about

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Bronisław W. Gracz

Sex: male

Date of Birth: 1st September 1983r.

Nationality: Polish

Address: 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Email: blog-bronek (at) gracz.pro

Education & Qualifications

Sept 2002 – 2008  Technical University of Łódź, The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, specialization Architecture and Town-Planning (MS), continued at Sint-Lucas Architectuur, Gent

1998 – 2002  XXIX Janek Bytnar High School, Łódź. Class with extended German Language program.

Awards

March 06 Competition of The City Council of Lodz, for the second best concept of master plan of a city square “Plac Katedralny” in Lodz

Feb 05 Competition of The City Council of Glowno, for the second best concept of master plan of a city square “Plac Wolności” in Głowno

Practice

Sept 04 Practice – „Urban Surveying” – preparation of electronic versions of maps of Lodz Voivodeship for a scientific project focusing on Local Master Plans in particular communes done in cooperation of The Technical University of Lodz,  Local Development Office of Lodz Voivodeship and State Committee For Scientific Research, coordination of students work.

July 04 Practice – „Architectural Surveying” – preparation of documentation of an old communal building at Zlotnickiego 14 Street, Zdunska Wola for The Town Council of Zdunska Wola.

July 03 Drawing practice – two weeks, open air freehand drawing workshop in Lodz.

Work Experience

Feb 2010 – April 2010 – Architectural Design Atelier Bogdan Niepsuj, Lodz, Poland. Full time job in a position of architectural draughtsman.

Sept 2008 – April 2009 Demeestere + Garmyn Architecten, Ronse, East Flanders. Full time job in a position of architectural draughtsman, surveyor and administrational operative.

July 2007 – September 2007 Cardiff Galvanizers, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Galvanizing factory. Temporary full time job in a postion of production operative.

May 2005 – June 2007 PAiW SelinAr, Lodz, Poland. Architectural design office. Full time job in a postion of computer draughtsman, designer, design/administrational process and office manager.

Sept 2003 – Apr 2005 PPHU AGA-DOR, Lodz, Poland. Urban planning office. Part time job in a postion of town-plan computer draughtsman, photographeur. Other office & design help works.

Jul 02 – Aug 02 Municypal Zoological Garden of Lodz, Poland. Full time, seasonal work in a position of office help, animal carer & cleaner.

Other Experience

Jul 04 Volunteer work for the Polish Humanitarian Organisation, Łódź. Business card design etc.

2002 – Present Periodical volunteer work for the Municipal Zoological Garden of Łódź. Business card, entrance card design etc.

Additional Information

Languages:
Polish – Mother Tongue
English – Fluent written and spoken, FCE (B), CAE (C)
Dutch – Communicative written and spoken – cert. Level 5
German – Communicative written and spoken
French – Basic understanding.

Computer Knowledge:
Win 7/Vista/XP/98 – years working experience
Office 2010 – years working experience, excell skills
Corel  X5 – years working experience
Autocad 2011 – years working experience
Archicad 10 – 1 year working experience
Microstation – 1 year working experience
Adobe CS5 – 5 year working experience (Photoshop, Illustrator)
General computing/IT – WordPress, hosting/domain operation etc.

Driving Licence: Cat. B – car, 2001

References: On demand.

Hobbies: I also like sailing and skiing and blogging.