM, PROGRAMMING AND ANIMATING
Personal skills: • Team player with a talent to well organize own workload and work unsupervised-efficiently • Flexibility, easiness of multitasking and an ability to learn fast • Proactive and self-motivated, with a continuous desire to learn
SOFTWARE: • • • • • • •
CAD/BIM: Autocad, Revit, Archicad, Ecotect Analysis 3D modelling: 3ds Max (+Plugins: MultiScatter FX & Rayfire) Sketchup, Sculptris, Rhinoceros Lighting Design (exterior and interior illumination): Dialux Graphic Design: Adobe CS: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom ; CorelDraw, PhotoSketcher, AD SketchBook Animating / Rendering: Adobe After Effects, SketchUp+VRay, 3ds Max + VRay, Lumion, Mental Ray Presenting: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Prezi Parametric Design: Grasshopper (+Plug-ins: Kangaroo, Elk, Launch Box, Heliotrope, WeaverBird)
CREDENTIALS: • Recommendation letters, diplomas and language certificates • Endorsements and recommendations from coworkers - please check my LinkedIn account
ACHIEVEMENTS: 1. Nominated for SARP-BDA 2014 Walter Henna Competition by SARP-WAPP council and WAPP Dean dr inz. arch. Jerzy Suchanek for the Master Thesis project 2. Proved leadership skills by directing numerous competition projects within different teams and discovered the great potential of generative and parametric design techniques 3. Voted online for a 4th place at the International architectural competition “Under the Bridge” 2014, organized by Social Revolution Festival in Yaroslavi, Russia.
HAND SKETCHING
G E N E R AT I V E D E S I G N & C O M P L E X E D G E O M E T R Y K N O W L E D G E ( R H I N O C E R O S )
Morhing various shapes into a clear and logical structure is something, that gives
Twisted skyscraper - one of my
a designer a tool to construct unlimited concepts of walls, facades and all kinds of
dreams is to design a super high-rise
architectural surfaces. Inspiring is how one piece of code can always produce attractive
building with its vast complexity and
results, while changing just one or few parameters.
solving all related with that problems.
S T R O N G PA R A M E T R I C D E S I G N S K I L L S : G R A S S H O P P E R & C O D I N G F O R M U C H M O R E V I S I T : http : / / j acek u r b anowic z . com / parametric . html
Actual physics of parametric design amazed me like nothing else
Probably many designers know the “cages� from 3ds Max, which
in the world of design. Point of the absolute weight of even the most
can control the geometry of an object. Parametric design takes it to
complexed geometry can be reached now easier then anyone could
a whole new level, where the unbelievable shapes can be made
excpect!
from the simple urban design plans.
PA R A M E T R I C D E S I G N I M P L E M E N TAT I O N I N T O A R C H I T E C T U R E
Meilandi Fusion Hotel facade. An idea for a facade of a “diffuse style” hotel using various bamboo sticks. “Bar-code” architecture can be really good with a help of technology.
S patial management , U R B A N & M A S T E R P L A N N I N G
D I A G R A M S O F A N U R B A N S PA C E & A R C H I T E C T U R A L F O R M S M A K I N G
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS DRAWING
ARCHITECTURAL SECTIONS DRAWING
3 D M O D E L I N G U S I N G VA R I O U S D E S I G N T E C H N I Q U E S & D I G I TA L R E N D E R I N G
Eagle House, modeled in 3ds
Max
Revolta Fitness Center, modeled in Autocad
Sihang Warehouse, modeled in Rhinoceros
+ GH
Department Store, modeled in Revit
Lishui Hotel, modeled in SketchUp
1. Bachelor’s Degree - “Copper� Housing Development Diploma in engineering. The housing development with services at Rembertowska Street in Poznan, ~1ha, 2012. Housing development for more than 60 families divided into 3 types - big, avarage and small. Design provided a lot of a common green space with a place for kids and seniors. The huge advantage is a number of car spots (~ 2.5 per family). Communication and realization strategy devided into 2 phases is clear and optimized.
2. Master’s Degree - “PROkultura” Social Center Thesis “socio-cultural center including the very center of the city of Poznan” located between the streets Polwiejska Krysiewicza is my own initiative. Currently, this historical space is empty. Here was a church, so the building was not only the highest, but also the most important, a representative in the city. It was a meeting place and gathering area for people. In addition, urban issues are essentially important to the plot.
3. COMPETITION 2012: “Stay Tall” SKYSCRAPER DESIGN The concept of an over 600-meter skyscraper. The project presents the vertical city in a unique way, consisting of of hundreds of modules, but only in the façade. Inside the structure is skeletal and tractional with prestressed concrete beams and steel. The concept creates a new trend, which could be called parametabolizm with numerous references to the architecture of Japan and Korea.
4. COMPETITION 2014: DESERT ROSE HOUSE House designed in the middle of a desert with its own ecosystem and vertical functional zones. The structure consists of a garden beneath the ground, floating solid apartment, terrace, glass-cube, tower and net-shaped construction dome with an irrigation system of various small plants. Due to its shape and materials we named the building Desert Rose House.
SELECTION OF PROJECTS DEVELOPED IN CHINA
5. Lishui Shopping Mall & Hotel Project name: Slender Shopping Mall & Hotel; Function: Hotel, commercial, retail; Location: Lishui, China; Type: Internship: CDG Group; Designers: Jacek Urbanowicz, Masan Petrovic, Stefan Vasic; Total area: 100 000 m2; Year: 2014.
6. Sound Factory - Post-industrial Development Revitalization Project name: Sound Factory; Function: Hotel Resort, leisure, commercial, services, museum; Location: Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Type: Internship: CDG Group; Designers: Jacek Urbanowicz, Masan Petrovic; Area: Plot area - 24 909 m2, Designed area - 17 231 m2; Year: 2013; Photographs: Jacek Urbanowicz, Masan Petrovic.
7. Vitality Suining Commercial Street Location: Suining, Sichuan Province, China; Type: Professional: VAST Design; Designers: 张浩伟(Wayne), 郭颖(Sharon), 朱宇超(Mark), 王瑞琦(Shyone), 丁自强(Mr. Ding), 杨光, 王衷华, 朱宏展, 王君, Jacek Urbanowicz; Area: 93 580 m2 (planning region), 1 800 m (total length), 5 related roads, 10 related blocks, 14 000 m2 (shopping street), 5 402 m2 (usable area); Volume: 24 500 m3; Year: 2014; Photographs: VAST, Jacek Urbanowicz.
Vitality Suining Commercial Street
8. Chongqing City - Yuzhong District Project name: Chongqing City - Yuzhong District; Function: Urban planning, revitalization and spatial management; Location: Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China; Type: Professional: VAST Design; Designers: 虞先豪 (Mr. Yu), Florina Dutt, Jacek Urbanowicz, 周欣 (Cindy); Area: 23.71 km2 (planned), 700 000 m2 (added); Volume: 2 794 000 m3; Year: 2014; Photographs: VAST, Jacek Urbanowicz.
9. Sihang Warehouse Renovation for Museum (concept 1 & 2) Project name: Sihang Warehouse; Function: Renovation of a wall and a plaza for the Sino-Japanese War Museum; Location: Shanghai, China; Type: Professional: VAST Design; Designers: 张浩伟(Wayne), 郭颖(Sharon), Jacek Urbanowicz; Area: 1 800 m2 (2 100 m2) plaza, 2 179 m2 road, 1 625 m2 façade; Year: 2014; Photographs: Jacek Urbanowicz.
10. Qujing Baishi New District Function: Urban planning with commercial & business development; Location: Qujing, Yunnan Province, China; Type: Professional: VAST Design; Designers: 李铁 (LiTie), Paul Ebell, Michele Merlo, Jacek Urbanowicz, Tommaso Zanella, 黄丽萍(Shirley), 尹海菁(Herlinda), 杨吟秋(Steven), 刘宝丽(Pauline); Area: 2 383 162 m2 Residential + 355 019 m2 Industrial + 232 357 m2 Commercial + 247 663 m2 Administrative facilities + 14 510 m2 Public facilities = 3 232 711 m2, 465 951 m2 Green zones and plazas + 570 000 m2 Roads + 95 300 m2 Water = 1 131 251 m2 === 4 363 962 m2 TOTAL = 436,4 ha; Year: 2015; Photographs: VAST, Jacek Urbanowicz.
Qujing Baishi New District
11. Jiangyou Poetry Avenue Function: Cultural and leisure street; Location: Jiangyou, Sichuan Province, China; Type: Professional: VAST Design; Designers: 应臻(Mr Ying), Michele Merlo, Jacek Urbanowicz, 黄丽萍(Shirley), 杨吟秋(Steven); Total area: Interiors: 392 m2; Exteriors: 917 m2; Year: 2015; Photographs: VAST, Jacek Urbanowicz; Status: CONSTRUCTED.
Jiangyou Poetry Avenue
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