Mara Marcu Address: E-mail: Mobile:
LEED AP 23 Gheorghe Doja Street, Building 34F, Apartment 11, Ploiesti, PH 100151, Romania mmarcu@post.harvard.edu +40 722 656 766 www.maramarcu.com
Education September 2007 – June 2009
Summer 2008
August 2000 – June 2005
Spring 2005
September 1998 – July 2000
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design Master of Architecture I Post-Professional Degree. Travelled to: Mexico (Zacatecas, Guadalajara), Brasil (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Colorado Springs Rome Drawing Seminar, Italy Study abroad program focusing on charcoal and graphite isle drawings.
University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture I Professional Degree. Best in Show Design Award I Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Saintes Study Abroad, France Full Semester Coursework I Traveled to Paris, Nimes, Millau, Barcelona, Rome.
Ion Mincu University of Architecture I Affiliated Pre-Architecture Program Descriptive Geometry and Architectural Hand Drawing.
Professional Work June 2006 – October 2006
Edward Mills and Associates New York I Junior Architect _Jarvis Tripp Residence, Long Island I managed an addition to a small residential project through the DOB & BID submissions. I helped with drafting work on several other projects, including site visits and measurements.
January 2006- June 2006
Rafael Vinoly Architects New York I Junior Architect _University of Pennsylvania - Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia In charge of the penthouse development. As part of the enclosure design team I have helped on floor plans and elevations construction documents. I have helped on drafting redlines on detail drawings and performed various presentation work.
September 2005 – December 2005
BKSK Architects New York I Intern Architect _114-116 Hudson Street, New York City Involved in the schematic design phase. In charge of the Department of Landmarks presentation. Participated in meetings with clients during schematic design and design development. I have helped on miscellaneous drafting work, interior elevation documents and material selection.
Summer 2005
Ghost Laboratory, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Nova Scotia – Canada I Design Build Internship _Ghost 7, Shobac Cottages was a two week charette project conducted by architect Brian MacKayLyons, designed and built along with 24 other participants. My contribution included: Space planning of a minimal efficiency meant to accommodate six people within a 216 sq ft space. Hand drafting construction drawings. Hand drawn perspectives for evening discussions and juries. The construction assemblage of the 9 built trusses (5 consecutive days) Decking and sheathing, roof decking and insulation (4 consecutive days). Lecturers and Critics: Juhani Pallasmaa, Marlon Blackwell and Rick Joy.
Academic Work May 2010
University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Guest Critic for Level II Graduate Studio focusing on transportation center and spa proposals.
August 2007 - December 2007
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design Peer advisor for incoming students.
February 2007 - April 2007
Ion Mincu University of Architecture Visiting Critic for third year design studio focusing on mixed use residential design.
May 2004 - August 2004
University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Assisted on various tasks (LEED certification, fundraising) for the Burdette Keeland Design Center.
Awards and Publications July 2009 2009
January 2009 2008
May 2008
November 2005 May 2005
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional. A View on Harvard GSD – Volume 1 I London: Tank Form Ltd I p. 394-395 I Soft Space Agile Involutions. “Shobac Cottages and Studio” I Architectural Record I p 124-127 I Ghost 7 with Brian MacKay-Lyons. GSD 08 Platform: A Year of Research Through Studio Work, Theses, Exhibitions, and Conferences at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design I Barcelona: Actar I Soft Space Agile Involutions. Ghost: Building an Architectural Vision I Princeton Architectural Press I 1st edition I p.143 - 164 I Ghost 7 with Brian MacKay-Lyons. “Spirits in the Material World” I Metropolis I p.74 I Ghost 7 with Brian MacKay-Lyons.
Best in Show Design Award University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture I Highest honor award for the best final design project I Grants the participation to the Ghost Laboratory with Brian MacKay-Lyons.
May 2005
Honor Award University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture I Project: Tarket Inc., Factory Design.
2004 – 2005
Powers Brown Architecture Scholarship University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
2004 - 2005
IEFS Study Abroad Scholarship University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
2004 – 2005
Network for Executive Women in Hospitalization Scholarship University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
Affiliations 2002-present
American Institute for Architecture Students (AIAS) I Rice Design Alliance (RDA) I Network for Executive Women in Hospitalization (NEWH) I American Institute for Architects (AIA) I Boston Society for Architects (BSA) I United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Exhibitions June 2009
A View on Harvard GSD Harvard University Graduate School of Design I Cambridge, Massachusetts. Drawings and images exhibited for “Reticulated Form, United States Air Force Academy”.
November 2008
Rome Drawing Seminar Harvard University Graduate School of Design I Cambridge, Massachusetts. Exhibited three 28 by 20 inch graphite isle drawings.
September 2005
Fifth Year Design Projects University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture I Houston, Texas. As a recipient of the Best in Show Design Award, drawings and models exhibited for the work entitled “Tarkett Incorporated, Factory Design”.
May 2005
Louis Kahn, My Architect Saintes Art Institute I Saintes, France. Drawing and models exhibited for the work entitled “Memorial to the Romanian Revolution”.
April 2005
Memorials in the Contemporary Architecture Centre d’Etude d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme I Saites, France. Drawing and models exhibited for the work entitled “Memorial to the Romanian Revolution”.
May 2005
Best in Show Design Exhibition University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture I Houston, Texas. As a recipient of the Best in Show Design Award, drawings and models exhibited for the work entitled “Tarkett Incorporated, Factory Design”.
Third Year Design Projects
January 2003
University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture I Houston, Texas. Drawings and models exhibited for the work entitled “Houston Center for Photography”. January 2002
Accreditation Exhibition University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture I Houston, Texas. Model exhibited for the work entitled “The Lock Keeper Station”.
Skills Software packages: Parametric and fabrication: Modeling and rendering: Scripting and BIM: Drafting: Prototyping: Graphics: Fine Arts:
Spoken languages: Portfolio upon request.
Macintosh I Windows XP CATIA V5R18, MasterCam, SolidWorks (analysis workbench) Rhino , 3D Studio Max/ VRay Maya/ MEL, Revit (beginner) AutoCad, VectorWorks 3d printing, laser cutting, water jet cutting, sheet metal work, CNC routing Adobe Design CS3 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier, Flash, Acrobat), Microsoft Office Ink, Charcoal, Watercolor, Colored pencils and Graphite hand drawings, Mixed media Sketches and Collage Work. Romanian, English I token: French
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Reticulated Form. U.S. Air Force Academy/ Flight Simulation Center, Colorado Springs. Built in the 1950’s, the campus is subject to Walter Netsch’s own “Field Theory”, being arranged as an open-ended system that is inherently generative, implying that it can proliferate and evolve endlessly. A dendrite structure is inserted in the “charged void” of this remarkable armature, injecting lightness and organic balance inside the bounds of military discipline. Parametric project entirely designed in CATIA.
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Reticulated Form. The US Airforce Academy Flight Simulation Center required for an atypical insertion to infiltrate through the series of cellular structures describing the patterned MAT buildings and layout. Using as inspiration Erwin Hauer’s screen walls, a series of systems were parametrically designed with the intent of studying various conditions: aggregation, division, weaving, bundling, blending.
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Soft Space Agile Involutions. Zacatecas, Mexico. Soft Space employs sustainable textile architecture, while integrating flexible solar nano-materials, to create a new bus station and market space for the city. The new construction will be acting as a major urban connection between the sacred site of la Bufa, the city with its major nodes and the underdeveloped neighborhood of Del Nino. Attention has been given to the indigenous cultural values of the city, which constitute an integrative design force.
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Ghost Laboratory. Halifax - Nova Scotia, Canada. Ghost 7, Shobac Cottages, directed by Brian MacKay-Lyons is the result of the assiduous collective work driven by the contagious passion for the constructible, which “both fatigues and rejuvenates, humbles and makes one proud� (The Dance of Construction, Juhani Pallasmaa). The widely published project is now in use and houses the attendants of the Laboratory. The transfer of architectural knowledge through direct experience is one aspect I have constantly tried to incorporate in my work ever since.
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Best in Show Design Award. University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, Texas. The factory design for the Tarkett facility addresses the implementation of the necessary climatic and day lighting strategies through the use of natural ventilation, louver systems and ventilation pools underneath the concrete slab. The design is characterized by a multi layered fifteen foot thick west facade, which reveals through the depth of its image, the manufacturing conditions inside. The means to explore the complex conditions of this transitional screen is a series of detailed section drawings.
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Saintes Study Abroad. Saintes, France. In the Memorial to the Romanian Revolution pain is understood as having an elevating potential. A house of research is provided for the decisive, yet mysterious events of the Romanian abolishment of communism. The tree growing through the concrete wall symbolizes relentless evolution, and invites for reflection on the blood adorned Christmas trees of December 25th, 1989. The east Braille wall is a metaphor for ubiquitous matter, yet unseen by a blinded heart. To comfort this dis-ease the spirits make themselves present in the only form they can exist, as Light.
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Rome Drawing Seminar. Rome, Italy. The seminar explored the historical city through on-site charcoal and graphite isle drawings. The relatively large format, 24 by 36 inch and 28 by 20 inch, required for a different engagement of the body in the act of drawing. The trace on paper starts from the elbow, the arms contributing directly, as opposed to sketchbook drawings making most use of the wrist movement. A more thorough embrace of the subject to be drawn, perhaps.
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Reflections on Paper. In Transit. The ongoing body of work represents the constant effort of maintaining a sketchbook as a means for the hand and the mind to encounter unexpected expressions on paper, without having as a necessary goal the mimicking of reality. The media is often a combination of ad-hoc available drawing tools, such as ink, graphite, water, wine, coffee, flyers.