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Sep.2009 Curriculum vitae
Itay Cohen (B.1982) 11 Dakar St. Haifa, Israel 34862
+972 54 4911686
Education
B. Arch. Ed - Bachelor of Architecture and Education
Neri Bloomfield WIZO School of Design, Haifa, Israel Expected cumulative GPA – 92.54
2005-2010
(expected)
0BHigh School Diploma (with excellence)
WIZO High School for the Arts, Haifa, Israel Majored in still photography.
1997-2001
Awards and Publications
1BCompetitions:
• 2nd prize winner, Jerusalem Seminar of Architecture: Design of a
mobile sustainable market stall.
• Community V2.0, shortlisted , Un-built category, AI magazine's
Project of the Year awards.
• 1st prize winner, Beth HaTfutzot Museum of Jewish Diaspora: Design of
a temporary installation.
2009
2009
2008
2BExhibitions:
• Suk and Cook project, in 'The Future of Hadar Hacarmel', exhibition
of selected student projects at the Municipal Council Building, Haifa.
• Community V2.0, in 'Ze Israel 2', exhibition of winners and shortlisted
entries of AI magazine's Project of the Year award competition,
ZeZeZe Gallery of Architecture, Tel Aviv.
2009
2009
3BPublications:
• Archiblender – Author and Co-founder 'Archiblender' – a nonprofit
architecture blog in Hebrew. This blog is popular among Israeli
architects, designers and students (aprox. 1800 regular visitors)
web: http://archiblender.blogspot.com
• Mor, Avital, "Stepping up", Bait VeNoi architecture magazine, vol.73 (Oct 2007); pages 134-137 – Design of a staircase for an Apple store
was featured there.
• Maor, Sarah and Verner, Igor, "Mathematical Aspects in an Architectural Design Course: The Concept, Design Assignments and Follow-up" , Nexus Journal of Architecture and Mathematics, vol.9 (2007); 363-376 – Several projects done on Mathematics for
Designers course were featured there
2007-
2007
2007
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Professional Experience
Title: Architecture Apprentice
Yoram Popper Architects, Haifa, Israel • Hired after 2nd year of architecture school, after tutoring me in class
• Simultaneous Work on several projects, e.g.:
o Industry – Taking part in the design of a 60,000 sq. m, 3
factory complex at different stages of the design process.
o Residential – Taking part in the design of several single and
dual family houses
o Public buildings – Taking part in the design of a museum
expansion and the design of a college
o Competitions –Developing competitions entries as part of
the office team
• Involved in all aspects of design: Conceptual design, 3D space studies
using computerized models, Documenting, Drafting and
Coordinating activities with clients, constructors, advisors and
surveyors. Modeling and rendering
2007-
Title: Photographer & Post-production artist
Keren Or Photography Studio, Haifa, Israel • After graduation from photography high school, was hired as a
photographer's assistant and post-production artist. I worked there
during my pre-military voluntary year until I was drafted and then
after my discharge for two more years. My work included:
o Composition, lighting and photography
o Photo editing, fixing and proofing for print
o Managing the studio's archives
2005-2007
2000-2002
Teaching Experience
Title: Architecture Tutor assistant
Neri Bloomfield WIZO School of Design, Haifa, Israel • Served as an architectural design studio assistant in both my second
and fourth year.
2008-2009
2006-2007
Title: Sketchup and Photoshop Teacher
'Cavim' Institute for Architecture and Design, Haifa, Israel • Prepared the syllabus and taught 6 weekly hours semester Sketchup
and Photoshop Course for architecture practical engineers.
2007-2008
Title: Photoshop Teacher,
WIZO High School for the Arts, Haifa, Israel • Photoshop Course for Fashion Design high school students
2005-2006
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Voluntary Work
Pre-Military volunteer Shnat Sheirut program, Dor Shalom movement. • Postponed my military service in a year to take part in a volunteer program
in which I lived in an autonomous commune with 5 other volunteers and
took part in several volunteer projects simultaneously:
o In House photographer at the Shabtay Levi orphanage of
children from 0 to five years old – As these kids grow in an
institute, there is no one there to take pictures of them as
they grow up. As a result of that, those orphans have no
photos or albums from their childhood. My job as the in
house photographer was to spend several hours a week with
these kids and take their pictures while they stay in the
institute or when they go for trips or outside activities. Later I
would catalog the negatives and photos and arrange
personal albums for each child. It was one of the most
rewarding experiences of my life.
o Youth guide and tutor – our commune was set in a rough
neighborhood with no youth movements or afterschool
activities. Our commune of 6, with the help of several
students from Haifa University, started a 'learning center' at
the local primary school; It was a place that the local children
could come to and get free assistance with their homework,
and at the same time doubled as a youth movement, as
activities, group sessions and lessons were arranged.
o Computer Teacher for elderly people – I taught basic
computer skills to groups of elderly people (55+). They
started with basic computer operation and finished at
browsing the internet, using MS word and chatting.
2000-2001
Compulsory Military Service
Life Support Technical Instructor, Israeli Air Force. • Have taught and supervised technical personnel training in the field of
pilot and air crew life support, rescue and survival.
• Was in charge of transforming conventional teaching methods to E-
Learning computer systems
• Constructed new training courses from scratch
• Awarded for excellence in teaching.
• Honorably discharged at the rank of First Sergeant.
2002-2005
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Computer skills
• Professional level – Autodesk Autocad, Google Sketchup, Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe
Lightroom, Nextlimit Maxwell Render, MS office, WinXP OS
• Intermediate level – Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3DSmax, Adobe Illustrator,
RN&A Rhinoceros, MacOS.
Hobbies and interests
• Still Photography
• Guitar playing
• Cinema and Theatre
• Reading books of all sorts
• Hiking
• Computers and internet
• Blogging architecture at archiblender.blogspot.com
• Interested by default – I truly enjoy learning, on most topics I can think of
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