ABOUT
PAULINA NARUSEVICIUTE
E-mail: paulina.naruseviciute@yahoo.com
BIO
Born: 1990. 04.25 / Kaunas, Lithuania
Currently based in Glasgow.
EXPERIENCE
BDP, 2018-current -Architect
BDP, 2015-2018 -Part 2 Architectural Assistant
BDP , 2012- Part 1 Architectural Assistant
I am a qualified architect with over 9 years of experience (4 years post qualification) working at BDP - multidisciplinary international practice of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists.
I`m a core architect in the educational team , over the years I’ve been involved in a number of university, school and early years projects.
In 2018 I’ve been assisting BDP team in London delivering £1bn AstraZeneca laboratory Headquarters in Cambridge designed by Herzog & De Meuron Architects.
I am interested in the future of educational design as well as smart cities and how technology is shaping or could shape our physical environment and behaviours , therefore I have currently completed UX (User experience) Design course
KEY SKILLS
Extensive experience in working on a large scale masterplans and buildings.(Educational, healthcare, R&D, workplace sectors)
Extensive experience in the educational sector
Personal ongoing study in educational architecture and playgrounds design, history, development and their design impact on children. This research is often reflected in our designs. (BDP has been awarded Education Practice of the Year 2021 in Learning Places Scotland Awards )
Experience working with BIM. Delivering projects to BIM Level 2 requirements.
Extensive stakeholder consultations experience .
Professional Diploma course in UX (User Experience)/ UI (User Interface) Design at UX Design Institute. Experience in Usability testing, competitive benchmarking, affinity diagrams, customer journey maps, wireframing, flow diagrams.
Selected projects:
Neilston Learning Campus, Glasgow, UK / (RIBA Stages 3-5)
Maidenhill Primary School, Glasgow, UK /(RIBA Stages 0-5)
Faith Schools' Joint Campus, Glasgow, UK (RIBA Stages 3-7)
AstraZeneca Headquarters, Cambridge, UK (RIBA Stage 4)
Urban Restart, 2012- 2015- co-founder
urban restart was temporary architecture and urban art collective run by two architecture students Paulina Naruseviciute and Laura Petruskeviciute.
While studying in Berlin we started working together with a particular interest in system science in urbanism.
We delivered a number of projects related to temporary architecture and interventions within the city and re- connection of vacant lots to the city life.
Mobileland, 2014-2015, co-founder, design team leader, graphic designer, blogger
Mobileland was an initiative by Dr Cristian Suau and 4th year students of Strathclyde University to deliver temporary mobile art and cultural interventions in neglected Glasgow areas.
EDUCATION
Professional diploma in UX Design
University of Strathclyde, 2009-2015
M Arch Advanced Architectural Design (with distinction)
Pg Dip Advanced Architectural Design
BSc Architectural Studies with International Study with First Class Honors
Technische Universität Berlin, 2012 (erasmus exchange)
Urban Design course " Chengdu- Smart City" Prof. Raoul Bunschoten
THESIS
M Arch Advanced Architectural Design (joint thesis)-
SOCIAL/CULTURAL/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016
tutor at Keliaujancios Architekturos Dirbtuves (Travelling Architecture Workshop). Lithuania. Presentation '' Small spaces for big dreams''
participant in Lithuanian Design week as part of TeKA initiative.
participant in competition Fairy Tales 2016, New York.
2015
participant and speaker at 'Imagine Glasgow' exhibition, Glasgow, New Glasgow Society Gallery . Presentation: Remediating Vacant lots"
interview on temporary architecture on Lithuanian National radio “Žinių radijas” , for the show “Reikia Architekto” (“In need of an architect”)
participant in competition Shabby Shabby Apartments, Munich. 1st place
lecture at University of Strathclyde 're-connecting vacant lots'
lecture on playgrounds at 'Cepelina Artship'
2014
presenter as one of the team leaders of MOBILELAND project at Pecha Kucha 21: Pretty Vacant, Glasgow, Whiskey Bond
2013
participant of the leadership course workshop led by architecture studio Stone Opera. (leadership course is part of a series, eventually leading up to The Festival of Dangerous Ideas. This festival aims to shake up education in Scotland.)
participant of Kaunas Architecture Festival ( KAFe 2013) Competition '' Freedom Impulses" 3rd place.
2012
participant of workshop “Chengdu-Smart City” in collaboration with Southwest Jiatong architecture students held in East Side Music Park in Chengdu by Chora.
participant of the seminar “Cybernetics in Urbanism”, Professor Raoul Bunschoten, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
2011
participant of “Temporary Labyrinth Workshop” by Stone Opera, Briggait, Glasgow,UK
MENTIONS IN PUBLICATIONS
PASAJES ARQUITECTURA N. 140, pp 54-55
ARCHITEKTUR FACHMAGAZIN 05/2016,' von container und modul zur architektur' Peter Reischer, pp 38