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Experience
2010 - now: Architect designer architectural design, urban planning, CAD, visualization, technical documentation
2011-14: Scientific research assistant (Babes-Bolyai University) research design, research methods
Education
2023: Ms Programme in Conservation
Göteborg Universitetet, SE.
2023: UX Designer retraining course
Scoala Informala de IT (Informal IT School), RO. info@scoalainformala.ro
2022: Geographic Information Systems Scientific Data Course
Umeå University, SE.
2016: PhD Degree
Regional Studies Department at BabesBolyai University, and Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, RO.
2010: BA + MCs Architecture and Urban Planning
UTCN, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, RO.
Skills
software
Windows OS & Microsoft Office Suite
Figma, Photoshop, Miro
Archicad, Lumion
Global Mapper, Agisoft Metashape, Meshroom, MeshLab, MeshMixer
ArcGIS Pro
Unity, Maya, Unreal Engine
Webflow
job related skills
academic research & research design
visual communication
illustration
creativity & graphic design
photography
wireframing & prototyping
Other training
Re:presentations – graphic representation in architectural competitions (workshop)
Polytechnic University Valencia (prof. Hugo
Costa, Salvador Gilabert - EMBT MirralesTagliabue).
EXTRAMEDIUM: Exploring normality in architecture
UTCN, FAU, RO, arch. Daniel Kiss, (Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland).
smaranda.spanu@gmail.com +4676 75 333 793
Languages
Romanian (nat.), English (C1-C2), French (indep.user), Portuguese (B1-B2), Swedish (A2)
Awards
PhD Scholarship 2011-2014
Babes-Bolyai University, RO.
Re:presentations workshop
competition: 1st place
UTCN RO & Hugo Costa & Salvador Gilabert (EMBT MirralesTagliabue)
Portfolio project sample
UX Coop App for Junior designers
Publications
2020: Heterotopia and Heritage
Preservation. The Heterotopic Tool as a Means of Heritage Assessment
Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-18258-8
2018: The Heterotopic Nature of the Built Heritage: The Sacred Wooden Architecture of Transylvania and Its Practices
Time and Transformation in Architecture, Vol.100, Eds. T. Lähdesmäki, BRILL/Rodopi, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-90-04-37679-3
2016: The Landscape under Urban Pressure: the peri-urban area of Cluj
Reflections on Cultural Heritage Theories and Practices, Garant Publishing, Antwerp, Belgium
2016: Practices of the built heritage as other space: conservation and destruction of the wooden churches of Transylvania
Dialectics of Space and Place across virtual and Corporeal Topographies, eds. Jordaan, Harddell, Alegria, IDP, Oxford, United Kingdom