joanna danuta pierchala URBAN DESIGNER, M.Sc.Eng. in Architecture & Design CONSTRUCTING ARCHITECT, B.Sc in Civil Engineering PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE January 2012 - till present interior architect, project manager, PR & social management assistant at M2tango Studio re-design of existing space, concept development for interior design of the extension of the dance studio, management of redevelopment of the dance studio, PR & social media management, tango teacher August 2011 - December 2011 urban designer, freelance at FutureXLab /Berlin, Germany/ research in possible scenarios, strategies and visions for urban development in EU and Russia till year 2050, graphic design November 2009 - till present urban designer,co-founder of Rybnik Architects Copenhagen research and competition framework, with Louise Kanne February 2011 - May 2011 architect at AK83 technical solutions for public use buildings, visualizations & graphic design November 2010 - January 2011 architect at Cadaval & Solà-Morales /Barcelona, Spain/ technical solutions for public use buildings, visualizations & graphic design, building site supervision September 2010 - October 2011 urban designer, freelance at Active City Transformation February 2010 - June 2010 urban designer at SEA Special Edition Architecture 2005 / 2006 intern at Techmeko /Rybnik, Poland/ email joanna.pierchala@gmail.com 1
EDUCATION September 2007 - June 2009 University of Aalborg / Denmark / Faculty of Architecture and Design Urban Designer, M.Sc.Eng. in Architecture & Design Master thesis title: Transforming Bytom. Re-conquering the post-industrial city September 2004 - June 2007 University College Vitus Bering Denmark in Horsens Faculty of Building Technology and Construction Management Bachelor of Architectural Technology and Construction Management September 2003 - June 2007 Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice / Poland / Faculty of Civil Engineering Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering spec. Constructing Architect Both of bachelor degrees are gained in the same time according to the interuniversity Agreement of Double Diploma Programme supported by Socrates Erasmus Exchange Programme. Final project title: The Centre for the Documentation of Art of Tadeusz Kantor CRICOTEKA Nadwiślańska Street in Cracow September 1999 - June 2003 Private Female High School of Ursuline Sisters UR in Rybnik / Poland / High school education level PUBLICATIONS Transforming Bytom. Re-conquering the post-industrial city ISBN: 978-3-8443-0695-8 LAP LAMBERT Publishing, Saarbrucken 2011 email joanna.pierchala@gmail.com 2
OTHER EXPERIENCE 5 March 2012 UPenn Studio Berlin: Airport Tegel - What s next? /DAZ Berlin, Germany/ Climate informed design, social media in architecture and urban planning by Transsolar & anotherarchitect 10-12 june 2011 OpenJapan 72h WorkJam /Berlin, Germany/ Interdisciplinary workshop on architectural, design and planning post-disaster actions open source approach all ideas are presented on the http://openjapan.opensimsim.net July 2010 TerreFarm Design+Grow Summer Lab Summer school at Terreform ONE in New York 17-19 June 2010 AS FOUND - The 6th annual World in Denmark Conference upon urban design and landscape architecture - paper concerning landscape urbanism re-development of brown-fields in the Upper Silesia - in cooperation with Assistant Professor at Aalborg University, Lea Holst Laursen 14-23 August2008 IFHP Urban Planning And Design Summer School REGENERATING URBAN CORE /Jyvaskyla, Helsinki; Finland/ 03-11 November 2007 NEPTUNE PROJECT - Water Management /Sneek, Leeuwarden, Netherlands/ LANGUAGE SKILLS Polish English Danish Spanish German Mother - tongue Level C1 /Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level/ CAE certificate Ref. Number 066PL0375036, Cert. Number 0016289428 / obtained 2006 / Level B1 /Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level/ Level A2 /Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level/ Level A1 /Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level/ email joanna.pierchala@gmail.com 3
COMPUTER SKILLS Adobe CS5 / Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop / AutoCAD 2004-2012 ArchiCad 9,10 Corel Package 11, 12 Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project Rhinoceros 4 SketchUp AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS November 2010- January 2011 Leonardo Da Vinci Life Long Learning Programme Three months scholarship for an internship at Cadaval & Solà-Morales /Barcelona, Spain/ 2008 3rd Prize for innovative project at WOFIE 2008 Workshop for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Aalborg /Denmark/ 2007 Medal Omnium Studiosorum Optimo The award for the best graduate of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice / Poland/ 2006/2007 Scholarship of Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements in studies /Polish Ministry/ 2004/2005 Socrates Erasmus scholarship for student s exchange Awarded for first year of Double Diploma Programme at University College Vitus Bering Denmark 2005 Scholarship of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice /Poland/ 2004 Serviam The highest award for graduates of the Private Female High School of Ursuline Sisters UR email joanna.pierchala@gmail.com 4
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Driving licence Category B Sailing licence Yacht sailor Personal interests art, industrial design, graphic design, architecture, movies, balanced design and living, travelling and all kinds of creative movement activity in particular tango, zouk, salsa and contact improvisation email joanna.pierchala@gmail.com 5