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Name : Elisabet Ollé Amat
Mail: eolleaa@gmail.com
Location :  London - Barcelona



Professional Experience

Sept 2011 – Present       What Architecture, London, UK – Architectural Assistant/III
I am currently working full time on residential projects to ensure that planned and proposed developments have a low impact on the local area.

 Planning application – Analysing area for a proposed tower block in Shoreditch
 Residential Development – Modelling terrain for building access, foundations in Sierra Leone

July 2009 - April 2011       JBE Arquitectes, Barcelona, Spain – Architectural Assistant (equivalent to part III)
I was promoted within JBE which is a firm that consult state and government bodies on town planning for a number of Catalan cities. I primarily worked on projects in and around Barcelona.

Raval Sud Government town planning
Development of the borough ‘Master Plan’ and the modification of the General Metropolitan Plan’ of Raval Sud, part of   
Barcelona’s old town.
Area analysis – Assessed and measured key social aspects of the area including population density, origins, traffic, public
facilities, pedestrian flow.
Regeneration proposalPlanning application suggesting what initiatives and construction could take place to increase        people circulation to help reduce homelessness, drugs and prostitution and to improve the image of the area

Public competitions for governmental project
Worked in a team on a number of competition entries for public facilities including a Library, Day Nursery, Sports Hall and
an urban park.
 Initial concept – Formulated a number of initial ideas to kickstart projects
 Plan creation – Created elevation sections and ground plans
 3d modelling and Photoshop – Generated true lifelike renders of projects

Development of private housing
Created conceptual drawings, construction details and 3d modelling for a private client.

May 2008 - June 2009       JBE arquitectes, Barcelona, Spain – Architectural Assistant (part II)
Joined the practice to expand my experience in urban planning. Over my first year I started working on a large urban planning project as well as assisting on a number of smaller projects.

Area analysis – Worked on shorter “six month urban plans” analysing key challenges and generating concepts which could improve the areas.
Project assistant – Created project presentations, collages, 3D models.

Jan 2007-April 2008       Canadés and Navalpotro Arquitectes; Barcelona, Spain – Architectural Assistant (part II)
CNA are a small architecture firm who specialise in residential and public sector projects. While there I assisted the lead architects in a broad range of areas such the development of the college ‘Gaudi Institute of Construction’, including on those project design, drawing construction details, structure and facilities, 3d modelling, renders and videos of the project.  


June 2006 - Dec 2006       Garcia and Gasull Arquitectes; Barcelona, Spain – Architectural Assistant(part I)
GGA focus on individual residential properties and projects. While here I designed single house dwellings, from initial concept through detailed design. This included structure, facilities, detail construction, measurements and budgets.

July 2005       Artigues Arquitecte; Martorell, Barcelona, Spain – Architectural Assistant
My first experience within an architectural firm. I assisted with the interior design for residential single-family houses.


Education
Short Courses – Institute of Architects of Catalunya, Escola Sert COAC, Barcelona
Construction site management, 3 weeks
Architecture office leadership, 3 weeks
Project planning and budgeting, 3 weeks
Construction Project Management, 20 weeks

Chartered Architect – School of Architecture La Salle, University Ramon Llull, Barcelona
Equivalent to ARB/RIBA Part III (in process of UK validation)

Final Project – Music School
I completed the end to end planning and design for a conceptual music school. This included all of the stages needed to complete construction: area analysis, structure, plans, 3D renders, detailed construction plans and internal acoustic calculations.

Professional Bodies
Member of the Spanish-Catalan Architects Association COAC (Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya)  NUM 55507-1
ARB, Membership pending




Languages             
Spanish: Mother tongue
Catalan: Mother tongue
English:  Fluent spoken, Intermediate written



Computer skills            
Platform: MAC / PC
Autodesk: Autocad 2012 (proficiency), Autodesk REVIT 2012, Lightscape, 3dStudio Max, 3dStudio Viz.
Vectorworks
Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Flash
Adobe: Photoshop CS5 (proficiency), Premiere
Microsoft Office 2010: Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, etc
Other: Menfis 7.0, Sketch Up pro v.8,



Interests
Photography: Architectural and details. Photomontages.
Travelling, painting, music, dance, tennis, running, ski and diving.
Spanish Driver License Type B