DAVID
GAK-VASSALLO
ARCHITECT AND FILM-MAKER
RÉSUME
ABOUT ME
“As an architect, at 10 o’clock in the mourning you need to be a poet, for sure. But, at 11, you must become a humanist, otherwise you lose your direction. And at noon, you absolutely need to be a builder.”
-Renzo Piano
I believe Architecture is Art, and only art. But, it’s a very funny kind of art. Perhaps more of a not-so-exact science. It’s fed by real life, every day, and driven by force of necessity. It reacts to our concurs, and limited by our constraints. Whatever it is, it’s the way you tell a story, that makes all the difference.
LANGUAGES
EXPERIENCE
PROF. ARCH. MICHAEL TURNER, RESEARCH ASSISTANT
2019 - 2022
Research assistant to the UNESCO chair in Urban Design and Conservation Studies. My work focused on conducting and managing reasearch projects on topics of urban heritage. This included the preparation of lectures and presentations, writing papers and articles, as well as prticipating and arranging international workshops.
ECOPEACE, VIRTUAL JORDAN PEACE PARK
2020
I was employed by Ecopeace as part of an international team tasked with designing a virtual park enabling the organization’s Palestinian, Jordanian, and Israeli stakeholders to visit the site as avatars and cross borders virtually, in a location where real-world access is limited. The work demanded both an architectural and landscape design, as well as cataloging and virtual reconstruction of historical sites. The project was presented at the Designing Peace exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
JERUSALEM POST
2015 - 2016
My work incuded translating, scripting, and preparing texts ranging from politics, humanitarian affairs and current events.
MILITARY SERVICE, IDF AIRFORCE
2012 - 2015
Discharged with honors
Skills
EDUCATION
5 YEAR BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE, BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ART AND DESIGN, JERUSALEM
2018 - 2022
Graduated with honors a 5 year B.Arch program - equivalent to that of an EU M.Arch
AARHUS SCHOL OF ARCHOTECTURE,DENMARK, EXCHANGE PROGRAM
2021
During a rigorous time abroad ravaged by covid and war, I gain a deeper understanding of the role and responsibilities of architecture in our lives.
AWARDS
WINNER of 2022 MAIZLER AWARD FOR DESIGN
1ST PLACE at 2022 VENICE ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL - INHABITATS
CONTACT
EMAIL: DGAK8494@GMAIL.COM
PHONE: +972 054 212 3603
ADDRESS: MIKHA 9, TEL AVIV-JAFFA