alexis medrano-ross
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Architecture | Spring 2021
Ecole Nationale Superieure d’ Architecture de Paris-Belleville Paris, France | Spring 2019
Skills
Rhinoceros 3D
AutoCAD
Sketchup
Revit
ArcMap GIS
Lumion
Enscape
References
Photoshop Illustrator
InDesign Hand Drawing
Laser Cutting
Model Making CNC Router
Experience
Pluck Architecture
Project Designer | September 2021 - Present
Austin, TX
Charlton Lewis | Assistant Deancharltonlewis@austin.utexas.edu
Juliana Felkner | Assistant Professor juliana.felkner@austin.utexas.edu
John Blood | Senior Lecturer blood@austin.utexas.edu
Honors + Awards
ISSUE Published | 2021
Presidential Scholar | 2016-2020
Mebane Scholarship | 2019
alexismedrano@utexas.edu
www.issuu.com/alexis.medrano 972.302.3352
Project Designer at a small, full-service firm that focuses on single-family homes, boutique hospitality projects, and preservation in the greater Austin area. Currently gaining invaluable experience that varies from day to day, which can include creating feasibility proposals for design problems, developing documentation for city permitting through to construction, and collaborating with consultants during construction administration of ongoing projects. Other responsibilities range from carrying schematic designs through to 3D modeling and detailed design documentation, leading client meetings to present all forms of media showcasing the project, and weekly site visits to ensure that construction is aligned with the design intent. During my first month, developed and maintained a standard drawing system across the office with AutoCAD for better efficiency and consistency throughout the firm’s practices.
BSA Lifestructures
Architectural Intern | June 2019 - August 2019
Austin, TX
Participated in a summer internship at BSA Lifestructures. Joined as a member of the larger team that focused primarily on higher education architecture on the UT Austin Campus. Assisted in projects that were in the stages of schematic design and construction documentation, while Revit was used as the primary tool. The internship consisted primarily of conceptual proposals for the Anna Hiss Gym restoration project, attendance in weekly construction meetings alongside the Project Manager and other engineering consultants, and assistance with the drafting of final construction details.
Texas Office of IRRIS
Student Assistant | January 2019 - May 2019
Austin, TX
Employed at the University of Texas Office of IRRIS as a student assistant that reported information directly to the provost’s office. Tasks included daily visits to buildings on campus to record their occupancies or updates of occupational use, meetings with building managers, or updates to the floor plan if needed, to ensure proper documentation of buildings for further analysis.
Organizations
Head Editor for ISSUE 017
2020-2021
ISSUE is an annual student-run publication featuring work from graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. As Head Editor, responsibilities were to curate the submission of student work, host collaborative charrettes, and assist other editors to organize the graphical layout of the publication. All members of the ISSUE team worked together to strive towards the shared goal of publishing the completed works by the end-of-year deadline.
Texas Lassos
2017-2020
Texas Lassos is an all-female service organization at the University of Texas at Austin that focuses on the three pillars of spirit, service, and social. Served as both a General Member and elected Executive Member during my active period.
