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Santos Peña

Santos Peña

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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Employment 

Cataldo Architects, South Pasadena, CA, US, Designer / Project Manager

Planning _ AutoCAD, Rhino, SketchUp.
Schematic Design _ Form, Framing/Structure, Façade.
City Submittal _ Site Plan, specified plans, elevations, sections, roof plan, details, MEP, and consultant calculations.

Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
 

FoxLin Architects, San Clemente, CA, US, Designer

Preliminary Design _ Rhino, Illustrator, Model Building.
Schematic Design _ Form, Framing, Façade.
Research _ Materials, Architectural Codes.

Fabrication
Team member for construction of an installation project comprised of robotic systems, metal, and wood.

Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
 

NBCUniversal Studio Post, Universal City, CA, US, Quality Control Technician

Video/Audio Control for Feature Films and Episodic Television

W/O report: Tone, Chroma, Density Shifts, Dialogue & Audio Effects Sync.
W/O report: Subtitle Dubbing & Timing for foreign dialogue.
W/O report: Frame Rates, Scene Transition, Main & End Titles, Video/Audio levels
for various domestic and international broadcasting standards.

Feb 2006 - Aug 2017
 

Education 

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA, US, MArch, Architecture

M. Arch. 1
Two years of studio. Five successive studios with projects of various Typologies. Corresponding courses include a Topic Studio, Structures, Building Construction, Architectural Codes, Sustainability, Architecture History, and Professional Electives.

The final year features three subsequent studios that consist of Advanced Architectural Design, Design Development, and Master’s Degree Project Lab. Corresponding courses include Thesis Research, Material Structure Integration, and Professional Practice.

Sep 2017 - May 2020
 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US, Bachelors, Fine Art

Studio Art
Art Studios encompass drawing, figure drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and graphic design. All art mediums are explored. Corresponding courses include General Education & numerous art history studies of various geographies & time periods.

Degree specification:
The final two years are a student’s individual focus. My specific area was Visual Communication. This was the study of Commercial Illustration. Art Studios involved numerous projects of drawings finalized in chosen mediums with commercial deadlines for completion.

Sep 1993 - Aug 1998
 

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