Erik Castella Email & Phone Number

New York, Atlanta, Barcelona

CEO / Architect / Project Manager at Angle Architecture.Commercial millwork, Events, Trade Shows and Retail design and fabrication company, working all around Europe and North America> Project Management and Consulting for the jewelery brand TOUS in their projects in the US> Design, Project Management, Fabrication and Installation of commercial projects successfully in NY, NJ, TX, FL, IL, CA, NV, PA, OH, WA, AL, SC, GA, HI, MD, MA, CT, OR, Canada, Punta Cana, Puerto Rico, Spain, France and Germany.> Permits processing in NY and GA> Design Commercial interiors and Office spaces.> Meetings with owners to understand their needs and offer a design that suits them.> Prepare construction schedule.> Installation of retail stores in Airports (BCN, LGA, MIA, JFK, PHL)> Prepare all necessary working drawings.> Oversee buyout process to select subcontractors for the job.> Attend proposal meeting with owner, discuss scope of work, answer questions, discuss ways to reduce costs, and ask for the job.

New York, Atlanta, Barcelona

Owner / Architect / Project Manager at Angle Exhibits.Events, Trade Shows and Retail design and construction company, working all around Europe and North America> Design Exhibitions and Events>Fabrication of furniture for commercial and retail spaces.> Fabrication of custom trade show booth sin our own facilities in the U.S.> Oversee buyout process to select subcontractors for the job.> Attend proposal meeting with owner, discuss scope of work, answer questions, discuss ways to reduce costs, and ask for the job.> Prepare all necessary working drawings.> Prepare Budget and Financial Reporting.> Keep management informed on progress of project and budget.> Communicate, liaise, and negotiate internally and externally using appropriate methods to facilitate the development of profitable business and sustainable relationships.> Plan and manage personal business portfolio/territory/business according to an agreed market development strategy.> Organize the human resource department, creating reliable methods to hire employees.> Creating of the marketing campaign to reach clients from all over the world.> Track the SEO and SEM campaign to increase the number of visits at the website.> Assist the web site manager.> Create detailed design specifications for the developer team and maintain oversight of builds.

Barcelona

Teacher in "Taller Obert". It was a 4 month subject focused on project design, with 8 students.

> Construction detailing and tracing of a large retail mall construction. (1M sqft)> Design of the main façade, with all details.> Develop preliminary floor plans and elevation designs.> Modelling and rendering of façades.> Follow plan closely through production to ensure conformance with design.> Work with Estimator to develop cost analysis to verify cost compliance of plans.> Work with Production Manager to oversee flow of plans through department.> Coordinate work with City departments.

Catalonia

Projectes K October 2007 – June 2013> Development of site management combining it with my current job.> Consulting, development, monitoring and documentation of Quality Plans and Programs.> Processing of certificates of occupancy.> Design of a mall façade in China for a contest> Design of residential houses.> Reports and technical projects.> Development of License Activity and Legalization Projects.> Design of retail spaces such as a hair salon, ice cream booth, electronic displays.> Study of a XIV century church to locate damaged areas in it's chappels.> Design and project management of a renovation of a XIX century house.> Studies to remove and protect an art piece from Barcelona's subway.Albert Aguirre Arquitecte May 2007 – September 2007 > 3D modelling in AutoCAD> Rendering with 3D studio Max and post rendering in Photoshop> 2D drawing of residential buildings in CataloniaUPL Arquitectos January 2007 – May 2007> Residential development in Barcelona> Teaching CAD to other employees> Technical support. Verification of building work. > Delineation. Development of standard documents3D·tres September 2005 – December 2006> Design of custom trade show booths using Autocad 3DS max and Photoshop> Virtual movies production with 3DS max> Technical support in design softwareCOMSA July 2006 – August 2006> Delineation of a train station in DublinPubliarte S.A. October 2001 – July 2002> General carpentry in a trade show company> Painting, labelling, small plumbing and electricity jobs> Basic support to the builders team

Master Of Architecture (M.Arch.), Bachelor Of Architecture (Barch)

Publicación del PFC http://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/handle/2099.1/11871

Construction Engineering

Only did one year before switching to Architecture.

High School