Geza Gergo
1233 California Street, Apartment #312
San Francisco, CA 94109
Cell (415) 740-4868 Home (415) 674-8729
szabolcs@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY
Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Five Year Bachelor of Architecture Degree, 1996
BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA CONTRACT WORK
August 2003-Feburary 2004: Leger Wanaselja Architecture Building Ecology Berkeley, CA
Project website www.greendwellings.com or company website www.lwarc.com
Metal Fabricator/Designer for a green design/build company
Fabricated and designed architectural metal work for a spec project, a five-unit condominium. Components included handrails, stairs and gates and salvaged car parts. Much of the project uses green or recycled materials including aluminum street signs for exterior cladding, shredded newspaper insulation, crushed glass bottle counter tops and energy efficient appliances.
March 2004: Todd Jersey Architecture Berkeley, CA
company website www.toddjerseyarchitecture.com
Design/build work of a used thirty foot diameter vegetable oil tank and converting it into solar powered, sculptural public restrooms and gardener storage area for the India Basin Park, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA. Developed and submitted drawings, ADA requirements, and structural specs to the Building Department. Project client: The Trust for Public Land
NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-2003: Mosaic Metals Brooklyn, NY
Owner and Manager of Design/Build Metal Fabrication Shop
Built and designed residential and commercial work. Manhattan projects include: Noa: Bar/lounge with cantilevering glass facade using custom-designed cable weight systems A La Nave Va: Italian restaurant with hinging and pivoting glass and steel storefront and bar constructed of steel and recycled warehouse beams of old yellow pine.
1999-2001: FTL Happold Architecture and Engineering New York, NY
www.ftl-happold.com
Designer, 3D Modeling and Engineering Draftsman
Produced engineering drawing sets for tensile fabric and steel structures, cable net systems, and grid shells. Projects included several outdoor amphitheaters such as Summer Stage, Central Park, NY a shopping center in Menlyn Park, South Africa, custom military tents and Shigeru Ban's recycled cardboard tube grid shell at MOMA, New York. Integrated membrane photovoltaics were experimented in some of the fabric structures
1998-1999: Face Metal Fabrication and Design New York, NY & Belize, C.A.
www.facedesign.com
Designer, Fabricator, Carpenter and Installer
Designed and built steel furniture and transformable structures. Projects include Polo Ralph Lauren furniture and interiors, a rotating bar and partitions at Cafe Aubette, New York, NY and an addition to an elevated steel frame vacation residence in Belize, Central America. The addition was constructed entirely out of indigenous certified Santa Maria and mahogany hardwood lumber.
INTERNSHIPS
1997-98: Mison Concepts, Inc. Mineola, NY
Intern Estimator and Project Manager
Drafted details, priced and researched components and metal materials for sculpture, modern furniture and installations. Research included stainless steel wire weave, mu metals, Birdair cables, castings and tool/dye facilities.
1996-97: Kortchmar Boat building. Greenport, NY
Wooden Boat Building and Restoration Apprentice
Lofted (drafted at full scale) and constructed a 42' tunnel driven motor cruiser with a strip-plank hull and a fiberglass finish. Keel, transom and stern were constructed out of recycled warehouse beams of old yellow pine.
SKILLS
Shop: TIG (stainless, mild steel, aluminum), MIG and Stick welding cold saw, plasma-cutter, band saw, air compressor tools, lathe, milling machine and most shop machinery use, jig set-up and production traditional steel finishes, hardware and installation procedures. Oxy-acetylene torch certified.
Office: Software: 2D AutoCAD 2000, TENSYL (fabric structures form-finding software), Photoshop, Quark, AutoCAD 3D renderings Mac VectorWorks. Architecture and Engineering drawing set literate with material estimating skills.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Cooper Union Saturday Program New York, NY
Sculpture instructor to high school students. 1995-1996
AWARDS
Five-year full tuition scholarship, 1991-1996. GPA: 3.7
NY Society for Architects Matthew W. Del Gaudio Design Award, 1996
AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate of Merit, 1996
Nominated for SOM travel grant and Fulbright grant, 1996
AIA New York Chapter House Scholarship, 1995
AIA Professional Degree Scholarship, 1994-5
EXHIBTIONS AND COMPETITIONS
SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art) Winston Salem, NC, Spring 2003 Sustainable Housing Design Competition entry with straw bale construction and green roof.
Skin: Surface, Substance and Design Exhibition and Publication Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY, Fall 2002, Princeton Architectural Press. Designed a 12-story deployable fabric tower with FTL Happold.
Sun Wall: US Department of Energy Solar Design Competition Washington D.C. Fall 2001 DOE building Solar Wall design entry with FTL Happold. Supported by a steel and cable structure, large parabolic lenses collect solar energy during the day, provide additional electricity for the building and act as a kinetic sculpture at night.
FURTHER EDUCATION
Permaculture Internship Crystal Waters College, Australia April 14-May 9 2003
"Crystal Waters College is based at Crystal Waters Permaculture Village - a leading-edge center for sustainability. This village, established in 1989, is home to 200 permanent residents and abundant wildlife... It is one of the first villages in the world designed using the principles of Permaculture and offers guidance for future planning and design of sustainable human settlements."-Crystal Waters College www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/crystalwaters
First International Symposium on the Application of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) in Architecture and Design, GSD Harvard, Boston October 27-29 2000
Attended symposium and collected information about the CAD/CAM industry, it's current and future role in architecture and design. Returned to FTL and gave a presentation to the entire staff.
LANGUAGES
Conversational Hungarian and French
INTERESTS
Masters in renewable energies studies, LEED accreditation, California Architecture Registration, scuba diving, hiking, mountain climbing, snowboarding, cycling, and traveling.
CITIZENSHIP
U.S.A.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Leger Wanaselja Architects/Karl Wanaselja/Cate Leger
Berkeley, CA 510-848-8901
Mosaic Metals Architectural and Metal Fabrication and Design
361 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Bailey, HarDecor, partner Cell: (917) 559-6112 Work: (718) 387-1580
Tomer Bengal (employee) Cell: (732) 887-9788
FTL Happold Architecture and Engineering/Buro Happold Engineeringv
Chambers Street, New York, NY
Angus Palmer (direct supervisor, head of engineering division)
Email: angus.palmer@burohappold.com (currently in England)
Cristobal Correa, (engineering project manager) Work: (212) 619-1346 ext.226
Ashish Soni, (co-worker, architecture project manager) Work: (212) 732-4691
David Bott, (co-worker, engineering designer) Cell: (917) 304-0067
Tamer Onay, (co-worker, marketing/graphic designer) Cell: (212) 732-4691
Face Metal Fabrication and Design
N 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Josh Young (shop foreman) Cell: (646) 996-3026
APPRENTICESHIP REFERENCES
Mison Concepts Inc.
Hicksville, NY
J.P. (supervisor) E-mail: jp@mison.com
Kortchmar & Willner, Inc. Wooden boat building and repair
Sterling Avenue, Greenport, NY 11944
Michael Kortchmar (owner) Work: (631) 477-2466
EDUCATIONAL REFERENCES
Cooper Union School of Architecture
7 Cooper Square, New York, NY
Monica Shapiro (architecture registrar) Work: (212) 353-4220
Crystal Waters Permaculture Program
Crystal Waters, Queensland, Australia
Max O. Lindegger (program head instructor)
www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/crystalwaters
