paul ligeti resume & portfolio

EducationUniversity of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Urban PlanningB.S. Architecture | May 2016

| GPA: 3.7 - Graduated with Honors

Academic:2012 - 2016 | 3.5 years conceptual development2012 - 2016 | 3.5 years digital/hand modeling2012 - 2016 | 3.5 years digital/hand drafting

Experience

Internships:

Summer 2015 | HDR, Inc. | Lawrenceville, NJ

| Used Autocad and Sketchup to design spatial, traffic, and grade qualities of parking lots, drainage systems, access ramps, loading docks, courtyards, and other landscape elements for domestic and international projects| Projects ranged from local 2-acre sites to international complexes up to 7 million sf| Rendered Autocad documents in Photoshop for client review | Assisted with building physical models for client review| Added to and organized CAD and CS6 blocks into branch library

| Edited construction documents for client review

Summers 2013/2016 | Township of West Windsor, NJ

| Designed solar-powered well for local park, and helped contract company for installation of well| Designed corner entrance and information kiosk for John Nash Park| Invited back in 2016 to expand upon designs, including a 2400 sf plaza based on Mughal Empire architecture

Other:

May-June 2015 | Studio Mumbai

| Documented, measured, and archived previously undocumented stepped well in rural Alibag| Created sectional models and composite photographs of small shops around Mumbai

| Archived all projects into hand-bound book

Jun-Aug 2012 | Pazo de Turbisquedo | Turbisquedo, Spain

| Multiple projects in Enlightenment-era manor included construction of 500 ft. forest trail, excavation of granite bedrock for construction of new room, installation of furniture

PAUL LIGETIARCHITECTURE GRADUATE

2 Sleepy Hollow LnWest Windsor, NJ 08550

[email protected]

SkillsDigital

| Rhinoceros 5.0

| Autocad| Google Sketchup

| Adobe CS6 Suite

| Gimp | Microsoft Office Suite

| Revit

Technical

| Experience with large-format printers| Proficiency in drafting - 3d and physical| Proficiency in digital modelling/rendering| Proficiency in physical modelling

| Experience with VLS 6.60 Laser Cutter

Distinctions2012 | National Eagle Scout Service Project of

the Year Award

2011 | Eagle Scout

| Awarded after 8 years of leadership, and collaboration with local government to implement Eagle Project

Extracurricular2014-2016 | Neighborhood Ambassador,

UMich Dean of Students Office

| Designed permanent housing fair banner, wrote monthly newsletter articles on off-campus living, disseminated information about student services

2009 - 2011 | West Windsor Historic Bike Trail

| Worked with municipality to create 11 mile self-led historical bike tour. Challenges included traffic safety, website design (permanent adjunct of township's website), zoning regulations, vandalism, volunteer safety and management, extensive fundraising, and ongoing monitoring and updating website

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SALK INSTITUTE

PHALANGES

NEWBERRY LIBRARY MODELS

NEWBERRY LIBRARY SECTIONS

THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION (THESIS)

BOOLEANS

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PROFESSIONAL WORK SAMPLES

KAZID-SAYED STREET

GRIDS

PERSONAL RENDERINGS

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

SALK INSTITUTE

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Phalanges

October 2015

Floral Foam

The shadows that the hand in motion creates are first photographed. Then, they are carved out of a 3D surface, creating a sculpture that performs, and is sculpted by, the actions of the fingers, wrists, and palms: bending, compressing, creasing, curving, expanding, pinching, and pulling.

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Newberry Library Models

December 2015

Museum Board-Basswood

Chicago’s Newberry Library is plaqued by an insular, windowless extension called the “Stacks.” By disrupting the ground plane and distorting existing conditions through explicit and implied solids, a second addition opens up the library, not only spatially but also programatically. It attracts unanticipated users (musicians, theater-goers, goodies) to explore

the constantly-changing landscape. The process of creating spaces is defined by three structural components: frame, skin, and base.4


December 2015

Rockite-Museum Board-Basswood

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December 2015

Rhino 5.0-Autocad-Illustrator-Photoshop

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December 2015

Rhino 5.0-Autocad-Illustrator-Photoshop

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The Court of Public Opinion

January-April 2016

Rhino 5.0-Illustrator-Photoshop

Justice is a spectacle consisting of tools of conviction. Mediating the “truth” outside of the courtroom leads to a public perception that may run counter to the truth created in the court-room. Celebrities – both heroes and villains – spawn out of the media circus that is created. As an abstract concept, the truth may not exist but as a tool, it can be molded to fit narratives

and agendas. Thus, the courthouse consists of 2 sub-typologies in constant tension: the areas where truth is created, and those where the truth is mediated. To show their theatrical nature and the disparate perspectives of reality is to speak to the real truth of the justice system. 8

The Court of Public Opinion

January-April 2016

Rhino 5.0-Illustrator-Photoshop

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Booleans

February 2015

Museum board-Cardboard

This take on a ski slope uses various boolean pairs to create an environment that overcomes the tension between landscape and building. Skiers traverse over, under, around, and through the half pipe, slopes, and lodge. The transition from the natural forms of the mountainside to the angularity of the man-made cantilever is seamless.

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HDR - Hospital complex (Saudi Arabia)

July-August 2015

Autocad-Photoshop

One of 3 hospital complexes to be built in Saudi Arabia. Responsibilities included editing parking lot based on turning radii, design intent, and accessibility, determining placement of helicopter pads and inserting into Autocad, researching and diagramming length of foot travel to parking lot, and rendering findings in Photoshop.

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HDR - Biomedical Research Complex (China)

July-August 2015

Autocad-Sketchup-Photoshop

Part of a 7-million square foot biomedical research complex in central China. Responsibilities Included determining grade changes and linework in Autocad, importing 3D Autocad information to Sketchup, and creating 3D sketchup model to be used as part of main model for landscape architecture department. Photoshop used later to show massing and

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Kazid Sayed Street

May 2015

Teak

Many shops in Mumbai are barely the size of a closet. Some have been occupied by stencil-makers, tailors, travel agents, and tea vendors for generations. What makes these shops interesting is not only their sizes, but also their positions - stacked atop one another. The first level is often partially buried, with only a small portal above-ground where the

shopkeeper’s eyeline is ankle-level, not eye-level. This situation is a product of the incredible density of one of the world’s fastest-growing cities.13

Grids

February-March 2015

Museum Board/Construction Paper

Rock-climbing wall sand skate parks collectively involve motion, pracariousness, and the threat of collusion. Here, two grids have collided to produce such a programmatic and conceptual center, whose pattern continues from ground to sky. These grids create various apertures, ranging from over 6,000 windows to oversized entryways of varied translu-

cency. In conjunction with woefully sharp angles and oversized cantilevers, these grids as manifested on the ground also add to a sense of danger - both real and imagined.14

Grids

February-March 2015

Museum Board/Construction Paper

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Shipping Crate House

February 2015

Sketchup-Rhino-Photoshop

Shipping crate houses are popular design concepts, but present a multitude of unexpected economic, construction, and upkeep issues. This design calls for the same dimensions and form, but instead uses prefabricated concrete panels and bamboo furniture to accomplish the sustainable and economic goals of a shipping crate house.

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Red Washing Machine I

February 2015

Sketchup-Rhino-Photoshop

This was a practice in industrial design and rendering completely in Rhino.

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L-House Construction Documents

December 2014

Autocad

Elevation of front and back facades and wall section assembly

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L-House Construction Documents

December 2014

Autocad

Exploded axonometric of window and facade details

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Salk Institute

December 2013

Bristol-Graphite

Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute is defined by more than its exterior. Its use of concrete and travertine, water features, and light wells combine ground, sea, and sky to form a restoring and spacious research environment. Highlighting certain features through selected plans, sections, and axonometrics imparts further understanding of this campus.

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