ALEXANDRU RUSETE Architectural Assistant ✉ sashenka57@yahoo.com 📞 +44 7565 408 647 📍 Chorley, Lancashire 💼 Portfolio in LinkedIn
Career summary I am a qualified Part 2 Architectural Assistant working through to RIBA Part 3 qualification with 12 years of professional experience in Architectural design; this period includes 6 years in the United Kingdom across the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors. I am a creative and technicalminded person who likes to get involved in all design stages. I am currently looking for a permanent role that will allow me to become an architect.
Education 2014: Master of Architecture University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” Bucharest, Romania 2004: A-Levels - College of Architecture and Public Works “I N Socolescu” – Bucharest, Romania
Work history Architectural Assistant Nov 2021 – Oct 2023
Wilson Mason LLP Samlesbury, Preston, United Kingdom
Under senior architects' instructions, I compiled the information for RIBA stages 3 to 5 for Doorway to Value (furniture shop extension in Chorley), Furness College (conversion of Floor C into student accommodation within Lancaster University Campus - Bailrigg, Lancaster - RIBA Stages 2 to 5) and Bury College (refurbishment of Beacon Centre - RIBA Stage 3). I assisted in the project Construction of a new school and the demolition of the existing one at St Peters C Of E School Birstall (stages 3 to 5), the refurbishment and extension of Hope University in Liverpool (Stage 5), and other projects. My work comprised compiling general arrangement plans, elevations, sections, partitions, ceilings, and finishes, setting out drawings (SFS, brickwork with openings, partitions, stairs), access strategies, fire strategies, detailing drawings (external envelope, internal walls, stairs, waterproofing to ground slabs, intermediary floors and roofs, curtain walls, window and doors reveals, fireproofing), schedules (doors, windows), room data sheets etc. I assisted the team in compiling the pre-construction packs, NBS specifications and planning applications (full planning consents, signage and discharge of planning conditions). During this time, I learnt to work in Revit 2D and 3D but continued using AutoCAD, MS Office suite and occasionally Photoshop/Gimp. In the spring of 2023, I passed the exam for a CSCS card for an Academically Qualified Person.
Architectural Assistant Jan 2020 – Oct 2021
Grant Erskine Architects Manchester, United Kingdom
I worked on RIBA stages 1 to 3 for commercial housing projects (conversions and extensions). Under the instructions of the senior architect, I drafted building surveys, concept schemes, Planning Applications, Historical Assessments, and Design and Access Statements. I produced plans, elevations, sections, CGI visuals and flyaround videos in ProgeCAD, Sketchup 3D and Photoshop.
Architectural Assistant Sep 2017 - Sep 2019
Stanton Andrews Architects Clitheroe, Lancashire, United Kingdom
I worked on RIBA stages 1 to 3 and, following senior architects' instructions, compiled planning applications (drawings, Design and Access Statements), tender and construction packages (drawings and schedule of works) for high-end residential projects (barn conversions, house extensions, new builds). I produced 2D drawings in VectorWorks, 3D models in Sketchup, CGI visuals in V-Ray 3.6 and Photoshop, and presentations for clients and feasibility studies using Adobe InDesign.