Beata Smits-Duda
Over the years I have been working as an architect, urban planner, interior and graphic designer, teacher and researcher.
Below you can read the details of my:
August 2021 till present
Lecturer
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at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Institute of the Built Environment (IGO), Netherlands
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Teaching design courses to 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students; I'm a part of Minors: Renovation&Transformation (RET)
and Architectural design (OAR)
I've set up an run Graphic communication helpdesk;
I'm a member of the team developing the new curriculum;
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contact person: Tatiana Petrovski
EXPERIENCE
June 2018 till July 2021
Interior Designer
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at AB Interieurbouw Oosterhout, Netherlands
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My tasks are:
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the design of the interiors - petrol stations with gastronomy, bars, lunchrooms, restaurants, furniture; concept drawings in 2D, 3D models and realistic visualizations;
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graphics: logo's, emblems, posters/ foto walpapers;
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photographs of the realized projects
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updates of the website
All the projects I participate in are designed with Rik Boogaard.
Selected (latest) works can be viewed on the company website:
TrumpiTime Breda Nieuwe Kadijk
TrumpiTime Breda Nieuwe Haagdijk
G&V Breakpoint 2.0 Ukkel (Belgium)
GP Groot Egmond aan den Hoef;
OQ Value Raalte;
The Tosti Club Zwolle;
Hardinxveld-Giessendam Zwolle;
Zaltbommel De Digitale;
Breda The Tosti Club
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contact person: Rik Boogaard
August 2016 till August 2017
Researcher
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at Research group: Innovation of the Building Process & Technology, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda
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I was writing my PhD research proposal: Improving the suitability of post-war apartment buildings, concerning empowerment strategy for improving the living conditions for the disadvantaged residents;
contact person: Emile Quanjel
August 2017 till February 2018
Research Assistant
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at The Rural Housing Studio (part of the PhD research of Michiel Smits at TUDelft, Faculty of Architecture & The Built Environment), Mt Elgon, Kenya
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My tasks were to: assist with the setting and organisation of the field experiment testing the design support tool, which I helped writing (half year experiment’s goal is building houses with 4 local families by 4 teams each consisting of one architect and bachelor student); helping to write and execute the Interviews (and transcribing them); observation of the control group; setting the data collection system and managing it; proofreading the academic papers that currently are under the 2 review round.
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contact person: Michiel Smits
August 2016 till August 2017
Teacher
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at Avans University of Applied Sciences, Academy for Built Environment and Infrastructure, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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I was tutoring 1st and 2nd year’s students in architecture design courses;
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contact person: Iwan Westerveen
February 2016 till August 2017
Architect
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at BBM Architecten, Raamsdonksveer, the Netherlands
My work involved co-designing new buildings in the direct context of the monuments; I was mainly responsible for visualisations and technical drawings;
Inventory drawings of the damages to the monuments planned to be renovated;
contact person: Tithia Adema
November 2015
Tutor
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at EcoWEEK international workshop, Thessaloniki, Greece
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February 2014 till present
Text editor
Proofreading and editing academic papers in English
August 2013 till Februray 2015
Architect
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at STUDIUM, Warsaw, Poland
architectural & urban design; presentation, graphics, text edit;
wide range of projects from large-scale concepts for the revitalisation of the town of Jelenia Gora and the shore of Vistula river in Bydgoszcz, architectural design e.g. Railway Station in Kartuzy, to detailed executive drawings for the renovation of the main Ministry of Defence building in Warsaw;
contact person: Malwina Lazecka
October 2012 till October 2014
Designer (owner)
at BDesign, Warsaw, Poland
graphic, interior & architectural design;
design and execution of advertising materials: posters, banners, logos, flyers; website design; concepts, executive drawing and project architect supervision for private the houses, apartments and bar. Contractor for Procter&Gamble HR graphic materials
December 2011 till July 2012
Designer
at MAKAAgroup, Warsaw, Poland
working on graphic, architecture & furniture design;
architectural concept and detail drawing, exhibition design (Elle Fashion Week), furniture executive drawings, presentations and graphics;
contact person: Katarzyna Waloryszak
May 2011 till August 2011
Junior architect
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at AEC Krymow&Partnerzy, Warsaw, Poland
technical (executive) drawings for Exhibition Hall in Gdansk, concept and technical drawings for MAN truck service station.
Decemeber 2010 till February 2011
Interior designer
Warsaw, Poland, private apartments:
concept, design and executive drawing, architect’s supervision
July - August 2009
Internship
at Architectural Office, Royal Projekt, Radom, Poland
technical drawings of a nursing home.
July 2008
Transcripts
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of interviews for sociology research for University of Warsaw, Poland
July 2008
Transcripts
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of interviews for sociology research for University of Warsaw, Poland
Summers 2006-2008
Student practice
Urban Inventory - practice, town of Ilza, Poland
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Architectural Inventory - practice, Court of Podchybie, Poland
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Building construction practice: ‘Ro-Sa’ commercial building and School of craftsmanship, Heritage Park, Radom
Drawing practice at Kamieniec Podolski, Ukraine
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
May 2017
​Volunteer organiser & Photographer
at ECOweek, Tilburg
http://ecoweekorg.wixsite.com/ecoweeknl2017/photo
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February 2016 till August 2017
Volunteer
at Tante Pollewop. Second hand clothing shop, supporting the Educational projects in Kenya and the disadvantaged residents
of Tilburg
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October 2010 till present
​Volunteer designer
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at Back2Africa foundation: urban & architectural design.
Graphics for fundraising purposes and planning;
contact person: Michiel Smits
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2013 - 2014
​Volunteer designer
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at DESECE - development education services for community empowerment.
Help with designing the master plan of the DESECE's facilities.
contact person: Sophie Elizabeth Kibuywa
https://www.desece.org/partners/
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EDUCATION
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April 2023
Certificate BKE (Basis Kwalificatie Examinering)
at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam
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February 2017 till July 2017
Didactic course (Basiskwalificatie Didactische Bekwaamheid Plus)
at Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda
May 2017
Attendance at the ECOweek conference in Tilburg
May 2017
Attendance at the conference:
Biobased (r)evolution: Biobased Bouwen van marge naar mainstream, Tilburg
February 2017
Attendance at the Crossovers,
PhD discussion platform, Delft
May 2014
Attendance at the 3rd International INTBAU Conference:
Tradition and heritage in the contemporary image of the city, Cracow, Poland
October 2013
Attendance at the ECOweek conference, Cracow
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October 2012
Attendance at the seminar: Syncronicity - Vacant city,
organized with Hungarian Centre for Modern Art, Warsaw
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May 2012
Attendance at the conference: The perfect housing complex,
organized by the Dutch Embassy, Warsaw
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September 2005 till October 2010
Master degree at Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design,
Cracow University of Technology,
diploma with RIBA recognition (cum laude)
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2009
Workshops:
Intensive project LLP Erasmus:
Facing the Impact of the Second World War: Urban Design in Contemporary European Cities,
International workshop, Oswiecim, Poland
International workshop, Florence
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2004 - 2005
School of Drawing,
Labirynt, Warsaw
SKILLS
Language
English – proficient
(C2 level, Certificate of Proficiency in English passed with B grade in March 2015)
Dutch - (C2)
Polish - native
Italian – basic (A1)
French – basic (A1)
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Software:
(in bold marked expert knowledge)
2D graphics
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects
technical drawing
Autodesk AutoCad, Graphisoft Archicad
3d modelling
Google Sketch Up,
visualisation
SUPodium, Luxology Modo
open source
Inkscape, Gimp, DraftSight, NanoCAD, Pixlr,
office software
MS Office, OpenOffice
data analysis
Atlas.ti
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Manual skills
Drawing& painting, modelling, handcraft, sewing
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Photography
Event photography, Photo correction, editing, reconstruction