ver.062512AP_01 NICOLETTE MASTRANGELO LEED AP BD+C 311 Oak St. #715 | Oakland, CA 94607 | +1 510 684 7767 [email protected] | http://untestedcity.com

EDUCATION

2010 University of California, Berkeley | , Master of City Planning (Concentration in Urban Design) Thesis: Instant City/Mega Project: The Execution of Monumental Vision and the Production of New Public Space John K. Branner International Travelling Fellowship, Jan-Dec. 2009 (Europe, Middle East, Asia) Raymond L. Watson Prize in Community Design Zak Assefa Memorial Fellowship

2003 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Bachelor of Science in Architecture School of Art and Design; Industrial Design concentration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 - Handel Architects, LLP; San Francisco, CA | Associate

10th & Market: Project Designer for 1 million sq. ft. (38 story, 754 residential rental units) LEED Silver, mixed-use tower in San Francisco’s transitional Mid-Market neighborhood, from schematic design through construction administration. Led coordination efforts with mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers. Designed and coordinated residential units, 2 main building lobbies, public amenity and ‘third spaces’, overall podium, BOH, and upgraded parking and loading entrance. Led high-tech research efforts and coordination of a robotic valet parking system. Princess Kaiulani Towers (Honolulu): Produced winning competition renderings, presentation drawings, and diagrams for the 1.4 million sq. ft. hotel, residential, and retail resort development Digital graphics coordination: Led initiative to redefine firm CAD and graphic standards, taught after-hours Rhino and Maxwell seminars, and contributed to firm-wide discussions/transition to BIM software

07/10-09/10 ARUP; San Francisco, CA | Independent Contractor, Architectural Design Consultant

Apple Headquarters (Cupertino, CA): Assisted engineers in the production of integrated, multi-disciplinary (MEP, structural, lighting, facade, acoustics) digital models, responsible for the representation of specific 2D and 3D details and components

06/08-09/08 Edmonds + Lee Architects; San Francisco, CA | Designer

Summerhill Residence (Sonoma, CA): Construction administration and landscape design research and schemes for modestly-sized residential retreat, consisting of a main house, guest house, detached garage, and pool. 650 Delancey St. Loft Renovation (San Francisco, CA): Site documentation, measurements, existing drawings

05/07-09-07 Berkeley Group for Architecture and Planning; Berkeley, CA | Design Tasks Manager

Nanocity (Haryana, India): Co-led a group of 8 researches and designers in the proposal for a new high-tech, sustainable city for client Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail. Developed 11,000 acre site, designed a prototypical 120 acre mixed-use district, coordinated design and policy guidelines, architecture, urban design, an animation, physical model, and a 50-page illustrated booklet.

2004-2006 Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP; , IL | Architectural Assistant

Burj Khalifa (Dubai): Schematic design through construction documents for the world’s tallest building. Responsible for the design development and realisation of the office annex atrium, residential hotel interiors, and tower MEP and structural engineering coordination. International Exhibition Center Competition (Zhongshan, China): Wind turbine/trellis studies, convention layout scenarios, passive earth cooling system, winning competition scheme National Planning Development (Kingdom of Bahrain): Land use and transportation, Hawar Island Reclamation and Eco-Resort Planning King Abdullah Economic City (Rabigh, Saudi Arabia): Team leader for Financial Island Master Plan, led a transdisciplanary group of architects, interiors, and planners developing the urban design of the City Center

2003 Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP; San Francisco, CA | Intern

Cathedral of Christ the Light (Oakland): Massing studies of plinth and site, physical modeling New Poly Plaza (Beijing): Facade studies, facade physical modeling, detail drawings, ‘hanging lantern’ museum and gallary spaces, largest cable-net wall entrance studies, drawings, and models

2002 ArtCAD (Tunis, Tunisia) | Intern International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) Design development drawings for a mixed-use sea-side resort in Carthage

ASSOCIATIONS 2012 American Institute of Architects | Associate Member SPUR: San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association | Member 2004- LEED Building Design + Construction | Accredited Professional

RELATED SKILLS Physical: Photography, model-building, laser cutting, 3D printing, sketching Digital: Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, Rhino, Maya, Maxwell, V-Ray, SketchUp, Grasshopper (basic), GIS, REVIT ver.061212AP_02

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2011 University of California Professional Development Seminar | Instructor Rhino, Vray and Adobe CS5 Photoshop and Illustrator 2010 Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) | Instructor Introduction to Architecture for advanced placement high school students, summer session. 2007-2010 University of California, Berkeley | Graduate Student Instructor ENV DES 1; People and Building: Introduction to Environmental Design ARCH 200A; Graduate-level introductory design studio: digital and analog tools ARCH 170B; Historical survey of architecture and urbanism, 1400-present ARCH 100A; Design Studio Digital Module: CAD, Maya, Illustrator, InDesign

EXHIBITIONS AND COMPETITIONS

2012 10+ Re-Thinking Shanghai Competition: “Hydrophilic Urbanism: A Layered, Mixed-Use Proposal for the Suzhou Creek” 2010 Planning India: From Chandigarh to Nanocity: Swissnex San Francisco Nanocity: Greencity Flexcity Complexcity 2010 ICSC Future Image Architecture Competition and Exhibition (Las Vegas): “Re-envisioned Mixed-Use” category; Winner Big Box, Mega Project 2010 John K. Branner Traveling Fellowship Exhibition: UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design; Wurster Gallery The Untested City: Unprecedented Urbanism and the Performance of New Public Space 2009 4th Annual Rotterdam Architecture Biennale: “Open City: Designing Co-Existence” Wijnhaven Redevelopment 2008 Architecture for Humanity: Telemedical Center and Internet Hub in Nepal; Honorable Mention Incremental Shift

PUBLICATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

2011 Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia, Narrative and photographic contributions, International New Town Institute, Rachel Keeton, SUN architecture publishers and authors, Amsterdam, 2011 2009 untestedcity,com: Travelogue and new city research; fieldwork and analysis conducted during the John K. Branner International Fellowship from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley 2007 Nanocity: A City for the 21st Century, Research project and design publication, Berkeley Group for Architecture and Planning, Nanocity Haryana Infrastructure Ltd., 50 pages 2005 RETHINK, REDESIGN, RECYCLE Design Competition, (AIA Young Architects Forum Co-Chair, Competition Creator/Curator) Press associated with competition exhibition: “A greener Chicago” Architectural Record, October 2005 “Waste Not” Interior Design Magazine, Number 12, Oct. 2005 “Chicago Works” Public Television Broadcast, Sept. 2005

REFERENCES*

Peter Weismantle; AIA, RIBA, Director of Supertall Building Technology ( + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago) I worked under Peter Weismantle at SOM Chicago in the Burj Dubai () studio. [email protected] 312 920 1888 312 870 4126

Peter Kindel; AIA, ASLA, Director of Urban Design (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago) I worked under Peter Kindel at SOM Chicago in the Urban Design Studio. [email protected] 312 920 1888 312 339 5069

Marshall Strabala; AIA, AFFAR, Founder and Design Partner (2Define Architecture, Shanghai) I worked under Marshall at SOM Chicago in the Burj and Zhonshan Design Studios. [email protected] 313 944 5066

Nezar Alsayyad; Professor of Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, and Urban History (University of California, Berkeley) Nezar was my professor, academic mentor and thesis Chair at UC Berkeley. [email protected] 510 642 4852

Nicholas de Monchaux; Associate Professor of Architecture (University of California, Berkeley) I taught Introduction to Environmental Design under Nicholas in 2010. He is very familiar with my thesis work/presentation. [email protected] 510 642 4908

Renee Y. Chow; Founding Principal (Studio Urbis), Professor of Arch./Urban Design (University of California, Berkeley) Renee served on my thesis committee and taught my thesis design studio at UC Berkeley. [email protected] 510 883 1967

*more upon request