Steven Chodoriwsky

Researcher Design

01.05.11 – 30.04.12

steven.chodoriwsky@gmail.com


Steven Chodoriwsky collaborates with Farid Noufaily. For their joint project description, see Steven Chodoriwsky & Farid Noufaily.


1980

Englehart, CA


Studies

2010

Master of Engineering in Architecture. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP.

2008

Research scholar. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP.

2005

Bachelor of Architecture. School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA.

2004

Bachelor of Environmental Studies (with honours). University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA.

2001

Exchange student. Faculty of Architecture, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, DE.


Academic positions

2008

Teaching assistant. Critical Interstices Design workshop by Georgina Huljich. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP.

since 2007

Critic for both undergraduate and graduate studies. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA.

2005

Teaching assistant. Iconography: Ancient Greece and ancient Rome by professor Rick Haldenby. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA.


Professional activities

2010

Proposal for a new Gorky Park. With Beatrix Ramo, Jan Maas et al. Melitopol, UA.

2009

Edible urbanism & food security. Entry for a landscape urbanism ideas competition. With Tsukamoto Lab, Tokyo, JP.

2009

Starting over. Entry for Shinkenchiku residential housing competition. With Guillaume Faas. Tokyo, JP.

2006

Intern architect. Levitt Goodman Architects, Toronto, CA.

Soundbox/Sandbox, a demountable pavilion proposal for ArtCity. With Sue Clark. Calgary, CA.

2005

There was a celebration of the arts. Guerrilla curation and administration of student artwork interventions. Cambridge, CA.

Participant in the design studio research project Architect as urban guerrilla: AEL political party HQ, Antwerp, BE.

2004

Core co-op member. Grand House Student Co-operative, Cambridge, CA.

Design associate. Chord Studio, Toronto, CA.

2003

Architectural intern. Sejima+Nishizawa/SANAA, Tokyo, JP.

2002

Architectural assistant. Becher+Rottkamp Architects, Berlin, DE.

2001

Architectural assistant. Abbey Holford Rowe Architects, London, GB.


Residencies

2010

Artist in residence in research programme. CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, JP.


Grants/Stipends

2008

Monbukagakusho Government of Japan graduate scholarship. Tsukamoto Research Laboratory, Department of Architecture, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP.

2006

Monbukagakusho Government of Japan scholarship.

2004

Cohos Evamy travel scholarship for independent architectural research.

2004

Smale fellowship, for high design standing and professional potential.

2002

Ontario/Baden Württemberg exchange programme stipend.


Awards

2004

First prize in the student category of the Montmorency Falls international design competition. With Edward J. Martin. Quebec, CA.

2003

Jo Beglo book award, for highest combined achievement in Cultural History.

2002

Dean’s list.


Organised events

2009

A/Cute Tokyo. (2 May). Organised by Tsukamoto Lab & University of California. Symposium. Los Angeles, US: Hammer Museum.


Editorials

2008

Steven Chodoriwsky (Ed.). Gimme shelter. Limited publication for Critical interstices workshop. Tokyo, JP: Tokyo Institute of Technology.


Books/Catalogues

2010

The architectures of atelier Bow-Wow: Behaviorology. Text editing and translation.

Pylon plant crow. Ongoing and self-published bookwork project. Tokyo, JP; Toronto, CA.


Articles

2010

On smallness, conversations with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto. In: On site, 25.

2009

A small protest: The Katsu Kaishu Peace Museum. In: On site, 20.

Saemangeum Flux city, large-scale urban proposal for Saemangeum. With Tsukamoto Lab. In: Future, 16/17.

2008

Building home: Grand house student co-op, Cambridge. In: On site, 16.

Critical mass, protest circuit. In: On site, 15.

2007

The Marunouchi book. Activity, maps & urban architecture. With Tsukamoto lab. In: Shinkenchiku, 6, pp. 94-107.


Essays

2006

Epicentre of a revolution. Kiev’s independence square and the space of political activism. Essay submitted for Berkeley Prize competition (semi-finalist).


Seminars/Workshops

2010

Stadslab master class. Melitopol, UA.


Festivals/Events

2006

Kaiten yamanote. With Matthias Frey. Sound and photo installation event. Tokyo, JP: International Exchange Center.


Projects

2006

National anthem generator. Archival project and site-specific sound installation. Tokyo, JP: International Exchange Center.

2003

Bust a move, or, an oscillating museum for sculpture and sound. Design project. Rome, IT: Studio Roma, University of Waterloo.

New mangeons! Market hall. Project for Comprehensive Building Design Studio. Montreal, CA.


Performances/Interventions

2009

The spectre of superior will. In: SCOT international theatre olympics competition. Toyama, JP.

Worman. With Genshi Ishibashi, Yu Nakai, Sarah Walsh et al. Tokyo, JP: Morishita Studios.

2008

Of a mirror and a bell. In: Ochanoka festival. With Daisuke Tokushige et al. Shizuoka, JP.

This town. Tokyo, JP: Shimokitazawa Town Hall.

2007

View point. Sculptural interventions. With L. Lek, S. Tsuruoka et al. Niigata, JP.

House tree. Sculptural intervention. With X. Chan. Niigata, JP.

Tokyo/Tsubo/Garden. Dance performance. With Naoko Noshiro. Tokyo, JP: RAFT Gallery.

2005

Emptying the barn. Sound and sculptural intervention. Poitiers, FR.


Designs

2008

Guidebook of Tokyo urban phenomena. (research guide booklet and presentation). With Tsukamoto Lab. Tokyo, JP.

2004

Sleeping drawer. (sleeping quarters). With C. Cornu, J. Dormody & E.J. Martin. Pelee Island, CA: Wilds of Pelee Island.


Works of art

2005

String tuner’s gates. Architecture proposition and installation. Hallein, AT.

2003

Light surface volume. Gallery installation for the artist Noriko Maeda. With Jean-Louis Rivard. Toronto, CA: Japanese Cultural Centre.

Armour/Second skin. Dance apparatus prototype. With Tetsuro Fukuhara & Yuji Fukui. Tokyo, JP.