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CURRICULUM VITAE

Falk Fritsch
born on May 24th 1969 in Berlin, Germany
Skills Profile

- wide conceptual design experience including residential, commercial and urban design projects as well as preservation and restoration of historical structures
- quick understanding and implementation of clients’ brief and production of initial sketch scheme presentation materials
- managing all design tasks under application of modern technologies and considering sustainability issues
- career focused self-starter
- creative solution-orientated team worker or independent operator
- construction site and team supervision experience
- adaptable to different working environments and tasks

- computer skills:
- expert in: Windows operating systems; AutoCAD (2D & 3D); 3DStudioViz; Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, GoLive; Microsoft Office; all internet related affairs
- highly proficient: Allplan FT (2D); Corel Draw; system administration and network solutions- adaptable to all Windows-based programs

- full EU driving licence
- fluent in English, conversational in Spanish; basic in French

Education

1992-2000 Technische Universität Berlin/Germany:
diploma of architecture
(master of science in architecture)
thesis topic: Ein Kunsthaus auf Rügen
(supervisors: Prof. P. Berten, Prof. K. Zillich)

1989-1992 Technische Universität Berlin/Germany:
studies of civil engineering

1989 Paul-Natorp-Gymnasium Berlin/Germany: Abitur
(A-Levels): Maths/Physics/Political Sciences/Fine Arts

Work Experience

2006-2009
SDA Architects & Designers, Leeds/U.K.:
Design Team Leader - Architect
small scale mixed use development Southfield, Harrogate;
mixed use development comprising of head quarters office, hotel and 600 apartments on extended city centre riverside location Clarence Road, Leeds;
mixed use development and hotel on Hanover Way, Sheffield;
sketch scheme for Jaguar and Daimler Heritage Trust Museum in Coventry;
hotel and residential sketch scheme with new concert hall Victoria Tower in Leeds;
residential development Banner Cross in Sheffield.

2005-2006
WORK Architecture, Leeds/U.K.:
Architect
feasibility study office relocation in Spalding;
design, planning application and preparation of tender documentation for a factory and head-office unit at Asfordby Business Park;
design Master Plan for Asfordby Business Park;
initial conception for several domestic extensions;
design and visualisation of a Car Show Room in Leeds;
design and feasibility study for 110 student accommodation units in Bradford.

2004-2005
BLB Architects, Redditch/U.K.:
Architectural Assistant
urban design and layout for a housing scheme 300 units, Stratford Cattle Market in Stratford-upon-Avon;
urban layout for mixed use development Peugeot Headquarter in Coventry;
detailed layout and preparation for planning application of a mixed use scheme comprising 16 apartments and commercial units on Granville Street, Birmingham;
detailed layout proposal for renovation of Silver Blades Ice Ring in Birmingham;
renovation and new build layout including preparation for planning application for 60 apartments on Severn Street, Birmingham.

2004
CASE Architects, HelsinkiBerlin
with Dulei Planning, Shanghai/China:
Visualiser
visual realisation competition Yang Shan New City.

2002-2003
Heipp Architekten Berlin/Germany:
Project Architect
residential design of 8 semi-detached houses in Berlin-Lankwitz;
planning/development of housing estate in Werder/Havel;
executive planning, detailed planning and site management of two detached houses in Potsdam in ensemble listed as a historic document;
EDP organisation, office management.

2002
Murtinho y Asoc. Arquitectos Santiago de Chile:
Design Architect
2nd place in competition for the revitalisation of harbour region and tier at its coast; Valparaiso
Fundición Metalco, project: conversion of a forgery into lofts and completion of block structure, Santiago; advisory function at works of restoration; website design.

2001
CASE Architects, HelsinkiBerlin:
Project Architect
remodelling, designing and technical assistance on castle Gamehl near the coast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; design and visual realisation of a thermal spa in Burg, Brandenburg.

2001
participation as freelance architect in International creative competition for young architects Protection and reservation of european worksites at the beginning of the 20th century, conversion of a cod-drying company into an accomodation-center, re-designing of accommodation, Bègles/Bordeaux, France. team leader and head designer, site surveyor; appreciation.

2001
foundation of design team r107 as freelance architect in partnership;
conversion of a joinery located in a factory building into an open-plan office.

1994-2001
Faskel & Becker Architects (since 2000 Faskel Architects)
early: work placement, later: Project Architect and Visualiser
competitions:
City Square Bornstedter Feld, Potsdam (With Landscape Architect H. Kossel), task/job: leading designer of project and head of technician team;
Klingelhoefer Triangle, technical assistance and final plan designer; 2nd place;
waterfront housing at Borsighafen, Berlin, project development and visual realisation;
Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Chile (with Murtinho y Asoc., Santiago de Chile) leading project designer, project coordinator and contact manager via internet, final plan designer, 4th place.
projects:
Niederneuendorf (near Berlin): project manager and city development designer of housing estate (~200 residential units), awarded with three prices (architectural and clients’ awards)
Wilmersdorfer Strasse and Greifswalder Strasse, Berlin: designing and technical assistance of residential and office buildings
Mulackstrasse, Berlin city centre: designing of residential building
Das städtische Haus (city-housing): co-developer, modelled after the London Terraces, conversion and adaptation to needs of the city of Berlin;
designated international building exhibition1999, Berlin: co-designer and visual realisation of the project.
supplementary functions:
EDP/IT-affairs manager: corporate design, graphic designing, visual realisation including follow up treatment for all purposes, system administration and acquisition.

1994
Gruppe Planwerk town development office
re-designing of roads and footpaths for various smaller communities near Berlin including specifying road-surfaces
Berlin-Tiergarten district: future area development planning.

1990 – 1991
ARGE Spreebogen
organisation of international design and realisation competition Spreebogen on town development of the future administrative district, Berlin.

Additional Work Experience

1991 – 1996
props worker and driver for various Movie and Television productions, e.g. The Innocent (director: John Schlesinger), Far Away, So Close (director: Wim Wenders); Borussia Media and Nostro Film.

Advisory Functions

july 2001
Stadtwandel Verlag Berlin (print media publisher): member of jury in competition on visual realisation.

may 2001
Technische Universität Berlin: guest critic at the departments of Architectural Theory, Professor Fritz Neumeyer and Habitat Unit - Planning and Designing in Global Context, Professor Peter Herrle.

Overseas Experience

since april 2004
Birmingham and Leeds / United Kingdom
BLB Architects: Architectural Assistant,
WORK Architecture: Architect,
SDA Architects and Designers: Design Architect.

january – april 2002
Santiago de Chile – Chile
Murtinho y Asoc. Arquitectos: project manager and designer.

august – september 1998
Bogota/Columbine; Lima/Peru; Santiago de Chile/Chile
visiting the three leading architects of each country, study of their projects and judging on different cultural coherence and their effect on the work of the european architect.

february – april 1993
New York / USA
studying architectural design on high rise buildings, infrastructure and town development from the beginning of 20th century to the present.