V. Chlorokostas CV and PORTFOLIO by Vasilis Chlorokostas

VASILEIOS CHLOROKOSTAS

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

VASILEIOS CHLOROKOSTAS 13 Rizari Street Pagrati 11634 Athens Tel.No. +30 6942839533 email: vchlorok@gmail.com Nationality: Greek Place 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)

- “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)

-”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)

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 Adobe Illustrator® CS4.............................................................................................................................................begginner 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

CONTENTS

HOTEL AND SPA COMPLEX (PG 18)

THE BUILDING ON VASILEOS GEORGIOU AVENUE (PG 14)

THE REF CHAMB

FUGEE RESIDENCE COMPLEX ON ALEXANDRAS AVENUE AND THE TECHNICAL BER OF GREECE (PG 22)

SMALL HOTEL AND SPA COMPLEX (PG 30)

TEXTURE FOLLOWS FORM (PG 6)

TEXTURE FOLLOWS FORM This research investigates the architectural relation of the body with the environment in multiple scales. Under the theme of Form follows Fetish various relations of micro-scale, the human body, the crowd, the macro-scale and the environment are theoretically analysed, and consequently researched dy design in an obsessive manner. Recursive subdivision is developed into a design tool and used as the tectonic, architectural counterpart of cellular subdivision. Using three design studies: the “nano¬suit”, the “archimera” and the “infra-skin”, the research aims to perform a series of zoom-ins and zoom-outs from the cosmologic to the microscopic and vice versa, through which a new archetypic (embrionic, even) architecture can emerge. Subdivision of cells is a constant situation in the microscale of nature, so its tectonic counterpart could very well be recursive sub¬division of geometries. This serves as a mediator in this dynamic relation of body VS environment. It performs architectural mutations as a nonconcious reflex mechanism that addresses specific functionalities and conditions, and even interact with cellular mutations in multiple scales. Architecture thus becomes a second layer between man and environment; a condition fundamentally different from: “an arbitrary algorithm translated into a form and then scaled up to size to fit a real, haptic site”.

TITLE: TEXTURE FOLLOWS FORM TYPE: MArch GAD PROJECT, THE BARTLETT (DISTINCTION FOR DESIGN AND THEORY, 3RD PRIZE BY EXTERNAL CRITICS’ EVALUATION) DATE: SEPTEMBER 2012 SUPERVISORS: MARJAN COLLETTI, GUAN LEE, TEA LIM, HANNES MAYER, FREDERIC MIGAYROU EXTERNAL CRITICS: EVAN DOUGLIS, KAAS OOSTERHUIS, LUCA GALOFARO, MATIAS DEL CAMPO OBJECTIVE: RESEARCH BY DESIGN ON THE LINK BETWEEN FORM AND TEXTURE, LONDON, UK

THE BUILDING ON VASILEOS GEORGIOU AVENUE The initial volume sculpting is focused on relieving the site’s problematic conditions of illumination. At the south, an 8-storey block of flats casts a huge shadow especially during winter. The extrusion of the whole site area at the maximum legal height is set as the “raw volume” which will go through a series of subsequent subtractions and additions, almost carved by the sun path itself. Residential space consists of 16 two-level appartments. A flexible belt is designed to connects the orthokanonical arrangement of the building interior with the elleiptical skin that wraps it. So in every apartment moveable glass panels follow calculated paths so as to create various spaces, situations and reflections depending on the weather conditions or even the circumstances in everyday life. This fluctuating zone is 6 meters high in each apartment, and in combination with the perforated skin of the building aims to merge the “inside” with the “outside” of the residence. Northen light peers through here and slowly faints in the house while southern sunlight boldly enters the space through the transparent elevation and even goes down the stairs in winter. Sun is present from dawn till dusk , bringing the simple qualities of “yesterday” to the home of tomorrow.

TITLE: THE BUILDING ON “VASILEOS GEORGIOY” ANENUE TYPE: ACADEMIC PROJECT ,ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN (10/10) / INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COMPETITION ENTRY “THE LIGHT OF TOMORROW” BY IVA VELUX DATE: JULY 2009 COLLABORATORS: MARGARITA KOULIKOURDI SUPERVISORS: PROF. ANASTASIOS KOTSIOPOYLOS ,PROF. ANASTASIOS TELLIOS ,PROF. CLAUDIO CONENNA ,PROF. MORFO PAPANIKOLOY OBJECTIVE: DESIGN OF A BLOCK OF FLATS AND SMALL SHOPPING CENTER IN A VERY CENTRAL URBAN AREA , THESSALONIKI, GREECE

21 December (shadow max)

substracting shadow volume

remaining volume casts shadow on self

21 June (sun altitude angle max)

south elevation illuminated 365 days per year (winter light max, summer light min)

introducing non-shadow casting volume

introducing summer light filtering

enhancing winter sunlight: introducing reflection element

max - min lighting conditions

sun gate

view 1 : thermaikos gulf

view 3 : medieval city

angle > 45o to north (strong local wind)

view 2 : the “White Tower”

western light

view 1 : thermaikos gulf

western light

view 2 : the “White Tower”

angle > 45o to north (strong local wind)

view 3 : medieval city

SMALL HOTEL AND SPA COMPLEX Establishing a harmonious relationship with the natural landscape of the area is the first prioriy in this project. It was a two-semester studio in the third year of architecture school in wich the project received distinction. The architectural synthesis from sketch to technical details was focused on combining the qualities of earth covered structure with those of light metal construction ,as well as with some basic bioclematic illumination principles. The main objective was for the stucture to adapt in its environment , following the natural geometry of the contours and making its presence subtle, but not humble ,simple but not poor.

TITLE: HOTEL AND SPA COMPLEX TYPE: ACADEMIC PROJECT (10/10, DISTINCTION) DATE: JULY 2007 COLLABORATORS: MICHAEL VELENIS, ARGYRO POULIOVALI OBJECTIVE: DESIGN OF A SUSTAINABLE HOTEL AND SPA COMPLEX BY A SMALL LAKE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA ,THERMI, GREECE

THE REFUGEE RESIDENCE COMPLEX ON ALEXANDRAS AVENUE AND THE TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE (2 problems) 1.Refugee residence complex, buildings of great architectural and historical value, lay in ruin in the center of Athens, currently their demolition is prevented by local architecture and cultural groups. 2.Technical Chamber of Greece needs new building in the center of Athens for its central facilities and offices, currently meeting fierce resistance from local environmental groups in the attempt to raise another building in the extremely dense center area. (The idea) One main “underground” room which includes the new central facilities of the Technical Chamber and is connected with the old refugee’s apartment blocks above so as they adopt the character of vertical office wings; The world above and the world below are connected and separated by a “skin” that substitutes the existing ground. (Notes) The technically unavoidable errors which stack throughout the building procedure led to the construction of the modern apartment blocks in slightly different angles than the ones in the initial design, and thus they are not completely parallel to one another. This wasn’t easily measurable back in 1937 so no one ever noticed it till we, the architects of today, proudfully denouncing the austere ideas of modernism come to spot the error with our extremely austere super-accurate survey equipment. This idea right there, identifying the difference between the original and the authentic in these modernist constructions led me to re-draw the existing ground surface paying tribute to the tiny errors it carried for years, for it is henceforth an integral part of the synthesis. The ground surface is triangulated using the point cloud data from the survey. Triangle sides follow the standards of the “Betzedakis” trussing system. The upper beams are covered with composite slabs. Specific faces were chosen and divided in smaller triangular fragments on which a vertical force was subsequently applied so that their sides would form a load-bearing spaceframe, cladded with glass and thus also functioning also as a skylight. The room under the skin is conceived as a container of numerous “function cells” scattered loosely around, offering a homogenous perception of organizing space as a functions archipelago in which the concrete monoliths that carry the modernist buildings are surrounded by movement fluxes.

TITLE: THE REFUGEE RESIDENCE COMPLEX ON ALEXANDRAS AVENUE AND THE TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE TYPE: DIPLOMA PROJECT ,ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN , A.U.TH. (10/10) , PUBLISHED IN “ARCHITECTURE IN GREECE” AND “KTIRIO” MAGAZINES. DATE: JULY 2010 SUPERVISOR: PROF. ANASTASIOS KOTSIOPOULOS OBJECTIVE: DESIGN NEW FACILITIES FOR THE TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE IN HISTORICAL HOUSING COMPLEX, ATHENS, GREECE

LONDON 2012