illustration portfolio 2012-2016
ED U C A T I O N
ABOUT ME Adress : 36 avenue d’Italie 75013 Paris, France Phone no. : +33 07 81 51 63 86 E-mail : raluca.desa@yahoo.com
SKILLS
Drawing classes - 12h/week Bucharest / ROMANIA
PHOTOSHOP
Bachelor of Architecture ‘Ion Mincu’ - Architecture university Bucharest / ROMANIA
ILLUSTRATOR
Masters in Architecture ‘La Villette’ - Architecture school Paris / FRANCE
AUTOCAD
HMONP ‘La Villette’ - Architecture school Paris / FRANCE
COOKING
WO R K S H O P S & T R A V EL
INDESIGN
SKETCHUP
OFFICE
LANGUAGES ROMANIAN ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH
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WO R K E XP E R I E N C E FABRICE DUSAPIN internship -presentation booklets for all the projects -website maintainance ATELIER HERBEZ ARCHITECTES assistant architect -visual identity - logo / business cards / e-mail footer / invitations -hand drawings for architecture contests ATELIER FUSO architect -public square contest / Czech Republic -housing contest / Estonia -hand/digital drawings AGENCE DMP architect -3D models and renderings -hand drawings
19 rue lecuyer saint ouen 93400 raluca.desa@yahoo.com 07 81 51 63 86
C O V E R LETTER Hello!
I’m a 25 year old architect, illustrator, and die hard fan of 2d point and QUI,games, looking for a new adventure! click My journey started around 1997, when I had my first contact with adventure games such as Monkey Island and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and proceeded to draw characters on the walls, to my parents’ desQUI, Qui? peration. (Taking my pencils away did not help, I used an apple to draw Je suis instead) . une jeune arch ite c te, diplo mé e d’é ta t
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4 Travel journal / august 2015 / THAILAND
Travel journal / august 2015 / THAILAND 5
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6 Romanian church - architecture school 1st year assignment / october 2009 / Maramures ROMANIA
Drawing for my architecture diploma project / june 2014 / Mersin TURKEY 7
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Drawings for my architecture diploma project / june 2014 / Mersin TURKEY
Drawings for my architecture diploma project / june 2014 / Mersin TURKEY 9
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10 16 Drawings for my architecture diploma project / june 2014 / Mersin TURKEY 2014 kiremithane mersin turquie ...petites histoires du quartier kiremithane... 04
During the architecture workshop in Tunisia / february 2014 / Bizerte TUNISIA 11
12 Personal work / october 2015 / New York USA
Personal work / november 2015 / Paris FRANCE 13
total surface 18.314 m² constructible area 5.797m² built 6.500m² -
green areas energy production public amenities 58 houses -
1 5 modules of 4 + 5 modules of 3 with a circulation in between
22 sprinkle the floor with 1-2-3 modules/appartment
3 the finished appartments
4 4add greenhouse extensions
BUILD A COMMUNITY ! T6
T6 the average family
T5
T6 the lone wolf
T5
FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200
the students 5 modules (85m²) + 1 terrace with greenhouse (17m²)
14 Housing kitchen project @ FUSO / december 2014 / ESTONIA + dining room living room office + wc + storage office
T6 the students
the newlyweds
the overwhelmed couple
T5
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the big family 5 modules (85m²) + 1 terrace with greenhouse (17m²) kitchen + dining room living room office + wc + storage office
Housing project @ FUSO / december 2014 / ESTONIA 15
16 Drawings for a public square in Prague @ FUSO / december 2014 / Prague CZECH REPUBLIC
Drawings for a public square in Prague @ FUSO / december 2014 / Prague CZECH REPUBLIC 17
18 Drawings for a new neighborhood project @ DMP / january 2016 / Montlouis FRANCE
Drawings for a new neighborhood project @ DMP / january 2016 / Montlouis FRANCE 19