I have been interested in designing spaces since I was in my teens. I began with architecture and am using this website to broaden my knowledge of software development; I think it would be great to one day bring the two skills together in the future! I'm recording my current experiences in this blog.
2010-2014 Bachelor of Architectural Studies(design) with Distinction. Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (Carleton University)
2008-2010 Arts Honors degree in history and Theory of Architecture at Carleton University (Left this degree once accepted into architecture)
2013 Participated in exchange program with University of Leeds (United Kingdom) January—June, 2013
February-September, 2021 Certificate in Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Graphic Illustration
June-September, 2020 Online Web Development Course at IBAT College in Dublin (Distinction)
June, 2020 Self-learning experience by building my own website from scratch. Learned some basics about software development and helped market myself. There have been a number of websites and apps that have helped me as well as the IBAT web developer course that has showed me the basics of web development.
Please take a look at my blog showing my experience of learning the basics of software development.
May 31st, 2021 — Present
Designer at Kaneco LTD - Dublin, Ireland
I wear many different hats in this position on a variety of projects. Kaneco focuses on interior fit-out projects for schemes that require a commercial kitchen. This includes but is not limited to restaurants, corporate canteens, hospitals, food halls and airports. I have experience in creating schematic layouts for commercial kitchen spaces, restaurant layouts and servery spaces. I work closely with different team members which range from project managers, fabricators, subcontractors and procurement specialists to keep track of project schedules and bring projects into completion. I have experience with on-site surveying and creating/ issuing a variety of drawings for construction and fabrication. I also have design experience in a variety of mediums including floor plan layouts, 3D visuals, graphic design and website design.
September 30th, 2019 — June 1, 2020
Architectural Assistant at John Fleming Architects - Dublin, Ireland
Primarily working on planning applications and feasibility studies in relation to Dublin city Council and surrounding areas(Kildare County Council). Schemes include Build to rent, build to sell (SHD Applications), student accommodation and hotel schemes. Housing types vary from terrace houses, duplexes and apartment blocks. Hotel designs are based inside and outside Dublin city centre. Currently using programs such as AutoCAD, Sketchup, Photoshop & InDesign.
October 15th, 2018 — August 31, 2019
Partner Support Agent at SELLBYTEL Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Provided Business to Business support via email for Fortune 500 Companies. Main goal was to onboard companies to resell various software. Applicants are guided through a specific process while completing tasks such as Credit Checks, Due Diligence applications and Contract Signatures. Developed a well rounded understanding of products as many questions were raised by partners during the onboarding process. Gained troubleshooting experience as well as case management skills.
October 26, 2015—August 31, 2018
Draftsperson/designer at ICON Architects - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ICON is a small firm that allowed me to work in a wide variety of positions. The majority of work was in the mixed use/residential sector of design and included low-rise, mid-rise and high-rise developments. My position ranged from working on schematic design, submitting site plan approvals, developing building permit drawings and performing monthly site visits (contract admin). Envelope/site design is done on Google Sketchup while the remaining design work is done on AutoCAD. Work also involved coordination with a wide variety of consultants to submit fully developed projects in a timely manner.
June, 2017
Toronto of the Future.
Managed and designed two panel layouts for the Toronto of the Future Exhibit (ICON Architects. This was using rendering software with Photoshop and Illustrator. Designed and printed the display panels, oraganized delivery and set up of the display with Exhibit managers.
May, 2013—October 2016
Skilled Labor at Cambro Contracting/ CREW Construction Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Tasks varied from installing both internal and external finishes. Was also involved in framing, sheeting and landscaping tasks for different housing projects. Given both idependent and team-oriented projects that establed a base for my work ethics. Working in construction allowed me to develop an hands-on understanding of Canadian construction methods in the residential sector. This was mainly wood-construction methods.
I always work to the best of my abilities; this helps me stay motivated and achieve great results. I enjoy working as a team and with other consultants in order provide a client with the best possible service or product. Making connections in a workplace is a great way to a fulfilling career. A complete set of references is always available upon request.
Can create complex shapes and detailed models; can render materials/lighting (using vray); transfer “cuts” of drawing into AutoCAD to create floor plans. Many projects in my bachelors degree was done using Rhinoceros.
Currently developing my understanding of Revit. Able to model and render in this program. Can add walls, doors, roof, windows, etc. Familiar with create form tool. Able to create section views and plan views.
Three and half years working experience at ICON and JFA. Used to create schematic designs, permit drawings and presentation panels. Knowledgeable in using blocks, Xrefs and standardized CAD layers for optimizing workflow in teams.
Used in both ICON and JFA Office. Used for making AutoCAD designs into a 3D form. Designs are used primarily for presentation purposes (to clients or for submission to city).
Very familiar with this program. All of my renderings are taken into Photoshop. I also use Photoshop for photography; I use things like cropping, colour, contrast , photo merging, etc.
I use Illustrator for any graphic design/panel layout. Sections and plans are imported into Illustrator in order to create diagrams. Created icons and graphics using illustrator
Recently gained experience in this program at John Fleming Architects for creating Architectural design statements. Used templates to create design statements for submission.
Recently used Adobe XD to develop a base design for this website. Used artboards to develop the layout and design. Then used a variety of other programs to build the site for web.
Becoming well developed in HTML. Using HTML while creating my website. Also covered in the web development course at IBAT. Just view my web pages and see what I can do!
Learning modern methods of CSS. Solid understanding of how modern tools such as flexbox, grid & keyframes can make a webpage appealing to the end-user. Using CSS to the best of my abilities for page optimization.
Still on the learning curve of this language. Becoming familiar with javascript-based animated effects. View my webpage to see all the scripts incorporated into this website. Using Ajax in conjunction with JavaScript for dynamic web pages.
Currently learning these languages. I use Processing for creative programming applications and have tried Python to use K-Means Clustering algorithms on data sets(Machine Learning).