The document contains Josefina Samvelyan's architecture portfolio, including her education background from Woodbury University, skills, languages, professional experience working as an intern and set designer, and samples of her architectural work including a re-cycling library, housing project, and museum of contemporary art designs. It provides details on her contact information, honors and awards received, software proficiencies, and design projects demonstrating her skills and experience in the architecture field.

1. JOSEFINA SAMVELYAN
Architecture Portfolio
+41-76-708-33-30
+1-818-427-8773
JOZEFINA7@HOTMAIL.COM

2. JOSEFINA SAMVELYAN
Jozefina7@hotmail.com
+41 76 708 33 30 SWISS
+1(818) 427-8773 US
622 East Providencia Ave #L
Burbank, CA 91501 USA
EDUCATION
Woodbury University, Burbank, CA May 2017
Bachelor of Architecture
Honor of academic achievement; Dean’s List Spring 2016
Nielsen Scholarship; 2015 study away program to Rome Fall 2015
Burbank Rotary Club Grant; 2015 study away program to Rome Fall 2015
Always #LikAGirl-Unstoppable; Speaker of Empowering Women July 2015
SKILLS
AutoCAD, Rhino, Vectorworks, Revit, Grasshopper.
Illustrator, Photoshop, In-design, RhinoCAM, Maxwell, V-Ray.
Model making, hand drawing, photography, mold milling/casting.
Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
LANGUAGES & EXTRACURICULAR ACTIVITIES
Fluently speak, write and read in English, Armenian and Russian.
Intermediate speaking and understanding of French, German and Persian.
World traveler and starting photographer. Currently improving German and Piano.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tuchschmid AG, Frauenfeld, Switzerland May 2016-August 2016
Architecture Intern
Working and designing projects from small to large scale, all around Europe and some
outside.
Creating innovative ways to use materials and test their endless possibilities and
limitations.
Visiting sites, working alongside with engineers, constructors, architects and often
visiting the in- house shops.
Neptune Productions Inc., Glendale, California May 2015-august 2015
Set Designer
Draftinganddesigningstageforprivateandpublicevents.
Incorporatinglightandsoundintodesigntoaccommodateeachuniqueevent.
Meetingwithclients,measuring,discussingbudget.
Toledo Homes Inc., Pasadena, California September 2013 – May 2014
Catalog Designer
Photographing subjects of publication.
Measuring and drafting mold details.
Designing product catalog.
Risha Engineering, Burbank, California August 2011 – August 2012
Junior Drafter
Drafting structural drawings for commercial, industrial and residential buildings.
Working along-side with engineers to prepare documents and drawings for city check-ups.
Establishing new business accounts with major companies such as Paramount Pictures.
“I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them
if my drawing scared them. They answered, ‘why be scared
of a hat?’ My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a
picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant”
“The Little Prince”, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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TECTONIC PLATES
HOUSE AND HOUSING
ARCHITECTURAL CERAMICS
TOPIC STUDIO
DETAIL DESIGN
TUCHSCHMID AG
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ABOUT ME:
I am originally from Armenia, I have lived in four different countries and changed eleven schools.
I speak four languages and have travelled in thirteen countries, but that is not what defines me.
For me it is of great importance to lead life instead of it leading me. My goals are to never stop
learning, always strive for what may seem impossible and find lessons and inspiration from my
experiences.
I study architecture because it allows me to be passionate, and move through life with a new vision.
I study architecture because with every piece of gained knowledge I uncover a new layer about my-
self. Last year I got the chance to study abroad in Rome and travel through Palermo in Sicily with
my studio. I truly experienced the power of architecture serving as a source to pass on history and
culture from generation to generation, even if the initial intended use of a building had completely
transformed over time. I aspire to have the work I make deeply affect those who come in contact
with it just the way it did for me.
WORK SAMPLE
STRUCTURE | SYSTEM | SPACE| FORM
THE RE-CYCLING LIBRARY
WOODBURY UNIVERSITY
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

4. THE RE-CYCLING LIBRARY
STRUCTURE | SYSTEM | SPACE| FORM
Instructor: Mahdi Alibakhshian
Studio 3B
Attheglobalscale,theRe-cyclingLibraryquestionsthevery
fundamental problem of using cars as the main method of
transportation, especially in the great area of Los Angeles.
The library consists of three weaving entries at three levels.
The organic form of the circulation encourages bicycle use
for an innovative experience of a library. The skin and the
structure merge together, becoming one unified system.
FORM FINDING EXERCISE. EAST WING/MAIN BIKE ENTRY.6

5. LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3RIVER ELEVATION SHOWS THE STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS.ONE OF MANY LAYERS OF RENDERING: WATERCOLOLR BY HAND. STRUCTURAL SKELETON 9

6. BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE RE-CYCLING LIBRARY.
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3
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Children’s reading space
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3
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Children’s reading space
EAST ELEVATION OF WEAVING LEVELS.
FLOORPLANS OF THE THREE LEVELS.
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7. TECTONIC PLATES
HOUSE AND HOUSING
Instructor: Mark Owen
Studio 3A
The Mirage residence is consisted of elements that are
broken into tectonic units. They serve together as a whole
yet perform individually by fragmenting into its own
units. The three glass circulation towers act as an agent of
these floating tectonics and the main structural elements.
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8. GROUND LEVEL VIEW SHOWS TRANSPARENCY IN THE OVERALL BUILDING YET PRIVACY IN
INDIVIDUAL UNITS. DETAILED SECTION / ELEVATIONPHYSICAL MODELS.
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9. Museum of Contemporary Art
Instructure: James Michael Tate
Studio 2A
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
The multistory gallery is created through the cobination of 20th centu-
ry Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgaerie and MOCA’s Barry Lowen
Collection by taking the traditional platonic of the cube. After studying
Robert Mangold’s entitled Red/Green/Yellow, studies concentrated on vi-
sual elements through the action of exaggeration. The concept of implied
boundaries applies to the geometry, program and structure. The program
is completely designed around the circulation, which is located in the four
narrow hallways of the museum.
ISOMETRIC VIEW.INTERIOR SPACE OF THE GALLERIES. INSPIRED WORK BY DONALD JUDD AND ROBERT MANGOLD.16

10. PLAN VIEW SHOWING THE CIRCULATION
VERSUS THE EXHIBITION SPACES.
FORMAL STUDIES OF SPACE WITHIN
BOUNDRIES.
The view of the physical model explores its relationship
with the site/ground and the spaces that it creates. Due
to that relationship the implied boundaries of the “cube”
are more prominent.

11. Architectural Ceramics
Group work: with Philip Snow and Will Elsworth
Instructor: Joshua Stein
Studio 4B
In this ceramics studio we created architectural
elements that were a hybridization between digital fabrication
techniques and traditional ceramic processes, specifically slip
casting. The individual module was designed to not only be a
beautiful object in space but also function as a part of a system
such as a facade.
FINAL INSTALLATION.
AFTER IT IS DRY IT IS CONSIDERED A GREEN WARE
UNTIL BAKED. AT THIS STAGE IT IS STILL VERY
FRAGILE AND CAN BRAKE EASILY.
THE DIFFERENT MODULE TYPE CASTS.
AFTER THE MOLD DRIES FOR THREE HOURS, IT CAN
BE SLOWLY OPENED AND REMOVED.
WHILE IT IS AT ITS LEATHER HARD STATE, IT CAN BE
CLEANED AND ALTERED.
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12. PROCESS OF SLIP CASTING AND
GLAZING.
THE GEOMETRY OF THE FORM WAS DERIVED
FROM MANY CIRCLES INTERTWINING WITHIN
EACHOTHER. THE VOIDS BETWEEN THE FORMS
ALSO CREATED A CIRCULAR SHAPE. THREE
MODULE TYPES WERE USED TO BREAK THE
SYMMETRY AND CREATE PATTERN VARIATIONS.
PROCESS WORK.
PLASTER BLANK. THE TWO PICES MUST FIT PERFECTLY. THE LIQUID CLAY LATER TURNS INTO CERAMICS.
MILLED PLASTER BLANK. THE HOLE IS TO POUR IN AND OUT THE LIQUID. AFTER THREE HOURS THE PIECE CAN BE REMOVED. 23

13. Tuchschmid AG
London Opera Terrace
The detail is a drainage system designed to direct
the rain water away from the facade and the glass
elements. It is an important point where three dif-
ferent angled pices of glass come together.
Detail Design
ONE PORTION OF THE TERRACE.
THE FINAL DETAIL AND THE
DIRECTION OF THE WATER DRAINAGE.
LOCTION OF THE DETAIL
AND THE STRUCTURE.
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