Sandro Polo

1855 Industrial St. #706 Los Angeles, CA 90021• (310) 435-6876 • sandro@urbanica.com

EDUCATION Master of Architecture, Univ. of Southern California, 2004

Graduate Certificate - Historic Preservation, Univ. of Southern California, 2004
Bachelor of Science - Design, Univ. of California at Davis, 1998
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE Project Manager, Wirt Design Group. Los Angeles, CA 3/2008-8-2009
• Design and management of corporate interior build-outs
• Management of project budgets and schedules, coordination of all technical aspects of a
project on a daily basis through expertise in design detailing, documentation, and construction
administration.
• Consultant coordination, systems integration and extensive knowledge of building methods
and constructability.
• Key projects:
Standard Parking - (Los Angeles, CA)
EHarmony (Pasadena, CA)
- Documentation, building permit coordination, and construction administration.
Bay La Sun Village, Emmar – (King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia)
- Documentation and production consultant coordination
Thatcher Medical – (Pasadena, CA)
- Strategic space planning and production of construction documents for new and existing
medical office interiors. Building permit coordination and construction administration.

Project Manager, IA-Interior Architects. Los Angeles, CA 9/2004-9/2007

Job Captain, IA-Interior Architects. Seattle, WA 3/2002-8/2002
• Renovation and interior design involvement for new interior construction.
• Key projects:
Washington Mutual - (Seattle, WA)
Union Bank of California – (Los Angeles, CA)
- Strategic space planning and production of construction documents for new and existing
retail banking interiors. Building permit coordination and construction administration.

Design Consultant / Intern, Johnson Fain Partners. Los Angeles, CA 4/2003-12/2003

• Space planning and production of construction documents for new interior construction.

Project Designer, Driscoll Architects P.S. Seattle, WA 4/2000-10/2001

• Design reviews, MUP submittals and Building Permit phases.
• Graphic solutions and production of construction documents for multi-family housing.
• Key projects:
Warren Place - 6 story, 47 units (Seattle, WA)
-Land planning and environmental evaluation in accordance with local, State and Federal
regulations.
-DCLU Design review preparation and presentation, MUP and Building Permit submittals.
Everett Marina - Urban planning (Everett WA)
-Development of successful marketing presentation that secured a new multi-million
dollar marina project.

Designer II, HNTB Corporation, Bellevue, WA; 11/1998 –4/2000

• Renovation and interior design involvement for 30 bank branches in the Northwest region.
• Remodeled and established design standards for retail banking through the implementation
of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
• Key projects:
Bank of America ADA / Signage Conversion.
-Assessed sites and renovated in compliance with ADA for the Northwest region.
-Design and fabrication drawings of modulars for retail and in-store branches.

SOFTWARE AutoCAD, 3DStudio VIZ, FormZ, Corel, PhotoShop, PageMaker, FrontPage, Excel, Access

LANGUAGES Spanish - fluent writing, reading and speaking.