VASILEIOS CHLOROKOSTAS C.V. & P O R T F O L I O

VASILEIOS CHLOROKOSTAS13 Rizari Street Pagrati11634 AthensTel.No. +30 6942839533email: vchlorok@gmail.com [Go to Personal Research Website]

Nationality: GreekPlace and date of birth: Athens 08/08/1986

Studies

UCL, The Bartlett MArch Graduate Architectural Design (09/2011 - 09/2012) DISTINCTION

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.TH.) Faculty of Engineering, Architecture department (2004 –2010) EXCELLENCE Degree grade: 9.08/10.00

Academic awards

Bronze Medal_ For best design and theory at the Graduate Architectural Design course of 2012, the Bartlett, UCL

3rd prize_ Representing A.U.TH. in European architectural student competition (Socrates ASICUP 2009).

1st prize_ Representing A.U.TH. in European architectural student competition (Socrates ASICUP 2008).

Ranked 3rd in a total of 70 students in the department of architecture (P&E Michelis Foundation Sholarship)

Published Works

-”Texture Follows Form”_ Bartlett portfolio thesis and ongoing formfinding research results published on Suckerpunch (2012) (suckerPUNCH link) (Texture Follows Form website link)

-”Arc(2)himera”_ Participation in the “By All Means” exhibition, Haus der Architektur in the Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria. The project exhibited was the Arc(2)himera: an installation designed in collaboration with “Research Cluster 2” as part of the MArch GAD in the Bartlett, UCL. Graz,(March 2012) Relevant publications were made in the Austian press as well as the UCL Bartlett 2012 catalogue. (blog link) (suckerPUNCH link)

-“Thessaloniki, what city do we want to live in?”_ Participation in a research project between Thessaloniki and other European cities funded by the Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society (N.G.E.C.S). Presentation of the results in a lecture with the same title at Olympion amphitheater ,Thessaloniki (2010). Relevant publications were made in the Greek press as well as 3 personal interviews at local radio stations. (NGECS link)

- ”Refugee Complex”_ A.U.TH. diploma project distinctively chosen for publication in several Greek Architectural magazines, including “Architecture in Greece” and “ΚΤIRΙΟ” (September 2010) (KTIRIO link) -”the old city”_ Part of a 4-member team conducting Spatial analysis and proposing Architectural interventions funded by the municipality of Thessaloniki, GR, with specific focus on the Medieval region of the city. Relevant publications were made in the Greek press. Thessaloniki (November 2008) (Municipality-Architecture Center link)

- “10 studios”_ Participation in the design and organisation of the architectural exibition “10 studios” of A.U.TH. as well as participation in the same exibition with “The building on Vasileos Georgiou street” project. Design and construction of the “Network_1” installation for the exibition in collaboration with Margarita Koulikourdi. Exibition and installation was bublished in local press. Thessaloniki (February 2010) (10 Studios link)

-“Organic archirtecture”_ distinctively chosen as one of the two representatives of A.U.TH. at the Greek-Japanese design workshop of the same title, supervised by Kengo Kuma, Sou Fujimoto and Junia Ishigami. Funded by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture , Athens (November 2009) (H.E.L.I.Arch link)

Work experience (employer references available)

practice...........................................................................position......................................................(dd/mm/yy)

- Architecture Department, A.U.TH.........................................Workshop Tutor............................(15/01/2013 - 25/01/2013)

- Architect, Freelance.............................................................................................................................(10/10/2012 - today)

- Bartlett, UCL..........................................................................Workshop Tutor............................(20/09/2012 - 05/10/2012) -”Bloom” installation ..............................................................assembly and supervision............(01/08/2012 - 12/09/2012)

-Greek Land Army, 80th Engineer Battalion, Kos.....................Architect - Engineer.....................(17/11/2010 - 17/09/2011) (worked on several architectural and topographic projects for various military uses, promoted to corporal)

-KMD Architects & Engineers ,Athens.....................................Junior Architect............................(10/03/2010 - 30/08/2010)

-Panagiotta Pitta Architects ,Athens .......................................Junior Architect............................(01/01/2009 - 30/08/2009)

-Syn-Techiniki ,Athens .............................................................Arch. Assistant (part time)......................(09/2007 - 09/2008)

-TASMIM Bureau d’ etudes Taoufik Ben Hadid ,Tunis..............Design Intern.......................................(1/6/2007-14/7/2007)

Software knowledge:

software.................................................................particular skills................................................................level

AutoCAD® 2008.........................................................(2D and 3D modelling)..................................................advanced Rhinoceros® 5 ...........................................................(2D and 3D modelling)..................................................advanced Grasshopper for Rhino ..................................................(parametric modelling).....................................................advanced Z-brush 4® .....................................................................(3D sculpting and rendering).......................................intermediate Sketch-up 8®..................................................................(3D modelling)...................................................................advanced V-ray® for Rhino®/Sketchup®.........................................(rendering)...................................................................intermediate Adobe Photoshop® CS3.................................................(Editing and drawing image files) ......................................advanced Adobe InDesign® CS4.....................................................(Document editing)......................................................intermediate Materialise Magics®...................................................(3D model editing for RP).........................................intermediate MasterCam®..............................................................(CNC prgramming)....................................................intermediate Processing 1.5®..............................................................(Java coding).....................................................................begginner

Languages

Greek: Native language English: Excellent French: Fair

Extracurricular interests

Trekking, mountaineering, Archery, Acuarelle painting

MArch GAD, infra-skin topologies

AUTH, Diploma Project

CNC

The “nanosuit” and “archimera”models were made with a pacer CNC router.

material: P.O. Foam

Personal contribu-tion:

Design (100%),

CNC pro-gramming(80%),

Router han-dling(70%)

Assembly (100%)

London2012

CNC

CNC

3D print

“Infraskin”was made with a Z-core full color and an SLS 3D printer.

mate-rial: Plaster powder(for full color and Nylon powder (for SLS) .

Personal contribu-tion:

Design (100%),

file preparation(100%),

printer handling(80%)

model assembly and post- print proce-dure:(100%)

London2012

3D print

3D print

Laser Cutting“refugee complex” was modeled ex-clusively from lasercut com-ponents.

material: carton, poly-propylene and acrylic plastic.

Personal con-tribution:

Design (100%),

file preparation(100%)

machine han-dling(70%)

Assembly(90%)

Thessaloniki2010

Laser Cutting

Hand - Made

“polykatoikia” “small hotel”and “museum” are hand- cut architectural models.

material: carton and PVC

Personal con-tribution:

Design(50%),

cutting-PVC curving(100%)

model assembly(100%)

Thessaloniki2008-9

Hand - Made

Athens 2013