Zsuzsa Hajto

I am currently working independently on architecture projects, as well as teaching p/t.

Responsibilities: teaching (secondary school) graphic communication, product design, craft and design, woodworking, metalwork & engineering, preparing students for examinations. Teaching adults (evening class).

I was responsible for several small to medium scale projects: new housing, restorations and renovations in sensitive areas, retail and commercial units, and commercial dealerships (Peugeot car showrooms).

Assisting project architect on a number of large scale projects; development of details to the construction phase, attending site visits during and after construction. Became involved with administrative duties of traditional job running. Projects: redesign and re-fit of former Motorola Works at Bathgate (The Pyramids Business Park), Extension to the Edinburgh Business School in Heriot Watt University’s Riccarton Campus.

Design and manufacture of architectural models as part of a team. Individual assembly of smaller details, as well as larger components such as building up contoured landscapes from OS maps to scale.

Independently preparing drawings for building warrant submission, liaising with director and client in absence of project architect.

Assisting senior architect directly at site visits and meetings, preparing
drawings for planning and building warrant applications. Preparing, amending and re-issuing
drawings for directors of Landscape and Roads departments as and when required.
Experience of preparing landscape planting schedules and road layout design to regulations.

(RIBA Part II Placement)
Involvement in various small projects including a restoration of a trade union HQ, a bank refit and a convent building in Budapest. Worked on construction drawings, and gained site experience as part of the team working on the new Natural Sciences campus of Eotvos Lorand, (ELTE) University in Budapest. ArchiCad software package, and manual drafting.

Architectural Assistant (Part II Placement)
Architecture and urban design studio. Urban and rural master planning (Modica and Ragusa in Sicily, Cagliari in Sardinia, and others.) Digitising of maps using Autocad, 3D CAD work. Design work for a funicular railway in Modica. Design involvement with a competition for a theatre in Abruzzo.