The document provides biographical and professional details about Alex Romanos. It includes his contact information, education history from University of Cincinnati where he is studying interior design, relevant skills, honors, and professional experience including co-ops at Synthesis Architecture + Planning and BHDP Architecture where he was involved in design projects. The document also shares samples of his interior design work including renderings, plans, and presentation boards for various projects.

1. Alex Romanos
amromanos@gmail.com - 513 . 375 . 0016

3. Alex Romanos
amromanos@gmail.com - 513 . 375 . 0016 Education Skills
University of Cincinnati Drafting - AutoCAD 2010/11
B.S., Interior Design, Class of 2013. Modeling - Revit 2009/10/11, SketchUp 7/8
Participating in the Professional Practice Co-op Graphic - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Program, alternating quarters of college study CS3/4/5
with quarters of work in the field of Interior Office - Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
Design.
Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Diploma with Honors 2008
Honors
Advanced Placement Program Alpha Rho Chi, Professional Fraternity for Architecture
Gleam student literary/art magazine, Senior and the Allied Arts: Scribe, 2011
Editor 2007-08, Junior Editor 2006-07 NationalConvention Secretary
Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity: Warden,
Experience Recruitment Chair, Scholarship Chair,Secretary
Eagle Scout with Silver Palm, 2005
Synthesis Architecture + Planning, John Suhar|Architect Scholarship Award, 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Museum Center-Youth Program Outstanding
Spring 2011 Leadership Award, 2005
Co-op - Sole interior designer for Louisville, KY, Greek
Orthodox church project; worked directly under project
architect. Conceptualized building architecture and
interior finishes. Researched Greek Orthodox design
traditions and developed sympathetic contemporary
material choices, sourced fixtures and finishes within
tight budget constraints. Presented design strategy and
material choices at client board meeting. Liaised with
local sales reps and introduced firm to new industry
relationships.
BHDP Architecture, Cincinnati, Ohio
Spring/Fall 2010
Co-op - Involved in schematic and design development
phases of large and small corporate workplace projects.
Digital modeling, sourcing, construction documents and
client presentations
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati History
Museum
2003-2008
Floor Interpreter - Researched and developed characters
in 18th and 19th century Cincinnati. Trained in 19th
century letter press, self-taught and subsequently
developed training program for 18th century finger
weaving.

5. AREA OF CONCENTRATION, AP STUDIO ART - Cincinnati, OH
Selection of acryilc paintings from Senior year of highscool. Works explored using color as line to creat abstract
floral patterns - 2008

6. The Cave, acrylic on canvas - 2008

8. (Top Right) Brittle star in a sea sponge, Cozumel (Top Right) Tree covered in ice after winter
Photography Mexico, underwater photo at 40 feet below surface storm. Cincinnati, OH
(Top Left) Holly tree covered in ice close up, (Bottom Right) Spider crab in coral reef,
Selection of 2008/09 Cincinnati, OH Cozumel, Mexico

9. Sea annenemie, Cozumel, Mexico

11. Sketches and renderings from the Universit of Cincinnati and Columbus, IN
(Top Right) Tangeman University Center, Cincinnati, OH - 2008
(Bottom Right) North Christian Church, Columbus, IN - 2009
(Left) First Baptist Church, Columbus, IN - 2009
Charcoal, pen

12. Perspective of park from
downtown Cincinnati, OH
Marker - 2008

14. LITERARY ON LUDLOW - Cincinnati, OH
Designed an infill structure in the Ludlow gaslight disctrict of Clifton to house a literary arts center,
allowing for stacks, reading areas and including living quarters and lecture space for rotating guest
writers taking into account site and passive environmental strategies. Form was inspired by the
prarie style- 2009

15. Concept sketches Street view of Literary Center

16. Private
Administration Entrance
Office
Reading
Nook
Writer’s
Residence
Lecture
Room
Stacks
Reading Room
Reception
Public
Etrance
First Floor Second Floor
First floor contains the library stacks and ample space for leisure reading
Second floor has living quarters for guest writer with private entrance
and meeting space that can accommodate
lecture series as well as meet and greet
Floor plans - Revit 2009

17. View from the Reading Room

18. View from the Writer’s Loft

21. BHDP ARCHITECTURE - Cincinnati, OH
Participating with the workplace design team at BHDP for the Fall and Spring terms of the 2010 -11
academic year, developing floor plans for corporate workspaces, drafting in AutoCAD and Revit, building
presentations in InDesign and PowerPoint, and working on materials and finish boards

22. Open workstations
VP and Directors at corner
workstations
1:10 Huddle room ratio
Fixed wall; huddle at window
All other huddles in core
Media:scape at either end
Mobile white boards
throughout
(2) Digital white boards
Grouped work settings
Collaborative furniture
throughout
Back walls of acrylic partitions
used as presentation walls
HUM 10
HUMANA Innovations
Furniture Plan 1b 05/14/10 006
Presentation page for Humana - Lousiville, KY.
Presentation Layout - PowerPoint
Floor plan - AutoCAD, Revit
Original building design by Michael Graves

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Furniture and Finish plans for Humana - Louisville, KY
Plans - AutoCAD, Revit by BHDP

24. Interior and furniture finish presentation board with SketchUp exports, Humana - Louisville, KY
Presentation Board - Multimedia, renderings and icongs done by BHDP
Photo - BHDP

26. PADI - Cincinnati, OH
Design the interior of the fifth floor of existing Cincinnati architecture for a branch office of a
national firm, including all new branding for the corporation at large
PADI - The Professional Association of Diving Instructors, is the world’s largest scuba certifying body,
expansion into the Midwest is set to accommodate the growth in freshwater quarry diving

27. Series of logo design iterations
Marker, Illustrator

28. PADI concept sketches
Sketches showing programming and circulation
Pentel sign pen, prisma color markers - 2010

29. Open floor plan allows for maximum day
lighting
Low height group workstations allow for
greater collaboration and community
Collaboration space curtained off for
innovative teaching techniques
Reclaimed and recycled materials for low
environmental impact
Floor Plan - Revit, Photoshop
Perspectives - Revit, Photoshop

30. View into the Reception

31. View of Workspace and Collaboration space

33. Durkan/NEWH Carpet Compitition
Contest to design a new carpet patern for Durkan in collaboration with NEWH. Inspiration from computer componants. Corridor patterns featured.
Hand sketches, Illustrator, Photoshop - 2010/11

35. LEH: underground, Eco-Resort Hospitality Studio- Leh, India
Deisng a low impact eco-resort in northern Inda near the Tibetan boarder. An eco-resort is a
vacation destination that focuses on low impact tourism and tries to give back to the community.
This resort was designed to be a net zero energy user and to fully process its own waste - 2010/11
leh, ladakh LEH: underground

36. program
1 - reception
8 2- modular room
5
3- dining/lounge
4 - meditation/yoga
3
5 - cleanse
6 - privies
4 6 7 - storage/mechanical
7 8 - water treatment
1 2
Floor plan is based off of Buddhist mandala Communal drinning, yoga, and mediation allow for a Individual sleeping pods allow guest respite
(abstract geometric representation of the universe greater sense of community than most resorts offer from daily activies but encourage guests
to partake in the communal nature of Leh:
Regular standard concrete pipe sized allow for Communal bathrooms reduce the amount of waste underground
easy construction, either production on site or water that needs to be processed
shipped in SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign

37. modular room the rooms set the module for LEH: underground.
the 2.4m x 3m concrete pipes are standard
construction that can be transported in or
skylight/vent
fabricated on site. the modularity of the piping
allows for less waste than typical construction
and means the pipe is readily available.
water lamp
3m
under bed storage
full size bed
recycled plank wood flooring
2.4m
inspirations water treatment 6 1 urine seperating toilets seperate the
solid and liquid wastes
4 2 the urine is collected in a systern while
the solide is flushed into another waste
1 recepticle
the urine then undergoes anarobic
3 decompositoins and produces
hydrogen gas
3 4 the hydrogen gas is used in fuel cells in
7 a special battery
the flushed waste is combined with
5 the microbe waste and
then flows through a reed bed water
2 treatment system
5 6 the electricity from the battery
powers the lights and pumps of LEH:
undergroud
the reed bed water system produces
7 potable drinking water allowing for
focus center community as little impact on the environment as
possible
(Top) Extracted page explaining and (Right) Form inspirations: The tube for construction, (Left) Extracted page with diagrams expaing the
diagraming the modular rooms the manadal for form and the Hobbit hole for waste management processes
precedent
SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign

38. dining/lounge offers a communal atmospher to connect with fellow guests. guests
prepare meals for their stay from local food provided on hibachi
style tables. the lounge adjacent features a plyable modular couch
made from recycled materials and offers a relaxing space to
gather. the high ceilings add to the sense of grandure and majesty
and allows the mind to forget that the body is underground.
roofing frame
designer lights
hibachi table buffet flexlove couch
site section cleanse perspective
(Top) Section diagram of the dining/lounge space of LEH: underground. (Right) Section site diagram highlighting the underground nature and the
Highlighting the custom framing system and the modular tube construction approach to LEH: underground
(Left) Perspective of the unisex communal ‘cleanse’ space at dusk
SkecthUp, Photoshop, InDesign

39. roofing diagram
metal framing system supporting
semi transparent outdoor fabric
roofing fabric
skylight with vent
Extracted page of diagram detailing the tent like roofing structure
SketchUp, InDesign

41. Red Newt - Ithaca, New York
Collaborative design charette project with interior design and architecture students from Cornell
Univeristy.
Spent the weekend redesigning the wine tasting room and restaurant of the Red Newt Winery in the
Finger Lakes region of New York - 2010/11

42. 8
pause
floor plan
& welcome
storage
collect &
contribute
w. c . w. c . expanded
kitchen
taste &
sample
wine & dine
flex room
linger & lounge
7 13
bubble diagram flex room schemes
(Left) Programatic diagram of floor plan highlighting
(Top) Labeled floor plan of the tasting room, resturaunt cirulation routes
and tapas bar (Right) Furniture layouts for a multi use room
Pencil, InDesign Marker, Pencil, InDesign

44. Synthesis Architecture + Planning - Cincinnati, OH
Design the interior of Panagia Pantovasilissa (All Holy Queen of All) Greek Orthodox Church in
Lexington, KY. Brought on as a designer with knowledge and experience with Eastern Orthodox
culture and religion, sourced contemporary materials and finishes that would help modernize over a
thousand years of traditons but still hold true to central design philosphies of Orthodoxy - 2011

45. Materials chosen for duribility and look Terrazzo used in the Solea, Narthex and Altar for Rendered finish plan of Panagia Pantovasilissa
duribility, timeless look and easy matainence. Church
Centiva laminate vinyl wood flooring for the Terrazzo in the Solea also takes into consideration
social hall to withstand impact of high heels liturgical needs Revit, Photoshop
and large groups in the Social Hall
Each material reflects not only the program but
Carpeting used in the corridors, classrooms helpes to accentuate the geometries of the Sanctuary
and Nave for sound dampening qualities and Parish Center

46. (Left) Custom pattern design for window
screen inserts, to be laser cut
(Top and Bottom at Right) Sketches used
from existing iconography for screen design
SketchUp, Pencil

47. View of the Nave from the Narthex
Revit, Photoshop

49. Thank You