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RESUME

 
Liane Block Silevitch
689 Washington St #4
Brookline MA 02446

 
EDUCATION

September 2001 Diploma (M.A.) Architecture - Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
GPA: 1.5 (A- level; on a scale from 1.0 to 5.0; 1.0 is the highest grade)

 

EXPERIENCE

2003 to Present RGO Partnership, Newton, MA 02459
Project Designer:
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05-2003 to 06-2003 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, NY, NY
Design Competition: World Trade Center Site Memorial
- Completed design on free time; demonstrated self-motivation

02-2003 to 04-2003 Graphic Design for the book price comparison engine:
www.priceOwl.com
- Development of structural Concept, Logo, Fonts and Color Scheme

01-2002 to 04-2002 LEG (State Development Corporation) NRW Cologne, Germany
Design Competition: 'Aesthetic of Change' - A Former Industrial Quarter
- Focused on city planning: integration and reuse of old structures, connection of public and private spaces

10-2001 to 12-2001 Hertrampf Architekten, Hameln, Germany
Design Architect: luxury housing
- Designed sixteen 3-story villas in a park with artificial lakes and underground car park, including the estimation of the costs
- Learned successfully to work on and to coordinate a project independently

09-1999 to 04-2000 RGO Partnership, Somerville, MA 02143
Intern: Counsel on International Educational Exchange (C.I.E.E.)
- Worked as an Architectural CAD Drafter for the Athletic Facilities division; including the coordination and drafting of construction documents and the development of presentation packages for the interiors of University Athletic Centers and Arenas
- Learned to work in an English-speaking team environment

04-1997 to 08-1999 Technical University Hannover, Institute of Fine Arts
Teaching Assistant: Section- Painting and Graphic Arts
- Instructed the class ' the basics of freehand drawing'; composition, perspective, contrasts, structures, positive and negative spaces etc
- Learned to interact with and teach groups of students

07-1996 to 08-1996 International Building Organization (I.B.O.)
Community Service Volunteer, Wroclaw, Poland
- Built a shelter for homeless people doing foundation and masonry work
- Learned to cooperate with people on a building site in a foreign country

 
HONORS

2001 1st prize 'neue wohnformen', Hannover, Germany Architectural Design Competition 'new forms of urban living' Technical University Hannover and Save & Built Company Hannover

1998 2nd prize 'Junge Architekten zeichnen', Frankfurt, Germany National Drawing Competition, Sponsor: Woerner & Partners Architects

 
SKILLS

- AutoCAD, Nemetschek Allplan, Abis
- Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator (GIMP & InkScape), MS Office (Open Office)
- Free Hand Drawing
- German, English and French

 
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